Division of Geriatric Psychiatry: Grants and Publications
Active Grants:
• HRSA-19-007 Reinhardt (PD) Geriatrics Academic Career Award
A four-year career development award from HRSA. This award is focused on the development
of interprofessional education skills and the creation of a novel curriculum utilizing
artificial intelligence / machine learning, telehealth, and “big data” to improve
interprofessional geriatrics education and healthcare in Brooklyn NY
• HRSA-19-008 Cohen (PD), Reinhardt (Co-Director) Geriatric Workforce Enhancement
Program
A five-year effort to expand and improve interprofessional geriatrics education and
healthcare quality in Brooklyn, NY.
• NYS DOH01-COEAD-2015 Cohen (PD), Reinhardt (Assoc. Dir); Center of Excellence for
Alzheimer’s Disease at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University.
A five-year effort to expand and improve the clinical services, care quality, and
care outcomes for patients / caregivers with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
across the New York City region.
Recent Research Programs:
• NCT02420756 Sponsor: American College of Radiology Imaging Network
Study: Imaging Dementia – Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) Study
Recent Partnerships:
• Sunnyside Community Services (PD) Alzheimer’s Disease Caregiver Support Initiative - partnership provides mutual support in Alzheimer's Programming, including 1 to 2
embedded dementia caregiver support specialists on-site at SUNY Downstate from Sunnyside
Community Services.
Recent Publications and Presentations from the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
- 1. Cohen CI, Reinhardt, MM. Political economy and neoliberalism: their influence on community mental health practice, research, and policy. In Rosenberg J, Rosenberg S (Eds), Community Mental Health, 3rd Edition. New York, Routledge, 2018, pp 328-341.
- 2. Vahia IV, Cohen CI: Geriatric Psychiatry: Schizophrenia and Delusional Disorders. In Sadock, BJ & Sadock VA (Eds), Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017.
- 3. Cohen CI, Elmouchtari M, Ahmed I . Working with elderly persons across cultures, in Bhugra, D, Bhui K (ed), Transcultural Psychiatry.2nd Edition. London, Cambridge, 2018, pp 552-569.
- 4. Murante T, Cohen CI. Cognitive functioning in older adults with schizophrenia. Focus 15 (1): 26-34, 2017.
- 5. Cohen CI, Vengassery, A., Garcia Aracena EF. A longitudinal analysis of quality of life and associated factors in older adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorder. Am J Geriatric Psychiatry 25(7):755-765, 2017.
- 6. Cohen CI: Schizoaffective disorder in later life—"Beware the Jabberwock" American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 25:951-952, 2017.
- 7. Reinhardt, M., Ghoneim, D., Huggins, B., Mani, A., Murante, T., & Cohen, C. (2018). Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders. In Psychiatric Disorders Late in Life (pp. 205-216). Springer, Cham..
- 8. Freeman K, Cohen C, Reinhardt M, Mani A, Ghoneim D: Pharmacogenetic guided treatment of mental illness in later life. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 25(3)(suppl 1) S144-S145, 2017
- 9. Mani A, Cohen C. Clinical correlates of insight in older adults in schizophrenia. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 25(3)(suppl 1) S147-S148, 2017.
- 10.Cohen, C. I., & Murante, T. (2018). A prospective analysis of the role of cognition in three models of aging and schizophrenia. Schizophrenia research, 196, 22-28.
- 11. Cohen CI, Freeman K, Ghoneim D, Vengassery A, Ghezelaiagh B, Reinhardt MM. Advances in the conceptualization and study of schizophrenia in later life. Psychiatric Clinics of North America 41:39-53, 2018.
- 12. Cohen CI. Assessing Outcomes in Schizophrenia in Later Life, in Cohen CI, Meesters PD (Eds) Schizophrenia and Psychoses in Later Life: New Perspectives on Treatment, Research, and Policy. London, Cambridge University Press.
- 13. Copeli, F, Cohen CI. Medical Issues in Older Persons with Schizophrenia , in Cohen CI, Meesters PD (Eds) Schizophrenia and Psychoses in Later Life: New Perspectives on Treatment, Research, and Policy. London, Cambridge University Press, in press.
- 14. Ghoneim D. A Comparison of Early and Late-Onset Schizophrenia, in Cohen CI, Meesters PD (Eds) Schizophrenia and Psychoses in Later Life: New Perspectives on Treatment, Research, and Policy. London, Cambridge University Press, in press.
- 15. Reinhardt M. Assessment and Diagnosis of Psychotic Symptoms in Older Adults, in Cohen CI, Meesters PD (Eds) Schizophrenia and Psychoses in Later Life: New Perspectives on Treatment, Research, and Policy. London, Cambridge University Press, in press.
- 16. Cohen CI. Very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis: positive findings but questions remain unanswered. Lancet Psychiatry. In press.