Lightning Science: Brief Presentations of Top-Rated Abstracts

All sessions are listed in Central Time (CT). 

Symposia

  • Date:
  • Time: -
  • Track: Research
  • Location: Grand Hall L
  • CME/CE: 1.0

Sponsored by the Research Committee

Co-Moderators: Heather E. Whitson, MD, MHS; Camille P. Vaughan, MD, MS; Peter M. Abadir, MD 


This fast-paced, interactive session will showcase some of the meeting’s best new research and innovation. Top-rated abstracts submitted to AGS are selected for inclusion.  Presenters will give the highlights of their research findings in five minutes or less and the audience will have an opportunity to discuss and ask questions.  Learning Objectives: (1) describe at least one emerging concept or new scientific focus in aging research; (2) summarize the key findings of at least three projects with relevance to care of older adults; (3) identify at least three AGS-affiliated individuals conducting exciting research in aging.

The Lonely Road: New Functional Impairment and Post-Discharge Loneliness in Hospitalized Older Adults

Thiago J. Avelino-Silva, MD, PhD

Evaluating the Epic End-of-Life Care Index for Predicting One-Year Mortality in Persons Living with Dementia

Erica L. Frechman, PhD, AGPCNP-BC

A Pragmatic Cluster-Randomized Trial of Oseltamivir vs Baloxavir for Influenza Outbreak Management in U.S. Nursing Homes

H. Edward Davidson, PharmD, MPH

Hospitalists’ Perspectives on Managing Chronic Conditions for Hospitalized Older Adults

Timothy Anderson, MD, MAS