Dear
Louise
September 2008 Volume 2, Number 8
A publication of the University of Utah Center on
Aging
phone: 801.585.9540
email:
aging@hsc.utah.edu
News and Events
Jannah Mather Chosen to be One of Inaugural Group of
Participants Selected to Focus on Needs of Aging Baby
BoomersJannah Mather, Dean and Professor, College of
Social Work, will be one of 12 administrators of social work schools
and programs across the country to participate in the inaugural
seminar of The Leadership Academy in Aging to build their capacity
to address the needs of America’s aging population. The Academy is a
joint venture of The New York Academy of Medicine’s Social Work
Leadership Institute (SWLI) and the National Association of Deans
and Directors of Schools of Social Work, with support from the John
A. Hartford Foundation. The selection committee chose 12 outstanding
deans of social work schools and directors of social work programs
to participate in the Academy, which helps social work
administrators further develop as leaders in the field of aging
care. The participants were competitively selected from a diverse
pool of applicants from social work programs around the United
States. Congratulations, Jannah!
The Brookdale Leadership in Aging
FellowshipThe Brookdale Foundation has announced the
2009 Brookdale Leadership in Aging Fellowship Program. The
Fellowship, which is open to all professionals in the field of
aging, was created by the Foundation to encourage emerging leaders
in the field of aging.
The Foundation is seeking applications from a broad range of
disciplines related to the field of aging including, but not limited
to, the medical, biological and basic sciences, social sciences,
nursing, the arts and humanities. The deadline for application
submission is November 6, 2008. For more information, and to access
the online application, please go to the Foundation website http://www.brookdalefoundation.org.
Recent Publications
New Research Finding on TelomeresDepartment
of Human Genetics and Center on Aging faculty member, Richard
Cawthon, Ph.D. published a paper “Association of Longer
Telomeres With Better Health in Centenarians” in last month’s issue
of the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences (Vol. 63A, No. 8,
809–812). The study demonstrated that “Healthy centenarians from the
New England Centenarian Study “had significantly longer telomeres
than did unhealthy centenarians (p<0.0475)”. The study’s findings
“raise the possibility that perhaps it is not exceptional longevity
but one’s function and health that may be associated with telomere
length.”
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 About our logo: The bristlecone
pine tree (Pinus longaeva) -
the earth’s oldest inhabitant
with a life span of 4,000 years -
is found only in Utah and
five other western states.
Its extraordinary longevity and
ability to adapt and
survive in extremely harsh
environmental conditions
above 10,000 feet embodies the
investigative spirit
and mission of the Utah Center on
Aging.
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If you
have questions about the University of Utah Center on Aging, please
visit us online at http://aging.utah.edu
801-585-9540 or aging@hsc.utah.edu
Best,
Mark
A. Supiano, MD
Executive Director - Center on
Aging
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