Louis. In April 2002, she was named a Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholar, and received funding for the study on coalition building across aging, developmenteal disability, and physical disability service networks. Her scholarship includes theoretical and empirical evaluation of the intersections of aging and disability with a particular focus on differences between aging with and aging into disability. Putnam's research in this area includes examining issues of independent living and long-term care service use, consumer direction of services, asset development, and disability identity.