TURN Research Team
Center on Aging
- Nancy Bergstrom PhD, RN, FAAN
Principal Investigator
Theodore J. & Mary E. Trumble Professor of Aging Research
Director, Center on Aging
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School Nursing - Mary Pat Rapp PhD, RN
Co-Investigator, Project Director
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School Nursing - Rachel Villarreal MSN, RN, ANP
Senior Research Nurse - Delora Domain
Research Associate
International Severity Information Systems [ ISIS ]
and the Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research [ICOR]
http://www.isisicor.com/
- Susan Horn PhD
Co-Principal Investigator
Vice President for Research ( ISIS ) and Senior Scientist (ICOR) - Bobbie James MStat
Data Systems Specialist - Julie Gassaway RN MS
ISIS Project Coordinator - Randall Smout MS
Senior Analyst ISIS/ICOR
US Study Intervention Sites
- Hennis Health Care Center
- Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
- Monroe Community Hospital
- Palatka Health Care Center
- Glencroft Care Center
- Linda Valley Care Center
Canadian Study Intervention Sites
- Canadian Collaborators
Principal Investigator: Murray Krahn, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Project Director: Anita Stern PhD
Clinical Research Study Coordinator: Gina Trubiani PhD
Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment
University of Toronto
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
Study Sites
- Speciality Care Mississauga Road
- Villa Leonardo Gambin
- Leisure World Lawrence
- Malton Village Long Term Care Center
- Shepherd Lodge
- Tyndall Nursing Home
Data, Safety, and Monitoring Board
- Caroline Fife MD, Chair DSMB
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology
Director of the Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine, and the Center for Environmental, Aerospace, and Industrial Medicine - Chul Ahn PhD
Director of Biostatistics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Clinical Sciences
Dallas , Texas - Rita Frantz PhD, RN, CWCN, FAAN
Dean and Professor
University of Iowa College of Nursing - Fred M. Feinsod, MD, MPH, DSc, CMD
Medical Director
Colorado Springs, Colorado - Elizabeth Dichter PhD
Division of Quality and Surveillance
New York State Department of Health - Josephine E. A. Boyington, PhD, MPH, RN
Program Director
Office of Extramural Programs
National Institute of Nursing Research
National Institutes of Health
TURN Program
For more information:
Please contact Mary.P.Rapp@uth.tmc.edu
The University of Texas
School of Nursing at Houston
6901 Bertner, Suite 613
Houston, TX 77030
