Tag: Institute of Gerontology
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2025 Public Service & Outreach Faculty Awards
Six University of Georgia faculty and staff members are being honored for exemplary service and…
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An act of love
UGA’s Cognitive Aging Research and Education Center helps patients and their families navigate the challenges…
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Program supports people with dementia and caregivers
UGA CARE Center and Botanical Garden partner to offer sensory-based enrichment.
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Renzi-Hammond, Beer to lead UGA Institute of Gerontology
They plan to focus on two major related initiatives.
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Learn piano as a part of a research study
The UGA Institute of Gerontology is looking for people aged 65 years and older to…
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Gerontology researcher studies language barriers and health
Kerstin Emerson, clinical associate professor of gerontology at the Institute of Gerontology in the College…
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Clinical associate professor discusses effects of isolation on seniors in long-term care facilities
Kerstin Gerst Emerson with the Institute of Gerontology in the College of Public Health was…
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UGA student partners with local Council on Aging
Jessica Shotwell creates unique health communications program.
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Dementia education, support
Beginning March 23, the Institute of Gerontology, based in the College of Public Health, will…
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Faculty group advising Innovation District initiative
The group will focus on resources and support for research commercialization.
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Can a cat improve your grandma’s life?
Research indicates that having a cat decreases loneliness by 36%.
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Beer, Handa chosen as first Innovation Fellows
The program helps faculty commercialize their research endeavors.
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Assistant professor studies the ways robots can help an aging population
As an assistant professor and researcher at UGA’s Institute of Gerontology, Beer studies how robots…
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Jenay Beer
As an assistant professor in the Institute of Gerontology and director of the university’s Assistive…
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Reducing frustration with health care is key for those with chronic medical conditions
Navigating the U.S. health care system can be frustrating for anyone, but for adults with…
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Aging in place could save money, benefit health outcomes in public housing for the elderly
Training service coordinators in low-income public housing to better assist aging residents could improve community…
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Reducing frustration with health care is key for those with chronic medical conditions
A study by UGA researchers provides insights into how health care providers and patients can…
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Family member’s death can impact personal health, UGA research finds
Death takes a toll on the living, and in the case of baby boomers, the…
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UGA experts on aging to advise Georgia’s dementia task force
Because Alzheimer’s disease is considered a major public health priority, more than 40 states currently…
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Mortality Project puts focus on survivors
UGA researchers are looking at how a loved one’s death affects the health of family…
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The bystander effect
Dr. Toni Miles, director of UGA’s Institute of Gerontology, is studying life after death-or, more…
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Mary Ann Johnson
Mary Ann Johnson, who holds the Bill and June Flatt Professorship in Foods and Nutrition,…
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U. of Louisville professor will lead Institute of Gerontology
Dr. Toni Miles has been named the director of the College of Public Health’s Institute…
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National experts in evidence-based medicine to speak at UGA conference May 10-11
Two of the nation’s top experts in teaching evidence-based medicine will speak to a wide…
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