Borten Family Foundation Junior Investigator Award

Purpose

The William and Judith Borten Junior Investigator Award is granted to individuals who make significant contributions to the field of delirium research as well as their long standing contributions to the American Delirium Society Community.

Eligibility

The criteria to apply for this award are:

1. Must be a member of the ADS attending the Annual ADS meeting and has submitted a high quality abstract for oral or poster presentation
2. Must be an investigator with commitment to research in the field of delirium who is less than or equal to 10 years from the last professional degree (e.g. M.D., D.O., Ph.D., Pharm.D., DNP or equivalent)
3. Individual must not be higher than Assistant Professor in academic rank

Awardees

2024

Blair Golden, MD, MS

Dr. Golden is a hospital medicine physician and Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Her K23 grant focuses on improving dementia caregiver engagement surrounding delirium during hospitalization events. She serves on the American Delirium (ADS) Research committee and co-leads the ADS Year-in-Review.

Monika Sadlonova, MD

Dr. Sadlonova is a Psychosomatic Attending Physician and Advances Clinician Scientist in the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the University Gottingen Medical Center in Germany. Her research interests include pre- and perioperative factors associated with postoperative delirium in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, as well as non-pharmacological delirium management programs in the clinical treatment of patients undergoing cardiac and abdominal surgery.

2023

Shixie “Max” Jiang, MD

Dr. Shixie Jiang completed a fellowship Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Florida and pursuing an NIH K23 career development award. Dr. Jiang serves on the American Delirium Society’s Research and Education committees.

Felipe Salech, MD, Ph.D.

Dr. Salech is a geriatrician and researcher from Santiago, Chile. His main interest is exploring new avenues to prevent delirium, including the use of technologies and geroscience. He is currently a researcher at the Center for Advanced Clinical Research – CICA of the University of Chile Clinical Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Chile Faculty of Medicine.

2022

Sara LaHue, MD

Dr. LaHue is a neurohospitalist, Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Visiting Scientist at the Buck Institute. She is an NIA GEMSSTAR awardee and Butler-Williams Scholar. Dr. LaHue studies how biological mechanisms of aging and neurodegeneration drive delirium and subsequent dementia. She is passionate about studying delirium in adults with acute neurological conditions and has published Perspectives in JAMA and NEJM.

Thiago J. Avelino-Silva, MD, PhD

Thiago J. Avelino-Silva, MD, PhD, is a geriatrician and researcher from Sao Paulo, Brazil, who has a strong interest in exploring the clinical context of delirium and its long-term effects on cognition, function, and survival. As an academic from a low- and middle-income country and an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, Dr. Avelino-Silva is passionate about advancing collaborative aging research.

2021

Leanne Boehm, Ph.D., RN, ACNS-BC, FCCM

Dr. Boehm focuses her research on strategies to improve outcomes for the critically ill. Her primary research interests include exploration of interventions to improve interprofessional protocol implementation, adherence, and fidelity in the acute care setting; implementation of ICU peer support and diary programs with exploration of the associated patient, staff, and organizational outcomes; and exploration of interventions to reduce the burden of Post-Intensive Care Syndrome.

Matthew S. Duprey, Pharm.D., Ph.D., BCCCP

Matthew S. Duprey is postdoctoral research associate at the Brown University School of Public Health who focuses on improving the medication use process throughout the continuum of care. He is trained as a critical care pharmacist and pharmacoepidemiologist. His research interests include delirium, pain and analgesia, sedation, and fall-related injuries in long-term care.