Anne Newman is Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine with her joint appointment in the Division of Geriatric Medicine. Funded extensively by NIH grants and contracts, her research focuses on the epidemiology and implications of subclinical diseases in older adults. She is particularly concerned with the impact of apparently subclinical disease on physical, cognitive, and muscle (sarcopenia) function, as well as its contribution to frailty, a concept that she has helped to define. In addition to documenting the widespread effects of subclinical disease, Dr. Newman has helped to pioneer the application of clinical tools to the evaluation of entire populations. She also has facilitated and led collaborations with investigators in other divisions of medicine (such as cardiology, endocrinology, pulmonary medicine, rheumatology, renal-electrolyte), and departments (including neurology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, dental medicine) into the mechanisms mediating the declines that she documents. Dr. Newman is principal investigator of the CDC Prevention Research Center in the Department of Epidemiology and was recently appointed as Director of the Center on Aging and Population Health. She also is principal investigator of a new family study of exceptional survival and of a follow-up grant to study healthy aging outcomes in the Cardiovascular Health Study. She has been recognized for her work by election to membership in the American Epidemiology Society.
Research Areas of Interest: frailty, sarcopenia, cardiovascular disease, and sleep disorders
Representative Articles
Newman AB, Haggerty CL, Goodpaster B, Harris T, Kritchevsky S, Nevitt M, Miles TP, Visser M, for the Health Aging and Body Composition Research Group
Strength and Muscle Quality in a Well-Functioning Cohort of Older Adults: The Health Aging and Body Composition Study
J Am Geriatr Soc, 2003;51:323-330.
Newman AB, Naydeck BL, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Edmundowicz D, O’Leary D, Kronmal R, Burke GL, Kuller LK
Relationship between coronary artery calcification and other measures of subclinical cardiovascular disease in older adults
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 2002;22:1674-1679.
Newman AB, Naydeck BL, Whittle J, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Edmundowicz D, Kuller LH
Racial differences in coronary artery calcification in older adults
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 2002;22:424-430. |
