Heather Elizabeth Whitson

Conference Innovation in Aging · December 1, 2025 AbstractCommunity dwelling persons with dementia (PWD) and their family caregivers represent a burgeoning and vulnerable population with significant unmet needs, one of which is pain management. Pain in P ... Full text Cite

Cultivating the Physician-Scientist Pipeline in Translational Aging: Early Outcomes from NIA StARR

Conference Innovation in Aging · December 1, 2025 AbstractDespite efforts to increase the clinician-scientist pipeline, fewer physicians or surgeons are pursuing scientific careers, particularly in aging, threatening future advances in care. One critical ... Full text Cite

Assessing Cognitive and Gut Health in North Carolina’s Rural Indigenous Population via Mobile Clinic

Conference Innovation in Aging · December 1, 2025 AbstractObjectiveAlzheimer’s disease disproportionately affects communities of color, including rural North Carolina. These com ... Full text Cite

Complement Activation in ICU Delirium and Subsequent Alzheimer's Disease (CASCADE-ICU): Study Design

Conference ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA · May 2025 Link to item Cite

Postoperative Changes in Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid Albumin Levels Suggest a Role for Increased Vascular Permeability in Delirium Following Non-Cardiac Surgery

Conference ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA · May 2025 Link to item Cite

Postoperative Step Count Trajectories as an Indicator of Physical Resilience in Older Adults

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · April 2025 Link to item Cite

Postoperative Step Count Trajectories as an Indicator of Physical Resilience in Older Adults

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · April 2025 Link to item Cite

EXPLORING DIET’S IMPACT ON CARDIOMETABOLIC AND COGNITIVE HEALTH IN AMERICAN INDIANS

Conference Innovation in Aging · December 31, 2024 AbstractObjectiveThis study explores the link between cardiometabolic biomarkers and neurocognition in older American Indians, focusin ... Full text Cite

A MOBILE CLINIC STUDY ON BRAIN HEALTH IN OLDER ADULTS IN A RURAL, SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COUNTY

Conference Innovation in Aging · December 31, 2024 AbstractObjectiveThis collaborative pilot project assessed the feasibility of enrolling 50 older adults from underrepresented populati ... Full text Cite

Cognitive and Cerebrospinal Fluid Alzheimer's Disease-related Biomarker Trajectories in Older Surgical Patients and Matched Nonsurgical Controls.

Conference Anesthesiology · May 1, 2024 BACKGROUND: Anesthesia and/or surgery accelerate Alzheimer's disease pathology and cause memory deficits in animal models, yet there is a lack of prospective data comparing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Alzheimer's disease-related biomarker and cognitive traje ... Full text Link to item Cite

A role for intraoperative hypotension in postoperative blood-brain barrier dysfunction in older non-cardiac surgery patients.

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · April 2024 Link to item Cite

STATISTICAL MODELS FOR ESTIMATING RESILIENCE

Conference INNOVATION IN AGING · December 2023 Link to item Cite

PHYSICAL RESERVE MEASURES AS PREDICTORS OF RESILIENCE IN OLDER ADULTS UNDERGOING TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT

Conference INNOVATION IN AGING · December 2023 Link to item Cite

RESEARCH BEST PRACTICES TO SUPPORT RESILIENCE IN EYE STROKE VISION REHABILITATION

Conference INNOVATION IN AGING · December 2023 Link to item Cite

Impact of COVID-19 on Recruitment in the PRIME-KNEE Study

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · April 2023 Link to item Cite

PATTERNS OF AGING CHANGES IN BODY WEIGHT AND BMI MAY PREDICT CHANCES OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND LONGEVITY

Conference Innovation in Aging · December 20, 2022 AbstractBackgroundLower bodyweight/BMI was previously linked to AD and frailty; however, the role of long-term changes in the bodyweig ... Full text Cite

VISION IMPAIRMENT IN A GLOBAL LIFE COURSE MODEL OF POTENTIALLY MODIFIABLE DEMENTIA RISK FACTORS

Conference INNOVATION IN AGING · November 2022 Link to item Cite

The SANDMAN Study: Sleep Apnea, Neuroinflammation, and Cognitive Dysfunction Manifesting After Non-cardiac surgery

Conference ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA · May 2022 Link to item Cite

Cognitive and cerebrospinal fluid Alzheimer's Disease biomarker changes over time in older surgical patients and matched nonsurgical controls

Conference ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA · May 2022 Link to item Cite

Preoperative EEG Inattention Signatures and Postoperative Delirium

Conference ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA · May 2022 Link to item Cite

Machine learning XGBoost classification of postoperative delirium by intraoperative EEG metrics

Conference ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA · May 2022 Link to item Cite

Analyzing the Retinal and Choroidal Vasculature and Structure in Cognitively Healthy Individuals at Higher Genetic Risk for Alzheimer's Disease using a Convolutional Neural Network

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · June 2021 Link to item Cite

Preoperative EEG: A Potential Predictor of Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · April 2021 Link to item Cite

VISION IMPAIRMENT IN DEMENTIA CARE

Conference INNOVATION IN AGING · 2021 Link to item Cite

IMPACT OF VISION AND HEARING IMPAIRMENT ON COGNITION AND LONELINESS: EVIDENCE FROM THE MEXICAN HEALTH AND AGING STUDY

Conference INNOVATION IN AGING · 2021 Link to item Cite

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION AND THE AGING BRAIN

Conference INNOVATION IN AGING · 2021 Link to item Cite

Functional Assessment in Younger and Older Adults with Sickle Cell Disease

Conference Blood · November 5, 2020 BackgroundNearly 95% of individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD) live to become adults (age ≥ 18 years). As individuals with SCD age, they acquire both SCD and age-related complications leading to functional decli ... Full text Cite

The eye of the beholder: understanding discrepancy between visual acuity and self-reported vision in age-related-macular degeneration

Conference INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE · July 1, 2019 Link to item Cite

THE INTUIT STUDY: INVESTIGATING NEUROINFLAMMATION UNDERLYING POSTOPERATIVE NEUROCOGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION AND DELIRIUM IN OLDER ADULTS

Conference ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA · May 2019 Link to item Cite

Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH): An innovative program to improve post-operative outcomes for older adults undergoing elective surgical procedures

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · March 1, 2014 Link to item Cite

A collaborative care model for peri-operative care of older adults.

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · April 1, 2013 Link to item Cite

Comorbidity Classes Predict Acute Care Use and Readmission.

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · April 1, 2013 Link to item Cite

A Comparison of Novel and Traditional Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease Across the Spectrum of Older Age: The Cardiovascular Health Study

Conference CIRCULATION · March 26, 2013 Link to item Cite

Effects of musculoskeletal pain and exhaustion on mobility and physical activity in the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS).

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · April 1, 2010 Link to item Cite

Comorbid Cognitive Impairment and Functional Trajectories in Low Vision Rehabilitation

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · April 1, 2010 Link to item Cite

Variability in Adverse Outcomes According to Emergency Department Discharge Diagnosis

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · March 1, 2009 Link to item Cite

A frailty index predicts some but not all subsequent health service use in older adults discharged from the emergency department

Conference JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY · April 1, 2008 Link to item Cite