Institute on Aging
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Sharing the latest aging and neurodegenerative disease-related research and news from Penn and beyond.
Philadelphia, PA
Joined December 2011
🔬The IOA Strategic Plan for ADRD will promote, facilitate, and enhance the use of multidisciplinary research approaches to achieve groundbreaking discoveries that advance the field. View the full strategic plan here: https://t.co/nHmvOsmpLl
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👀 First look at our speaker lineup for Aging Reimagined: Innovation in the Era of AI! 🗓️ Nov 21 | 📍 Penn & online 🔗 Learn more, register, and submit a poster here: https://t.co/w8lwzMG8bU
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#ICYMI: Join the 14th Annual 5K for @PennAging & Memory Mile Walk on Sunday, 11/9!🏃♀️🏃 Register & donate to support aging-related research at @PennMedicine➡️ https://t.co/4Hj7HyeT1V
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🚨 1 week left! Poster deadline = Nov 5 🚨 Share your research at the Sylvan M. Cohen Retreat + win a prize! 🏆Categories: Basic Science • Clinical Research • AI Solutions 📅 Nov 21 | Smilow + Online 📄 Submit: https://t.co/1HjfvKK79a 🔗 Info: https://t.co/w8lwzMGG1s
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The Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) Summit informs priorities at the NIH. A report has been established based on the virtual meetings in April and June of 2025. The report, along with videos from the conference, can be reviewed by clicking on the link in our bio 📑
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💡Join us for the IOA’s 2025 Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat & Poster Session! Explore how AI is transforming aging research and innovation. 👉 Register: https://t.co/zf6ffzdT5W 📄 Submit a Poster: https://t.co/x84xjRxQQN 🔗 Learn More: https://t.co/w8lwzMG8bU
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Air pollution may play a bigger role in cognitive decline than anyone realized. IOA Co-director Eddie Lee, MD, PhD @TNRLab is featured. https://t.co/ZxO7hDbZHS
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Air pollution exposure could make Alzheimer's disease worse by speeding up brain changes that cause memory loss and impaired judgment, a Penn Medicine study finds.
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📄 Present your work! Submit your poster here: https://t.co/GI98UMmhCh ⬆️ Upload your PDF later (if needed):
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Registration & poster submission are OPEN for Aging Reimagined: Innovation in the Era of AI — the IOA’s 2025 Sylvan M. Cohen Retreat & Poster Session, co-hosted by @pennaitech. 🗓️ Nov 21 | 8:30–4:30 | Smilow + Online 👉 Register: https://t.co/3UwPi7VbTM
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In honor of FTD Awareness Week 2025, the Penn FTD Center staff has put together a series of videos to share tips and information! Genetic Counselor Laynie Dratch provides details on genetics in FTD. Click on the link in our bio to watch now! #endFTD
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Neuroscience students, postdocs & early career researchers, abstract submissions are open for AAIC Neuroscience Next, Feb. 23-26! Accelerate the future of neuroscience & forge connections across the globe. Learn more: https://t.co/4uXQ9hpy6O.
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The air you breathe doesn’t just affect your lungs; it could be toxic to your brain. A study led by Edward Lee, MD, PhD, @PennAging, showed a link between increased exposure to air pollution and worse cases of Alzheimer’s disease. @PhillyInquirer
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Exposure to air pollution was associated with worse cases of Alzheimer's disease in a study that analyzed autopsied brain tissue from several hundred patients.
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Ambient air pollution (PM2.5) exposure is associated with increased dementia severity and more advanced Alzheimer's Disease neuropathology found at autopsy. https://t.co/FSKF8sahHe
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🏃♀️🏃♂️ The wait is over—registration for @PennMedicine's 5K for the IOA is OPEN! 🎉 Join us to run, walk & support aging research at the IOA. 👉 Sign up today: https://t.co/1Gtgd7aBHr
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How Medicaid Cuts Could Force Millions Into Nursing Homes This @pennldi blog post quotes several PARC Research Associates @rm_werner, @pilargonalons, @AdrianaPerez98, @allisonkhoffman, and PARC Co-Director @nbcoe1
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Proposed Medicaid cuts in the 2025 Budget Bill could drastically reduce access to home- and community-based care, forcing more Americans into nursing homes and straining families and caregivers.
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🎧🎙️Listen to the latest episode of The Age of Aging wherever you stream your podcasts:
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We often think of dementia as something that affects the oldest among us, and that’s often true; at the Penn Memory Center, the average age of diagnosis is between 70 and 75. In most of those cases,...
The latest episode of The Age of Aging dives into the emotional resiliency of young caregivers. In ‘Early Onset Caregiving’ listen to the accounts of two young caregivers who are balancing grief, growth, and responsibility far beyond their years. Listen at the link in the bio 🎧
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Join us next Tuesday, June 3rd for our next Grand Rounds lecture ft. @PennFTDCenter's Dr. Katheryn Cousins. 🔗 Register at: https://t.co/Tlj3CebqgM
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▶️Dr. Dena Dubal, a neurologist at UCSF, is leading groundbreaking research on Klotho, a protein identified as a longevity factor.🔗Head to the full blog and video interview to learn more: https://t.co/IF0cXJnwML
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📢NEW Funding Opportunity: Penn's Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center (PDMDC)'s Jim and Jeannie Morris Interdisciplinary Parkinson's Disease Research Awards. Apply by: June 15, 2025 Learn more here: https://t.co/DIyj5f6sEw
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