Department of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Division of Geriatric Medicine
3471 Fifth Ave
Kaufmann Medical Building,
Suite 500
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Phone: (412) 692-2360

Stephanie A. Studenski, MD, MPH
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Professor of Medicine

Director of Research, Division of Geriatric Medicine

Program Director, Pittsburgh Pepper Center

Director, AOC in Geriatric Medicine

Staff Physician at the GRECC, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Office: 3471 Fifth Avenue
Kaufmann Medical Building, Suite 500
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-692-2360
Fax: 412-692-2370
E-mail: studenskis@dom.pitt.edu
Education
B.S.N., University of Kansas, 1976
M.D., University of Kansas, 1979
M.P.H., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1986
Training
Intern, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1980
Resident, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1982
Fellow, Div of Rheumatic/Genetic Disease, Duke University Medical Center, 1983
Fellow, Geriatrics Division, Duke University Medical Center, 1986
Area of Specialization/Research Interest  
Mobility
Balance
Rehabilitation
Frailty
Disability
 
Profile
Dr. Studenski is the Principal Investigator of the Pittsburgh Claude Pepper Center, the Pittsburgh Training Program in Geriatrics and Gerontology, and the Clinical Research Training Program in Aging. She is the Co-Principle Investigator of the Pittsburgh site of the LIFE study
and the Cancer and Aging at Pitt program project. She has received continuous research funding from the NIH, VA, foundations and industry for the last 20 years. Before coming to the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Studenski
served as the Chief of Rehabilitation Medicine Services at Durham, VA Hospital and then became the Director of the Center on Aging at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She is currently Chair of the NIH Grant Review Committee Aging Systems and Geriatrics and Chair of the
Research Committee of the American Geriatrics Society. Dr. Studenski has been included in the Best Doctors in America since 1998.
Recent Grants
Title: Longitudinal Impact of CNS Polypharmacy on Geriatric Syndromes: Health ABC Study
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount: 6% salary support
Funding Agency: NIH
Start Year: 2006
End Year: 2009
Title: Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Program (Scholars Core)
Role: Mentor
Amount: 2% salary support
Funding Agency: NIH/NCRR
Start Year: 2004
End Year: 2009
Title: Training in aging research for MD Investigators
Role: PI
Amount: $100,000
Funding Agency: NIH/NIA
Start Year: 2004
End Year: 2009
Title: Pittsburgh Older Americans Independence Center
Role: PI
Amount: $1,056,194
Funding Agency: NIH/NIA
Start Year: 2004
End Year: 2009
Title: Physical exercise to prevent disability pilot study (LIFE)
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount: 11% salary support
Funding Agency: NIH/NIA
Start Year: 2003
End Year: 2007
Title: Cancer and Aging at the University of Pittsburgh
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Amount: 20% salary support
Funding Agency: NIH/NCI/NIA
Start Year: 2003
End Year: 2008
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