Aging

Meet senior citizen Jean Martin. With Dr Genice Nelson

Meet Jean: A Lifetime Giver on a Mission to Always Help Others

Jean Martin has enrolled in a new UConn Health clinical research study to help enhance the future care of sickle cell disease patients.

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UConn John Dempsey Hospital Recognized for Exceptional Clinical Performance

Sepsis, pneumonia, hip fracture care, and GI surgery earn 5 stars from Healthgrades

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RNA Tech Could Make Fast Test for Alzheimer’s Disease

With Alzheimer's beginning well before symptoms appear, early detection would be a crucial benefit for patients and doctors

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UConn Health’s Dr. Jaclyn Olsen Jaeger Recognized as Outstanding Educator

Early Career Physician Teaching Award from Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Physicians

Lisa Barry, Bin Feng Mark Litt

The Cato T. Laurencin Institute Pre-K Award Program Graduates Another Successful Cohort

Established in 2014 by UConn Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin, the Pre-K Junior Faculty Career Development Award Program is a pioneering two-year interactive award program.

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Could Simply Taking a Supplement Prevent Many Older Women’s Urgent Need to Urinate?

New clinical trial at UConn Center on Aging testing the benefits of an over-the-counter antioxidant on bothersome bladder symptoms.

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Demystifying the Link Between Major Depression and Alzheimer’s Disease

UConn investigators uncover new risk factors linking depression and dementia

“Chia-Ling Kuo et al. demonstrate the Healthspan Proteomic Score (HPS), derived from chronological age and the expression levels of 86 proteins, is a strong predictor of disease and mortality risk. Lower HPS values are associated with higher risks of disease and mortality. Pictured is a “biological clock” representation hinting that proteins inform the HPS, which can inform our healthspan. Here, the clock’s hand is a 3D rendering of growth/differentiation factor 15 (GDF15), a protein predictor of healthspan. Image credit: Bernard L. Cook III, PhD, who conceptualized, illustrated, and composed the final image, and Illustrate, the software used to render GDF15 (Goodsell DS, Autin L, Olson AJ (2019) Illustrate: Software for Biomolecular Illustration. Structure 27, 1716-1720).”

Scientists Develop New Blood-Based Proteomic Score to Predict Healthspan and Disease Risk

UConn School of Medicine study published in PNAS introduces Healthspan Proteomic Score as a biomarker for healthy aging

Dr. Jaclyn Olsen Jaeger is a geriatrician at UConn Health and educator at UConn School of Medicine (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo).

UConn’s Dr. Jaclyn Olsen Jaeger Appointed to Two National Education Committees

Olsen Jaeger of the UConn Center on Aging will serve on the Education Committees of both the ACP and PALTmed

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UConn Joins Age-Friendly University Global Network

The organization is reimagining higher education’s role in an aging society