For immediate release: June 13, 2007
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School of Medicine’s Doina Kulick, M.D. receives grant to study prevention of osteoporosis in women
Nevada Department of Health and Human Services gives $174,000 grant
RENO, Nev.– Doina Kulick, M.D., assistant professor of medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Nevada School of Medicine, was recently awarded a grant for the study of osteoporosis among women resulting from her submission of a research proposal entitled, “Preventing Osteoporosis among Nevada Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Novel Physical Activity.”
Kulick submitted her proposal in response to a request from the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services.
The study has been funded through the Trust Fund for Public Health at $174,000 for a two-year period beginning July 1. The research will be conducted at the School of Medicine’s Center for Bone Health in collaboration with the University of Nevada, Reno’s Motion Analysis Lab.
One out of two women over age 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime. In Nevada, hospitalizations due to osteoporosis fractures doubled between 2000 and 2004. Kulick’s study proposes that a simple kind of physical activity intervention will prevent or slow the progression of osteoporosis in post menopausal women while improving balance and aerobic endurance.
Kulick’s research interests are related to nutrition lifestyle and chronic diseases including the translational research approach to these issues. She is the only physician in the state to be certified in nutrition by the American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists.
As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been meeting statewide healthcare, educational, and clinical needs since 1969. The School of Medicine encompasses 16 clinical medical education departments, including Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, as well as ten nationally-recognized departments within basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. As the largest multi-specialty healthcare focus within the state, the School of Medicine employs more than 185 doctors who both teach and practice medicine throughout Nevada. The school’s statewide faculty physician practice group has a combined 25 different medical specialties with seven physician practice offices located in the Reno-Sparks area and five physician offices located in Las Vegas.
The University of Nevada School of Medicine utilizes a best-practice approach to medicine and is committed to addressing the health needs of Nevada now and in the future. For more information, please visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.
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