Clinical studies include oral epidemiology and effectiveness of diabetes education in Mexican-American elderly, while health services research focuses on functional status and ethnicity, and health care utilization. Wash. Basic biomedical research is directed toward neurobiologic and neuroendocrine aspects of aging and Alzheimer's disease, with clinical evaluation of new treatments for patients with Alzheimer's disease. Additional research examines the bioethical aspects of medical decision-making in the elderly. Calif. Biomedical research focuses on Alzheimer's disease, molecular biology and endocrinology, with studies on bone cell changes with aging and the impairment of immune response to psychological stress in the elderly. Applied clinical research studies delve into falls and mobility problems, long-term care, exercise, pain, sleep and quality of care.
Additional research examines the cost-effectiveness of health care delivery.
Calif. Biomedical studies are conducted in the fields of osteoporosis, immunology and osteoarthritis, focusing on underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms. Applied clinical research has focused on pharmacological and exercise approaches to osteoporosis and physical therapy approaches in osteoarthritis. Health services research examines the use of geriatric outpatient care by the elderly, and the cost effectiveness of health maintenance programs.