UF Aging

Please join us! Zheng "Jake" Chen, PhD will be giving an online seminar on December 6th. For more information, visit https://aging.ufl.edu/news/upcoming-seminars/

We are pleased to present our 2021 annual report for the Institute on Aging. For more information, visit https://aging.ufl.edu/news/annualreports/

Annual Reports » Institute on Aging » » University of Florida   2021 Annual Report 2020-21 Annual Report 2021 Fact Sheet 2018 Annual Report 2017 Annual Report 2016 Annual Report 2015 Annual Report 2013 Annual Report

Please join us! Sudeshna Chatterjee, PT, PhD will be giving an online seminar on November 1st. For more information, visit https://aging.ufl.edu/news/upcoming-seminars/

Congratulations🎉 to graduate student Erta Cenko, M.S.P.H. for being awarded the 2022 AGHE Student Leadership Award! The Student Leadership Award recognizes a student whose leadership has advanced the goals and mission of the Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education!

Black women 50+ years with a history of breast cancer can help advance science on the effects of
gratitude on physical activity, immune health, and well-being. The study is 8 weeks long and includes
two in-person visits to UF Campus. Compensation is provided. For more information or to see if you
qualify, please contact the study team via email to [email protected] or call 352-273-6318.

Just a reminder! Tamara G.R. Macieira, PhD, RN will be giving an online seminar on October 4th🎉, 12-1pm. For more information, please visit https://aging.ufl.edu/news/upcoming-seminars/

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Join the University of Florida College of Medicine as we celebrate National Postdoct Appreciation Week from Sept. 19-23.

UF is home to more than 600 postdoctoral scholars, including Emily Smail, Ph.D., a researcher in the College of Medicine department of health outcomes & biomedical informatics. Smail studies mental health and mobility in older adults using tools like smartwatch technology to track risk factors for falls.

"The postdoc experience is wildly different based on career goals, but universally, I think it’s most important that mentors be available to their postdoc," she said. "Weekly meetings are a great way to provide structure and allow the postdoc to progress through their career goals by allowing them space to express their goals and opinions without judgment."

Read more about Smail and her UF postdoc peers at https://news.ufl.edu/2022/09/postdoc-appreciation-week/

We're one week away! Martine Extermann, MD will be giving an online seminar on September 20th🎉, 12-1pm. For more information, please visit https://aging.ufl.edu/news/upcoming-seminars/

Congratulations to one of our Pepper Scholars, Dr. Samir Shah, was awarded a K23 funded by NHLBI. Dr. Shah’s research focuses on using Medicare claims data for understanding the types of treatments patients with kidney failure get for advanced peripheral arterial disease and their outcomes. Dr. Shah ultimately hopes to use the techniques he learned from his Pepper scholars project to better understand patient-centered outcomes in the renal failure/PAD population.

We're one week away! Dennis T. Villareal, MD will be giving an online seminar on September 6th, kicking off our Fall Seminar Series 🎉. For more information, visit https://aging.ufl.edu/news/upcoming-seminars/

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Attention : Funding Opportunities for Flexible, High Value Award and Early Career OAIC Exchanges are now live! Deadlines are in August! Check them out at http://peppercenter.org under

OAIC OAIC National Coordinating Center Wake Forest University School of Medicine Dalane W. Kitzman, M.D., Director   About The goal of the OAIC program is to increase scientific knowledge that allows older adults to maintain or restore their independence. The NIA supports the OAICs to develop and enhanc...

Research Program Funding Announcement for Claude D. Pepper OAIC. Funding Opportunities are available, please visit our website for more information. https://aging.ufl.edu/news/

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Yesterday we held our UF Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center Retreat and it was nothing short of amazing! Thank you to all of our core leaders, as well as everyone who helps keep the UF OAIC vision going.

Please join us! Shabboo Valipoor, PhD will be giving an online seminar on May 17th at Noon. For more information, visit https://aging.ufl.edu/news/upcoming-seminars/

New : Are Machine Learning Models on Wrist Accelerometry Robust against Differences in Physical Performance among Older Adults? https://t.co/LJv8K9KWn7

Are Machine Learning Models on Wrist Accelerometry Robust against Differences in Physical Performance among Older Adults? Sufficient physical activity (PA) reduces the risk of a myriad of diseases and preserves physical capabilities in later life. While there have been significant achievements in mapping accelerations to real-life movements using machine learning (ML), errors continue to be common, particularly for wri...

TRAM's T32 program is seeking a Ph.D., MD, Ph.D./MD, or related areas to conduct research focused on addressing mobility impairments in late-life. If you or someone you know is interested, please see our website for more information.

https://aging.ufl.edu/education/

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Just a reminder! Dr. Kenneth Covinsky will be giving an online seminar on May 3rd. For more information, visit https://aging.ufl.edu/news/upcoming-seminars/

IOA Congratulates Dr. Dejana Braithwaite
The Institute on Aging would like to congratulate Dr. Braithwaite for being a recently published author in the Global, regional, and national burden of diseases and injuries for adults 70 years and older: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study.

More information about this publication can be found here at:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35273014/

Global, regional, and national burden of diseases and injuries for adults 70 years and older: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study - PubMed Life expectancy at age 70 has continued to rise globally, mostly because of decreases in chronic diseases. Adults aged ≥70 living in high income countries and regions with better healthcare access and quality were found to experience the highest life expectancy and healthy life expectancy. Disabil...

Just a reminder! Dr. Roger Fielding will be giving an online seminar TODAY, April 5th. For more information, visit https://aging.ufl.edu/news/upcoming-seminars/

Visit https://fcoa.org/Virtual_Education_Showcase to register today!

UF Aging updated their address.

UF Aging updated their website address.

A diagnosis of dementia can be devastating news for older adults and those who love and care for them. For years, research has been conducted on ways to prevent dementia — without a lot of success. The will help us understand if taking a commonly used heart medication called a statin could prevent dementia in adults age 75 years or older. Find out more at preventabletrial.org

Just a reminder! Dr. Russell P. Tracy will be giving an online seminar on March 15th. For more information, visit https://aging.ufl.edu/news/upcoming-seminars/

Save the date! Dr. Russell P. Tracy will be giving an online seminar on March 15th. For more information, visit https://aging.ufl.edu/news/upcoming-seminars/

Just a reminder! Dr. Tracy E. Crane will be giving an online seminar on March 1st. For more information, visit https://aging.ufl.edu/news/upcoming-seminars/

Just a reminder! Dr. David Vaillancourt will be giving an online seminar on February 1st. For more information, visit https://aging.ufl.edu/news/upcoming-seminars/