Academic Appointment(s):
- Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Affiliated Faculty, Center for Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Division Title(s):
- Full-time faculty member
Research Interests:
- Effects of health status heterogeneity and trial selection on trial results
- Energy metabolism, mobility disability and frailty
- Epidemiology of multimorbidity
- Compensatory strategies for mobility, especially simple assistive technology
Clinical Interests:
- Care of older adults with more than one chronic illness
Selected publications:
- Weiss CO, Hoenig H, Varadhan R, Simonsick EM, Fried LP. Relationships of Cardiac, Pulmonary, andMuscle Reserves and Frailty to Exercise Capacity in Older Women. J Gerontology:Medical Sciences. 2010; [2009 Oct 12 Epub ahead of print]
- Chang SS, Weiss CO, Xue Q, Fried LP. Patterns of Co-morbid Inflammatory Diseases in Frail Older Women: the Women’s Health and Aging Studies I and II. J Gerontology: Medical Sciences. 2010; [2009 November 23 Epub ahead of print]
- Weiss CO, Gonzalez HM, Kabeto MU, Langa KM. Differences in Amount of Informal Care Received by Non-Hispanic White and Latinos in a Nationally Representative Sample of Older Americans. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2005; 53(1):146-151.
- Weiss CO, Fried LP, Bandeen-Roche K. Exploring the Hierarchy of Mobility Performance in High-Functioning Older Women. Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. 2007; 62A(2):167-173
- Weiss CO, Heonig HM, Fried LP. Compensatory Strategies Used by Older Adults Facing Mobility Disability. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007; 88(9):1217-1220.
- Weiss CO, Boyd CM, Yu Q, Wolff J, Leff B. Patterns of prevalent major chronic disease among older adults in the United States. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2007; 298(10):1160-1162.
- Weiss CO, Seplaki CL, Wolff JL, Kaspker JD, Agree EM. Self-selected walking speed was consistent when recorded while using a cane. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2008; 61(6): 622-627.
Education/Training:
- MD - University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor
- Internship/Residency - University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor
- Fellowship - Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore.
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