HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE IN THE ELDERLY

Division of Research Principal Investigator: Bruce Ettinger, MD
Primary Source of Funding: Parexcel
Total Project Period: July 2001 – April 2004
Description: This clinical trial will assess the efficacy of PTH daily injections in women with osteoporosis who have used either raloxifene or alendronate for 18-36 months prior.

Division of Research Principal Investigator: Nancy P. Gordon, ScD
Primary Sources of Funding: National Institute on Aging
Total Project Period: September 2002 – August 2004
Description: This project will study the prevention of osteoporosis in the elderly over a 30-month period.

Division of Research Principal Investigator: Steve Sidney, MD
Primary Source of Funding: American Heart Association
Description: The objectives for this study are to interview a cohort of elderly (80+ years old) Kaiser Permanente members to determine the level of cognitive function and to serve as part of a future study of determinants of high cognitive function in the elderly.

Division of Research Principal Investigator: Stephen Sidney, MD MPH
Primary Source of Funding: Hillblom Foundation
Total Project Period: September 2003 – August 2006
Description: This pilot study will use a phone survey to ascertain cognitive function in 500 KP members, ages 80 years and over, and to obtain DNA blood samples from a subset.

Division of Research Principal Investigator: Nancy Gordon, ScD
Primary Source of Funding: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Total Project Period: July 2003 – December 2004
Description: This study will link self-reported pneumonia immunization status (from 1999 and 2002 Member Health Surveys) with pneumonia immunization status indicated in Kaiser electronic or hardcopy medical records in order to assess the concordance of the two sources and whether concordance varies by race/ethnicity and education.