Four researchers represented the Institute on Aging at the Padua Days of Muscle and Mobility Medicine in Padua, Italy, including associate directors of the Institute, Stephen Anton and Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, who also served on the conference organizing committee. Stephen Anton co-chaired Session III, “Compete against yourself to control body weight…
Photo by Emily Mavrakis At the annual UF College of Medicine (COM) Celebration of Research event, Todd Manini, PhD was one of seven UF COM faculty members recognized for their notable contributions to research in their respective fields. Dr. Manini, who serves as the director at the UF Institute on…
The UF Institute on Aging is pleased to welcome Stefano Cacciatore, MD, who joined the Institute as a Visiting Researcher in December 2025, supported by the Ermenegildo Zegna Founder’s Scholarship. Dr. Cacciatore is a board-certified geriatrician and clinician-scientist trained in epidemiology and biostatistics at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in…
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. #UFAging More information about this publication can…
Let’s do it again! Last year, in a unified show of Gator goodness, thousands of University of Florida alumni, students, faculty, staff, friends and families set a UF record during Stand Up & Holler, the second annual Gator Nation Giving Day. On February 18, 2021, we call upon Gators everywhere to…
The Institute on Aging and the Department of Aging and Geriatric Research wants to congratulate Dr. Fullwood Dottington for receiving a diversity supplement from JAX-ASCENT. His research aims to help undeserved minorities, 60+ with chronic low back pain.
