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Cathleen Sellner Colon-Emeric

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Duke Box 3003, Durham, NC 27710
3502 Hosp South, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Models of Post-Acute Care in Complex Older Adults with Fracture

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2024 - 2029

Endocrinology and Metabolism Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Deprescribing Decision-Making using Machine Learning Individualized Treatment Rules to Improve CNS Polypharmacy

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

The NH Explanatory Trials Network: Supporting Transformation by Enhancing Partnerships (The NEXT STEPS)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The Trustees of Indiana University · 2024 - 2029

Duke/UNC ADAR Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Integration of Geriatric Care into Dialysis Clinics

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2023 - 2028

Stress Reactivity and Low Back Pain in Older Adults: Influences on Disability (ReLOAD)

Clinical TrialMentor · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2022 - 2027

Reducing Polypharmacy and Fall Risk for Multi-Morbid Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2022 - 2026

Duke Creating ADRD Researchers for the Next Generation - Stimulating Access to Research in Residency Program (CARiNG-StARR)"

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Behavior and Physiology in Aging

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute on Aging · 2015 - 2025

Duke Roybal Center

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Duke CTSA (TL1) Year 5

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Physical Resiliencies: Indicators and Mechanisms in the Elderly Collaborative (PRIME Collaborative)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2024

Deprescribing for Older Dialysis Patients

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Novel mechanisms of microRNA-mediated anabolic effects in age-related osteoarthritis

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2024

Development and Implementation of "Nursing Home Prevention of Injury in Dementia" (NH PRIDE)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Hebrew Rehabilitation Center · 2019 - 2024

Deprescribing Central Nervous System Medications in Hospitalized Older Adults

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024

Dynamics of Symptom Experience and Functional Recovery in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia after Hip Fracture Surgery

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by Southern Nursing Research Society · 2022 - 2023

Establishing Evidence to Manage Geriatric Syndromes in Hemodialysis Patients

ResearchMentor · Awarded by ASN Foundation for Kidney Research · 2019 - 2023

Metabolomic & Radiographic Markers of Fracture Risk Among Older Adults with Diabetes (K23)

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023

Resilience Measurement, Prediction, and its Role in Older Adults with Late Stage Lung Cancer

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by Wake Forest University School Of Medicine · 2020 - 2022

Mentoring Intervention Development in Fall and Fracture Prevention

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2021

Outcomes of Nursing Management Practice in Nursing Homes

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 2017

Metabolomics of low-trauma fracture among older women with diabetes

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2017

TFWS/GEMSSTAR Professional Development Plan for Richard H. Lee

ResearchMentor · Awarded by American Diabetes Association · 2014 - 2017

Improving Quality of Life Measurement in Older Dialysis Patients

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2017

John A. Hartford Foundation's Centers of Excellence (CoE)

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Mentor · Awarded by John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc. · 2015 - 2016

Adherence to Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Guidelines in Hospitalized Elders

ResearchMentor · Awarded by Health in Aging Foundation · 2014 - 2016

Behavior And Physiology In Aging

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1999 - 2015

Claude D. Pepper OAIC

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2013

IPA - Lawrence Landerman

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2011 - 2012

IPA- Ruth Anderson

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center · 2011 - 2012

IPA- Kirsten Corazzini

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center · 2011 - 2012

IPA- Sandro Pinheiro

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2011 - 2012

IPA- Justin Levens

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center · 2010 - 2012

IPA - Alyson Stalzer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2011 - 2011

IPA - Kathryn Armentrout

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2011 - 2011

IPA Lawrence Landerman

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center · 2010 - 2011

IPA- Ruth Anderson

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center · 2009 - 2011

IPA Sandro Pinheiro

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center · 2009 - 2011

IPA- Kirsten Corazzini

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center · 2009 - 2011

IPA- Kathryn Armentrout

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center · 2010 - 2010

Evidence-Based Medicine in the Skilled Nursing Facility

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2009

External Relationships


  • UCB Pharma
  • Up To Date Inc/Wolters Kluwer Health

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