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Kenneth Edwin Schmader

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Duke Box 3003, Center for Aging, Durham, NC 27710
Duke University Medical Center, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Grants


Duke/UNC ADAR Program

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

CISA 2023 Clinical Contributing Task 2

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2023 - 2028

CISA 2023 Clinical Contributing Task 1

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2023 - 2028

Duke KURe Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2013 - 2028

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 - 2026

CIVICS Component C - Option 8 B.1

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

CIVICs Component C Year 7 - Option 6

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2026

UNC-Duke Collaborative Clinical Pharmacology Postdoctoral Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2016 - 2026

Duke Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2026

COPD Pulmonary Rehab GEMSSTAR Award

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026

Lead Site Task 4: Simultaneous RZV and all V4 Vaccination (Lead) Mod 3

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2020 - 2024

CISA COVID Flu Immunogenicity

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2022 - 2024

CISA 07 Adult RCT COVID-19 Vaccination (Lead)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2020 - 2024

Transplant Infectious Diseases Interdisciplinary Research Training Grant (TIDIRTG)

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

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

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

Lead Site Task 6: Simultaneous RZV and all V4 Vaccination (Lead)

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2022 - 2024

Lead Site Task 5: Simultaneous RZV and all V4 Vaccination (Lead)

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2022 - 2024

Deprescribing for Older Dialysis Patients

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

Deprescribing Central Nervous System Medications in Hospitalized Older Adults

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

IPA-Richard Sloane

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2021 - 2023

CISA Consult 2022 Contributing Task 1

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2022 - 2023

CISA Consult 2022 Contributing Task 3

Clinical TrialInvestigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2022 - 2023

VTEU TO #132 Base - Task Area A - FY.2020.A1B1C1D1.0123 - Option 2.A

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

The AMPK/ULK1/p27Kip1 axis regulates autophagy and cell survival in aged satellite cells

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2023

CISA 2021-2022 - Clinical Consult - Opt 2

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2020 - 2022

CISA 2017 06 - Clinical Consult - Opt 2

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2017 - 2022

CISA 2018-2019 - Clinical Consult - Opt 2

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2017 - 2022

CISA Lead Site Task 3: Simultaneous RVZ and all V4 Vaccination (Lead)

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2021 - 2022

CISA Shingrix 2020 Lead Site Task 2

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2020 - 2022

VTEU Task Order 13-0045.C1D1.0062 - Task C Option 1

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2022

Lead Site Task 1: Simultaneous RZV and all V4 Vaccination (Lead)

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2020 - 2021

Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. · 2020 - 2021

RFTP 2018 CISA 05 FLUAD Logical Follow On Task 1

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2018 - 2021

Effects of Aging and the Urinary Microbiome on Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2021

VTEU Task Area A - FY.2020.A1B1C1D1.0123 - Option 1

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2021

IPA-Carl Pieper

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2018 - 2021

PSA- Susan Doyle

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. · 2020 - 2021

Mentoring Intervention Development in Fall and Fracture Prevention

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2021

IPA - Kimberly Johnson

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2020 - 2021

VTEU RTOP FY.2017.B8C12.0080 - Task B

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2021

VTEU RTOP 16-0027.C1D1.0079 - Task Area C Base

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2021

Caregiver-Assisted Pain Coping Skills Training for Dementia

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Palliative Care Research Center · 2018 - 2020

CISA 2018-2019 - Clinical Consult - Opt 2

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2019 - 2020

VTEU Task Area A - FY.2020.A1B1C1D1.0123 - Base-A

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2020

VTEU Task Area A - FY.2020.A1B1C1D1.0123 - Base

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2020

VTEU RTOP FY.2017.B8C12.0080 - Task C - Option 8

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2020

VTEU RTOP FY.2017.B8C12.0080 - Task C - Option 1

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2020

VTEU RTOP FY.2017.B8C12.0080 - Task C - Option 3

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2020

IPA-Kimberly Johnson

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2018 - 2020

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Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Corixa Corporation · 2017 - 2020

RFTP 2016 CISA 01 - Base - FLUAD vs. FluzoneĀ® High-Dose Study (Lead)

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2016 - 2019

VTEU Task Order 13-0045.C1D1.0062 - Task D

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2019

VTEU RTOP FY.2019.A1B1C1D1.0103 - Task A - Base

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2019

VTEU RTOP 16-0027.C1D1.0079 - Task Area D-Option 3

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2019

VTEU Task C Option 1 Protocol 15-0066.B1C1D1.0041

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2019

VTEU Task B Base Protocol 15-0066.B1C1D1.0041

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018

VTEU FY.2018.A1B1C1D1.0077 Task Area A - Base

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2018

VTEU FY.2018.A1B1C1D1.0077 - Task A - Option 1

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2018

PSA - Susan Doyle

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2017 - 2017

VTEU Task A Option 1 - FY.2017.A1B1C1D1.0048

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2017

VTEU Task A Base - FY.2017.A1B1C1D1.0048

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2017

Urinary Dysfunction in the Elderly: Informing Accountable Urologic Care

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

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

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

Hartford COE in Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Psychiatry Sustainability Fund

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Federation for Aging Research · 2015 - 2016

VTEU Task Area A, Base Protocol FY.2016.A1.0026

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2016

Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in a Community Hospital

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2016

UNC-Duke Collaborative Clinical Pharmacology Postdoctoral Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2011 - 2016

VTEU Task Area A - FY.2015.A1.0016 Base

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2015

Behavior And Physiology In Aging

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

Moving Towards More Individualized Therapies in HIV/HCV Co-infected Patients

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2015

IPA - Kimberly Johnson

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2013 - 2014

IPA - Mitchell T. Heflin, MD

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2012 - 2013

IPA - Kimberly Johnson

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2011 - 2013

IPA - Heather Whitson

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2011 - 2013

Understanding the Response to Fesoterodine through Genetic Evaluation in the Elderly (URGE)

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2013

IPA - Mitchell T. Heflin, MD

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2010 - 2012

IPA - Sullivan

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

Mentored Patient Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2009

Evidence-Based Medicine in the Skilled Nursing Facility

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2009

Herpes Zoster and Medications in the Elderly

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2007

Stress, Serotonin Genes & Health Disparities

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Science · 2000 - 2006

Impact of geriatric care in drug related problems.

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1996 - 2001

The Impact Of Geriatric Care On Drug Related Problems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1996 - 1999

Suboptimal Drug Use And Health Outcomes In The Elderly

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 1998

Cognitive Impairment And Medication Appropriateness

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1993 - 1998

Epidemiology Of Herpes Zoster & Postherpetic Neuralgia

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 1996

Epidemiology Of Herpes Zoster And Postherpetic Neuralgia

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1991 - 1996

Epidemology Of Herpes Zoster And Postherpetic Neuralgia

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1991 - 1996

External Relationships


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