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New Grant Awarded to Dr. David Clark

Please join me in congratulating Dr. Clark for being awarded the R21 grant Combining tDCS and neurorehabilitation to treat age-related deficits of mobility and cognition. Loss of mobility and cognitive ability are serious conditions that threaten the independence of older adults.  Importantly, both of these conditions are mechanistically linked by…

Outstanding Patient Satisfaction: Geriatric Medicine Division

The Press Ganey patient satisfaction survey indicates that, for the past year, the Geriatric Medicine team members operating at Oak Hammock at the University of Florida and in the UF Senior Care Clinic has achieved the rating of 75th percentile. Well done, Geriatric Medicine team!…

Recognition of Outstanding Leadership and Research: Dr. Marco Pahor

The International Conference on Frailty and Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR)  issued its first inaugural award of merit to acknowledge Dr. Marco Pahor‘s outstanding leadership and research in the ares of sarcopenia and frailty, and his continued scholarship in this area. Dr. Pahor, congratulations for receiving this…

Sudeshna Chatterjee: Recipient of Leighton Cluff and first-place Robert A. Levitt Awards

Congratullations to Sudeshna Chatterjee, Rehabilitation Sciences graduate student and Leighton Cluff awardee for her outstanding research paper on the topic of “Mobility function and recovery after stroke: insights from sympathetic nervous system activity”.   Congratulations are in order for Dr. David Clark, her primary mentor, as well as co-mentors…

Dr. Natalie Ebner Named CLAS International Educator of 2016

  Dr. Natalie Ebner, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Adjunct Faculty at the Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory and the Department of Aging and Geriatric Research, and Affiliate Faculty at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research (FICS) is the recipient of a CLAS International Educator of the Year Award for…