Ann L. Gruber-Baldini, PhD

B.A. in Psychology and in Sociology, Bucknell University

M.S. in Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS), Pennsylvania State University

Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS), Pennsylvania State University

Research Fellow, National Institute on Aging Post-doctoral Traineeship, The Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan

I have been conducting research on psycho-social factors in aging and chronic disease, including hip fracture recovery, cognitive functioning, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, delirium, psychological functioning (e.g., resilience, self-efficacy), depression, Parkinson's disease, physical functioning, and health-related outcomes for over 25 years. I lead the Division of Gerontology Statistical and Data Management group, which includes 2 master’s-level data analysts that have provided data management and statistical oversight to a number of large longitudinal studies, including the Baltimore Hip Studies, Maryland Long-term Care Projects, Mobile Health in Diabetes projects, and the University of Maryland Movement Disorders PD and Movement Disorders Center Health Outcomes Measurement (HOME) Study. My work on Parkinson’s disease has looked at the intersection of motor and cognitive symptoms on disability. I have been a long-term co-investigator on the Baltimore Hip Studies program (Jay Magaziner, PI) where I lead the psychosocial functioning and cognitive disorders (delirium and dementia) research. I served as a site PI on a NIA-funded RCT intervention of physical therapy interventions after hip fracture among those without cognitive impairment (Jay Magaziner, PI). I was the PI of an AHRQ task order on methods for studying dementia treatment and outcomes in observational databases and a NHLBI-funded R01 looking at delirium outcomes in a RCT of transfusion thresholds (FOCUS). I am currently the PI of a NIA-funded R21 to examine a caregiver intervention among hip fracture patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. I am the PI for an active R01 looking at cognitive thresholds for patient-reported outcomes, which is recruiting patients with MCI and ADRD.  I am also co-PI of STRONG, a study funded by Gilead Foundation to add geriatric assessment to an HIV center.

I lead the Epidemiology and Human Genetics doctoral program.  I also am involved with the Gerontology doroctoral program.  I teach courses in Psychology of Aging and Epidemiology of Aging.  I am the MPI of a T32 training grant in epidemiology of aging.

Epidemiology of Aging, Adult Psychological Development, Cognitive Functioning and Aging (normal aging, delirium, and dementia), Hip Fracture Recovery and Rehabilitation, Parkinson’s Disease, Patient-reported Outcomes, Functional Outcomes and Health-Related Quality of Life, HIV and Aging

Gruber-Baldini AL, Zimmerman S, Morrison RS, Grattan LM, Dolan M, Hebel JR, Hawkes W, Magaziner J. Cognitive impairment in hip fracture patients: Timing of detection and longitudinal follow-up. J Amer Geriatr Soc 2003;51:1227-1236.  PMID: 12919234

Gruber-Baldini AL, Ye J, Andersen K, Shulman L. Effects of Optimism/Pessimism and Locus of Control on Disability and Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord, 2009, 15:665-9. PMID: 19362510

Gruber-Baldini AL, Resnick B, Hebel JR, Galik E, Zimmerman S. Adverse Events Associated with the Res-Care Intervention. J Am Med Dir Assoc, 2011, 12(8), 584-9. PMID: 21450187. NIHMS: 212481.

Gruber-Baldini, A., Marcantonio, E., Orwig, D., Magaziner, J., Terrin, M., Barr, E., Brown, J. Paris, P., Zagorin, A., Roffey, D.M., Zakriya, K., Blute, M., Hebel, J.R., & Carson, J.L., for the FOCUS CAS Investigators. (2013), Delirium Outcomes in a Randomized Trial of Blood Transfusion Thresholds among Hip Fracture Patients:  The FOCUS Cognitive Ancillary Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61(8):1286-95. NIHMSID #484159, PMID:23898894.

Gruber-Baldini, A.L., Hosseini, M., Grattan, L., Orwig, D. Hochberg, M., Chiles Shaffer, N., Magaziner, J. (2017). Cognitive Differences between Men and Women who Fracture their Hip and Impact on Six-Month Survival. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 65(3):e64-e69. PMID:28176306. NIHMSID 813464. MCID: PMC5357191

Gruber-Baldini, A.L., Velozo, C., Romero, S., Shulman, L.M. (2017). Validation of the PROMIS® Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Conditions Measures. Quality of Life Research, 26(7):1915-1924. NIHMSID 855675. PMID:28239781 PMCID: PMC5479750