Assistant Research Scientist, IoG Associate Professor of Internal Medicine Division of Geriatric Medicine Medical School Research Scientist Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center 11G GRECC Facility, VAMC Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2399 Tel: (734) 761-7686 Fax: (734) 761-7489 Email: mterpenn@umich.edu

Dr. Terpenning is involved in multidisciplinary geriatric research with an emphasis on infectious diseases and infection control. One current project, the Geriatric Oral Science Project (GOSP), concerns oral bacterial colonization, xerostomia, and the contribution of oral/dental problems to medical illnesses. Medical outcomes with links to dental disease include aspiration pneumonia and infective endocarditis. Dr. Terpenning's interest in epidemiology has led to projects on bacterial colonization and infections in long-term care.

Publications:

Terpenning MS, Taylor GW, Lopatin D, Kerr CK, Dominguez BL, Loesche WJ: Aspiration pneumonia: Dental and oral risk factors in an older veteran population. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001; 49:557-563.

Terpenning MS: The relationship between infections and chronic respiratory diseases: An overview. Ann Periodontol 2002; 6:66-70.

Shay K, Terpenning M: Oral health is cost effective to maintain but costly to ignore. J Am Geriatr Soc 2002; 50:584-585.

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