2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of National Institute on Aging (NIA) at NIH, which went on to become the largest and most important funder of aging research in the world. The articles in this collection are authored by recipients and leaders of major NIA initiatives to help commemorate this important occasion. Each of these contributions highlights the successes of these initiatives, while also looking forward at challenges that aging science and NIA are likely to face over the next 50 years.
Author: Mark Roffer
Six UConn Faculty Members Named AAAS Fellows
Students, Nurse Anesthetists Share Neuroscience Honors
For Treatment-Resistant Depression, Two Drugs May Be Better Than One
Tackling Loneliness
Tackling Loneliness: Physical impact
Dr. Iman Al-Naggar Awarded Urology Care Foundation Research Scholar Award
Bringing Parkinson’s Information, Interventions to CT’s Hispanic Communities
The research of Cristina Colón-Semenza, assistant professor of kinesiology in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, wants to get people moving to improve their quality of life. As part of her work, she engages people from underrepresented groups in ways that use physical activity to mitigate symptoms and disease progression.
Treating the aging population with care under one roof
A doctor at UConn Health says the world’s aging population is growing rapidly and the way we care for the age group needs to change as well. He explains how the health system’s Center on Aging is now providing many different services to seniors all in one space.
Can Brain Training Computerized Games Help Evaporate Brain Fog from Long COVID?
UConn Center on Aging and the Department of Psychiatry researchers are working to answer this public health threat question by launching a clinical trial for older adults using at home, brain-training games on computer tablets as a Long COVID patient therapy.