Major congrats to my graduate student Adam Hruby for being awarded the NSF GRFP! This is so well deserved for an insanely hard-working and creative young scientist who is definitely going to change the world of biology! Couldn't be prouder.
gero.usc.edu/2024/04/16/usc…

We are approved to hire a full-time lecturer. We are excited to grow Gerontology!
t.gsu.edu/44gpFtZ

📢Abstracts for the #NZAG2024 conference are closing soon!

✍️Submit your ideas for oral, pecha kucha, and/or posters by the 30th April to share your work at what's shaping up to be an awesome event!

nzag2024.ac.nz

#NavigatingAgeing

Exciting news! Applications are now open for the 2024 HBCU Aging Ambassadors Program (HAAP), presented by The Black in Gerontology & Geriatrics and the Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA) HBCU Collaborative Interest Group.

🌟 #HAAP #HBCU

I am so excited that my study won the Dr. Jerome Kaplan Outstanding Graduate Paper at the 2024 Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education (OAGE) Conference - Runcie C.W. Chidebe
Project PINK BLUE Kent State

#Cancer #BreastCancer #OncoDaily #Oncology #Gerontology #OldAgeCare

I am so excited that my study on 'Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Older Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer' won the Dr. Jerome Kaplan Outstanding Graduate Paper at the 2024 Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education (OAGE) Conference at Kent State USA.

Today is Earth Day!

Did you realize that although loneliness is a personal feeling, but the physical environment plays a crucial role in facilitating in-person social connections?

Journal of Applied Gerontology's link:
ow.ly/9Sck50RkOJ2.

The Journals of Gerontology, Series B has issued a call for papers for a forthcoming special issue on AI-driven measurement in gerontological research! Manuscript submissions are due July 1. Gerontology Research OUP Medicine

Interested in postgraduate study on Ageing/Gerontology? Join our Virtual Open Day at the University of Southampton, on May 2, 2024 and learn about our MSc and PhD programs in Gerontology and Global Ageing & Policy. Register here: buff.ly/3TPWcCq #Gerontology #Ageing #VirtualOpenDay

#breastcancer #endometrial #cancer #endometriosis #cervicalcancer #multiplesclerosis #MS #osteoporosis #womenshealth #gerontology #ecotoxicology #WomenInScience #microbiome #biomonitoring #uterine #cancer endocrine-disrupting chemicals #NCDs #smart #aging #OneHealth #cortisol

#archaeogenetics #Archäogenetik #history #ecology #gerontology #ecotoxicology

Multigenerational exposure to pollutants
needs to be documented.

What is the relationship between
great-grandparents liver concentrations of
immunotoxic pollutants
and risk of autoimmune diseases?

So it took a couple of weeks, but I'm delighted to say that our review of the RMR study program (and of combo mouse lifespan experiments generally) is now open access. Here's the link again: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

It's #Trivia Tuesday ! After Germany lost World War I, Bayer was forced to give up trademark rights to what two drugs in the Treaty of Versailles (1919)? Comment your answer below and be sure come back tomorrow for the correct answer. #Gerontology #Trivia #Nursing

#ParkinsonsAwarenessMonth2024 in Medical Sciences section of The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Longitudinal evolution and plasma biomarkers for excessive daytime sleepiness in Parkinson's disease #ABCsofPD Oxford Journals Gerontology Research doi.org/10.1093/gerona…

About to play my first session of 'The Ward' TTRPG by Magpie Games and I could not be more excited. It seems perfectly designed to match the flow of medical dramas. My character specializes in gerontology but struggles to come to terms with his own aging.

#TTRPGs

#health informatics #HealthForAll #health #health promotion #AI #NCDs #health care oral health #gerontology #publichealth #prevention #health equity #demography

Which digital health software
is most effective in ensuring that
low-wage workers
have regular dental health checks?
.

Fantastic BSG Emerging Researchers in Ageing video with Dr Bruce Davenport (@bushofears), on being an accidental gerontologist exploring the cessation of volunteering among older people.

youtu.be/MziXdB0N4T0?si… via YouTube

#ecology #medicine #ethics #menopause #NCDs #WHSMelbourne2024 #publichealth #gerontology

Brain researchers have wasted decades
attempting to get rich
with a lucrative miracle pill for dementia
after the brain is already damaged,
instead of implementing
preventative healthcare.

This article is well worth reading: 'Combining rejuvenation interventions in rodents: a milestone in biomedical gerontology whose time has come'