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 natural
history of cardiovascular disease in older adults, which is now in its
17th year. She is
also
Principal Investigator of the Pittsburgh Field Center of the NIA-funded
study of Health,
Aging
and Body Composition (Health ABC). This is an ongoing study of the relationship
of
changes
in body composition to incident mobility impairment in older black and
white adults,
now
in its 9th year. She has written extensively about the importance
of cardiovascular health
to
disability, morbidity, and mortality in older adults. Most of her
early work described the extent
and
consequences of peripheral arterial disease. Via an NIH funded R01 “Arterial
Calcification
in
the Elderly (ACE-CHS)” study she has used newer techniques to assess coronary
artery
calcification,
and its relationship to markers of inflammation, and physical and cognitive
function.
Dr.
Newman has been awarded a grant by the NIA to study Exceptional Aging in
older adults.
Additionally,
she has also been awarded a grant as one of four study centers in the NIA
Multicenter
Studies in Exceptional Survival in Families, designed to study long-lived
families in
the
United States and Europe (NIA).
Dr.
Newman’s perspective on aging, focused research agenda and high productivity
place her at
the
top of the field of Cardiovascular and Aging Epidemiology. Dr. Newman
is Co-Director of the
Center
for Healthy Aging at the University of Pittsburgh, and also is Co-Director
of the NIA-
funded
Training Grant in the Epidemiology of Aging (J. Cauley, PI). She
has successfully
mentored
numerous trainees in the epidemiology of aging including physicians, master’s
students
and post-doctoral fellows. Her projects have provided research opportunities
in
epidemiology
and aging for fellows in geriatric medicine, cardiology, rheumatology,
endocrinology
and nephrology.
Dr.
Newman is the Director of the newly established Center
for Aging and Population Health
The
center strives to generate new solutions to the challenges of an aging
society through the
conduct
of population-based research that promotes healthy aging, longevity, and
prevention of
disability.
Building on the resources of the University of Pittsburgh’s Department
of Epidemiology,
the
CAPH orchestrates epidemiologic and public health research on aging, train
professionals in
population
research methodology, and conduct community outreach. These efforts are
collaborative
within the University and the community and engage older adults as valued
resources
in society. Thus, the focus of the CAPH is to optimize health in older
adults by
emphasizing
health promotion and disease prevention.
Leadership Positions and Honors
 National
Merit Scholar
Recipient
of a National Research Service Award, Department of Epidemiology
Recognition
Award – White House Conference on Aging, May 1995
The
Best Doctors in America, 1999 – present
Elected
Member – American Epidemiological Society, 2002-present
Geriatrics:
Epidemiology Best Paper Award, American Geriatrics Society, May 2004
Member,
Delta Omega National Honor Society for Public Health, April 30, 2005
Representative Publications
Newman
AB, Arnold AM, Naydeck BL, Fried LP, Burke GL, Enright P, Gottdiener J,
Hirsch C,
 O’Leary
D, Tracy R. “Successful Aging”: Impact of subclinical cardiovascular
disease. Arch
Intern
Med 163:2315-2322, 2003.
Newman
AB, Foster G, Givelber R, Nieto FJ, Redine S, Young T. Progression
and regression
of
sleep disordered breathing with changes in weight: The Sleep Heart Health
Study. Arch Intern
Med
165:2408-2413, 2005.
Newman
AB, Lee JS, Visser M, Goodpaster BH, Kritchevsky SB, Tylavsky FA, Nevitt
M, Harris
TB.
Weight change and the conservation of lean mass in old age: The Health,
Aging and Body
Composition
Study. Am J Clin Nutr 82:872-878, 2005.
Newman
AB, Simonsick EM, Naydeck BL, Boudreau RM, Kritchevsky SB, Nevitt MC, Pahor
M,
Satterfield
S, Brach JS, Studenski SA, Harris TB. Association of Long Distance
Corridor Walk
Performance
with Mortality, Cardiovascular Disease, Mobility Limitation, and Disability.
JAMA
295:2018-2026,
2006.
Newman
AB, Kupelian V, Visser M, Simonsick EM, Goodpaster BH, Kritchevsky SB,
Tylavsky
FA,
Rubin SM, Harris TB, On behalf of the Health ABC Study Investigators.
Strength, but not
Muscle
Mass is Associated with Mortality in the Health ABC Cohort. J Gerontol
Med Sci
61A(1):72-77,
2006. |
