2007 Recipient

Kathryn J. Eubank, MD
" Effective Medication Management in Older Hospitalized Patients"
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Kathryn J. Eubank is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the General Internal Medicine Department, Geriatrics Section at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas where she practices as a geriatrics-hospitalist. She is trained in internal medicine, geriatric medicine and epidemiology. Her main research interests include improving patient safety and care of older adults in the hospital setting and improving the coordination of care as patients transition across health care settings. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston then completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center where she received the Howard K. Rathbun Award for Clinical Excellence. After joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins as a hospitalist for 3 years, Dr. Eubank returned to training and completed a clinical and research fellowship in Geriatric Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a fellowship in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging at the Center on Aging and Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her T. Franklin Williams project focuses on improving medication management for older adults in the acute care setting.
Research Abstract

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The recipient, selected by an academic selection committee composed of nationally prominent academic physicians, will receive a $75,000 grant over a two-year period. The award must be matched by support (either from the applicant's home institution or a grant-making agency) that provides for 75% protected time for research. Research findings are presented at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting at the conclusion of the recipient's grant.

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