Congratulations to Dr. Christy Carter and Alecia Monteiro (Instructional Designer) for receiving the Online Education Excellence Award in the Graduate Courses category for GMS6483 (Theories of Aging)!…
Pallavi Sood is our first student to graduate from the Department’s certificate program in Aging and Geriatric Practice. Ms. Sood is a third year doctoral student in Rehabilitation Science at UF and a Research Assistant at CINDRR, NF/SGVHS, VA, Gainesville. She is a Physical Therapist and board eligible prosthetist. Her…
Title: Age differences in cytokine expression under conditions of health using experimental pain models Published in: Experimental Gerontology Older adults are at an increased risk to develop frequent and prolonged pain. Emerging evidence proposes a link between immune changes and pain, which is consistent with the inflammation…
Older adults experience greater clinical pain than younger cohorts and aging is associated with significant changes to our brain. This 5-year study will provide the initial steps for identifying changes to brain areas known to regulate the perception of pain, which may place older adults at an increased risk to…
Patients seek care in the emergency department for immediate relief of pain or other symptoms. Emergency physicians are trained to provide care that focuses on disease-directed treatment of acute illnesses… for more information, please review the entire article on ResearchGate.
Click here to register http://aging.ufl.edu/education/geriatric-care-boot-camp/ …
IOA Research Day Program 6th ANNUAL SPOTLIGHT ON AGING RESEARCH occurred on SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 at the UF CTRB. 60 posters were on display and over 200 people attended. Agenda and poster information is available in the linked IOA Research Day Program. …
Geriatric Boot Camp: An Interprofessional Education Program for Healthcare Professionals. Authors: Lauren Solberg, JD, Laurence Solberg, MD, AGSF and Christy Carter, PhD Solberg_et_al-2015-Journal_of_the_American_Geriatrics_Society…
Cancer-Aging Retreat Agenda-FINAL The UF Health Cancer Center and UF Institute on Aging orgainzed a joint retreat to identify areas of potential collaboration between our institutions. Among the topics of interest: Genome Instability in Cancer and Aging, Functional/Cognitive Decline, Interventions (Therapeutics Lyfe Style, Nutrition, Drugs), Inflammation and Immunology.
A new RO1 grant, Cochlear Detoxification System was awarded by the National Institutes of Health to Dr. Shinichi Someya, a faculty member of the Biology of Aging Division. Living organisms are continuously exposed to and must defend against naturally occurring toxins and non-nutrient foreign chemicals (1-3). The glutathione transferase (GST)…
