Halima Amjad, MD, MPH, PhD

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Medicine

Background

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• Doyle K. Older adults with probable dementia often take part in unsafe activities. Reuters, June 3, 2016
• Many people who have dementia don’t know it. Here’s who’s most at risk, The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 23, 2018
• With cognitive impairment, older adults struggle with — and face risks from — smartphones, computers. Washington Post, (October 13, 2019)

Research Interests

Dementia, Dementia Care, Health Services

PubMed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1X3toknBotckw/bibliography/44623495/public/?sort=date&direction=ascending

Selected Publications

• Amjad H, Austin AM, Carmichael D, Chang CH, Bynum, JPW. Continuity of Care and Healthcare Utilization in Older Adults with Dementia in Fee-for-Service Medicare. JAMA Intern Med. 2016; 176(9): 1371–1378

• Amjad H, Mulcahy J, Kasper JD, Burgdorf J, Roth DL, Covinsky, K, Wolff JL. Do caregiving factors affect hospitalization risk among disabled older adults? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021; 69(1):129-139.

• Amjad H, Roth DL, Samus QM, Yasar S, Wolff JL. Potentially unsafe activities and living conditions in older adults with dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2016; 64(6):1223-1232

• Amjad H, Roth DL, Sheehan OC, Lyketsos CG, Wolff, JL, Samus QM. Underdiagnosis of dementia: an observational study of patterns in diagnosis and awareness in U.S. older adults. J Gen Intern Med. 2018; 33(7):1131-1138

• Amjad H, Samus QM, Huang J, Gundavarpu S, Bynum JPW, Wolff JL, Roth DL. Acute care utilization risk among older adults living undiagnosed or unaware of dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc 2022. Epub ahead of print.

Honors

• Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23), NIH/NIA, 1/1/20
• Clinician Scientist Award, Johns Hopkins University, 1/1/19
• Outstanding Junior Research Manuscript Award, American Geriatrics Society, 1/1/17
• Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program Award, NIH/NIA, 1/1/17
• Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Scholars Mentored Career Development Award (KL2), NIH/NCATS, 7/1/16
• First Prize, "Better Caregiving, Better Lives" Story Contest, John A. Hartford Foundation, 1/1/15
• Samuel D. Kushlan Award, for the medical intern contributing most to patient care, Yale-New Haven Hospital, 1/1/10
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, Drexel University College of Medicine, 1/1/08

Memberships

• American Geriatrics Society
• Gerontological Society of America
• International Society to Advance Alzheimer‚Äôs Research and Treatment
• Maryland Virginia I. Jones Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Council

Professional Activities

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Editorial Board