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Pictured from top left to bottom right: Ariana Burgos, Stefano Cacciatore, Mark Viggars, Keon Wimberly, Samantha Ali This past summer, the IOA held a competition for Travel Grants to attend and present at the 2026 Gerontological Society of America Conference in National Harbor, MD. The conference will take place November…
The Pepper Center and Institute on Aging are excited to announce a request for applications regarding pilot and exploratory study proposals and scholarships. Pilot and exploratory study proposal examples include interventions to improve mobility function, observational studies that evaluate novel risk factors for mobility loss, database and informatics research…
The UF Pepper Center and CTSI invite you to attend an Investigator Development Workshop: From Pilot Studies to Research Impact. The workshop will provide guidance to increase funding probability and maximize impact of scientific discoveries and will be held on Wednesday, September 16th from 9 am – 1 pm in CTRB Room 3161.
Samantha Ali, a fourth-year doctoral student at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy, has been selected as a recipient of the Diana Jacobs Kalman/AFAR Graduate Student Awards in Geroscience. Nominated by Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, PhD, associate director of translational sciences at the Institute on Aging, Ali works closely with…
The IOA hosted its first Aging Aims Studio of 2026 today, August 13. The session was fully attended, which additional participants joining on Zoom. Twice a month, investigators at any career stage may volunteer to present a one-page Specific Aims document. Prior to the session, presenters submit their aims page to the organizer.
Larissa Strath, Aditya Shirali, and Cora Best, from left to right This past July, three Pepper Scholars represented the Pepper Center and Institute on Aging in the Spotlight on UF’s Young Scholars at the Institute for Learning in Retirement of Oak Hammock. Thank you to our amazing scholars and their…
Translating research into the community is one of the IOA’s core missions. On July 15, 2026, over 45 Pepper Registry participants and enthusiastic community members joined the inaugural session of the Age Well Academy. Held at the Straughn Center, the Age Well Academy is a community seminar series communicating research…
The Gerontology Centers united to Aid Remote Research in Elders (G-CAR2E) project is a new NIH-funded initiative that is transforming how researchers study health and aging. Led by the University of Florida in partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Emory University, G-CAR2E is building a next-generation…
The Institute on Aging at the University of Florida announces a competition for Travel Grants to attend and present at the 2026 Gerontological Society of America Conference in National Harbor, MD. Applications are due Friday, July 24. The UF IOA will award up to 3 grants of up to…
Larissa Strath, Aditya Shirali, and Cora Best, from left to right Three Pepper Scholars will be representing the Pepper Center and Institute on Aging in the Spotlight on UF’s Young Scholars at the Institute for Learning in Retirement of Oak Hammock. Taking place on Tuesdays in July at 10 am…
