Ann L. Gruber-Baldini, PhD
I have been conducting research on psycho-social factors in aging and chronic disease, including hip fracture recovery, cognitive functioning, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, delirium, psychological functioning (e.g., resilience, self-efficacy), depression, Parkinson's disease, physical functioning, and health-related outcomes, for over 25 years.
I have provided data management and statistical oversight to a number of large longitudinal studies, including the Baltimore Hip Studies, Maryland Long-Term Care Projects, Mobile Health in Diabetes projects, and the Íøºì±¬ÁÏ Movement Disorders PD and Movement Disorders Center Health Outcomes Measurement (HOME) Study.
My work on Parkinson’s disease has looked at the intersection of motor and cognitive symptoms on disability. I have been a long-term co-investigator on the Baltimore Hip Studies program (Jay Magaziner, PI) where I lead the psychosocial functioning and cognitive disorders (delirium and dementia) research. I served as a site PI on an NIA-funded RCT intervention of physical therapy interventions after hip fracture among those without cognitive impairment (Jay Magaziner, PI). I was the PI of an AHRQ task order on methods for studying dementia treatment and outcomes in observational databases and a NHLBI-funded R01 looking at delirium outcomes in a RCT of transfusion thresholds (FOCUS).
I am currently the PI of an NIA-funded R21 to examine a caregiver intervention among hip fracture patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. I am the PI for an active R01 looking at cognitive thresholds for patient-reported outcomes, which is recruiting patients with MCI and ADRD. I was also co-PI of STRONG, a study funded by Gilead Foundation to add geriatric assessment to an HIV center and a HIV supplement that will examine a behavioral activation intervention to address social isolation, loneliness, physical activity, and nutrtition among persons ages 50-plus living with HIV.
I lead the Epidemiology and Human Genetics doctoral program. I also am interim co-director of the UMB/UMBC Gerontology doctoral program. I teach courses in Psychology of Aging and Epidemiology of Aging. I am the MPI of a T32 training grant in epidemiology of aging.
