# Identifying Injury Patterns and Forensic Biomarkers Diagnostic of Physical Elder Abuse

> **NIH NIH K76** · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · 2020 · $173,777

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The over-arching aims of this Beeson K76 application are to identify injury patterns and forensic biomarkers
diagnostic of physical elder abuse and launch the academic career of a very promising junior investigator.
Candidate: The applicant, Dr. Anthony Rosen, is an Emergency Medicine physician at Weill Cornell Medical
College (WCMC) who has demonstrated significant research ability and clinical interest in elder abuse and
acute geriatric care. He is the recipient of an NIA GEMSSTAR award, where he partnered with prosecutors'
offices to examine legal case files to describe intriguing patterns of injury in the largest retrospective series of
highly adjudicated elder abuse cases ever examined. To conduct this work, Dr. Rosen and colleagues
developed a comprehensive classification system for acute geriatric injuries and a protocol for standardized
photography of acute injuries. Dr. Rosen's work has begun to be recognized nationally, as he was an invited
participant in the 2015 White House Elder Justice Forum and presented at NIH's recent elder abuse workshop.
He has also pursued a clinical fellowship in Geriatric Emergency Medicine. Dr. Rosen is already trained in
research methods and biostatistics, having completed an MPH in epidemiology. Dr. Rosen's long-term career
goals are to improve protection of vulnerable older adults through identification, intervention, and prevention of
elder abuse and neglect and become an independent researcher and academic leader in elder abuse and
geriatric injury prevention research. He has identified four specific areas where he will benefit from additional
critical training during the Beeson Award period: forensic sciences, policy-making, independent grant writing,
and leadership skills. For each, in collaboration with his mentors, he has taken advantage of institutional, local,
and national didactic resources and opportunities to create an ambitious plan to provide this training and
experience. The Beeson K76 award will allow Dr. Rosen to develop these skills, complete the important project
he proposes, and continue his promising academic career and leadership development.
Mentors/Environment: Dr. Rosen has engaged an extraordinarily strong, committed mentorship team with
deep knowledge of elder abuse research and extensive experience in mentoring junior researchers to
independence. Dr. Rosen has worked closely for 9 years with his primary mentor, Dr. Mark Lachs, the Chief of
Geriatrics for WCMC and the entire NewYork-Presbyterian Health System (NYPHS), who has led multiple
R01-funded elder abuse research projects. He has also worked extensively with co-mentor Dr. Karl Pillemer, a
leading social scientist in elder abuse research for nearly 30 years. Co-mentor Dr. Terry Fulmer, president of
the John A. Hartford Foundation, is a leading nurse researcher with experience prospectively recruiting elder
abuse victims from the Emergency Department and has provided pilot data which informs this pr...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9971421
- **Project number:** 5K76AG054866-05
- **Recipient organization:** WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV
- **Principal Investigator:** Anthony Rosen
- **Activity code:** K76 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $173,777
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-09-15 → 2022-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9971421

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9971421, Identifying Injury Patterns and Forensic Biomarkers Diagnostic of Physical Elder Abuse (5K76AG054866-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9971421. Licensed CC0.

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