Profile:
Jeffrey Wallace, MD, MPH
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Jeffrey Wallace, MD, MPH, graduated with honors from
the University of Michigan Medical School in 1984 and completed his
Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Colorado, serving as
Chief Medical Resident during his final year. He completed his
fellowship training in Geriatric Medicine at the University of
Washington, where he also received a Masters of Public Health degree
in Epidemiology.
After completing his fellowship in 1992, Dr. Wallace remained at the
University of Washington as a faculty member in the Division of
Geriatrics, where he practiced and taught clinical geriatrics while
conducting research pertaining to nutritional problems in older adults.
In 1994, he received an Academic Award from the National Institute on
Aging, which enabled him to pursue his research interests related to
weight loss and failure to thrive in the elderly.
After eleven years at the University of Washington, Dr. Wallace returned
to the University of Colorado, joining the faculty in July 2000. Now an
Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Geriatrics at UCD, he has
played an instrumental role in expanding the availability of inpatient
geriatric consultation at the University of Colorado Hospital and in
developing a long-term care service that follows patients in need of
nursing facility care. With these services now in place, University of
Colorado students and residents have new geriatrics learning opportunities
available to them in these care settings.
Dr. Wallace recently received grant support for research performed in
collaboration with Dr. Sally Stabler on studies of Vitamin B-12 deficiency
in older adults. He also serves as Co-Principal Investigator with Dr.
Richard Fisher on a project funded by the American Geriatrics Society and
the John A. Hartford Foundation, which seeks to increase geriatrics
expertise in surgical and related medical specialties.
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Throughout his career, Dr. Wallace has been actively involved
in teaching both medical students and residents, and has twice received the
University of Colorado Golden Apple Teacher Award.
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Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and
three young sons. Together, they enjoy biking, skiing, hiking, and visiting
the zoo and natural history museum.
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New Aging Research at UCD |
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Funding
Agency |
Principal
Investigator |
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Native Elders, Dementia, and Family Caregiving |
National Institute on Aging |
Lori L. Jervis, PhD |
Nursing Home Conditions and Quality of Care |
Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality |
Jill Scott, PhD, RN |
Symptom Management at the End of Live: Decreasing Distress |
Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scolars
in Aging Research |
Jean Kunter, MD, MSPH |
Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
Quality Assurance |
Center for Health Policy Research |
Robert Schlenker, PhD |
Creation of a Prevention Research Center Network for Healthy
Aging |
Centers for Disease Control |
Richard Hamman, MD |
A Nursing Education Model: Palliative Care
Beyond Hospice |
Health Care Financing
Administration |
Paula Nelson-Marten, PhD |
Decreasing Symptom Distress at the End of Life Through Evidence
Based Education |
Open Society Institute, Project on
Death in America |
Daniel Johnson, MD |
Reducing Fragmentation Across Sites of Geriatric Care |
National Institute on Aging /
American Federation for Aging Research |
Eric Coleman, MD, MPH |
Improving Pain Management in Nursing Homes |
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality |
Katherine Jones, PhD, RN |
Palliative Careo for Colorado Implementation Project |
St. Anthony Foundation |
Jean Kunter, MD, MSPH |
Geriatrics Education for Speciality Residents |
American Geriatrics Society |
Richard Fisher, MD |
Effects of Palliative Care Education on Residents' Knowledge,
Attitudes, and Care of Patients |
American Federation for Aging
Research (AFAR) |
Stacy Fischer, MD |
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