A publication of the University of Utah Center on Aging 

Keynote Lecture Video

A video is now available of the 8th Annual Center on Aging Research Retreat Keynote Lecture given by Dr. Diana Kuh, entitled "A life course approach to healthy ageing: what do life course studies tell us and what are the research gaps?”. Dr. Kuh's lecture, dated March 25, 2014 can be accessed either from the Retreat page www.aging.utah.edu/2014retreat or directly at the U of U's Equella Resource page 

AGS Annual Meeting Presentations

Utah's Center on Aging research will be well represented at the Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Association in Orlando, Florida on May 15-17, 2014 with nine presentations.

A document has been created with all dates, times and information of Utah presentations - Download and Print Here

Members In The News

Student Journalists Take on Aging

Anne Palmer, Ed.D., Executive Director of the Utah Commission on Aging served as a key source for students reporting on the aging beat.  Voices of Utah, an award-winning community-engaged learning project of student-journalists in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah, was created by Dr. Kimberley Mangun to give students ongoing opportunities to cover a diverse beat and practice multimedia storytelling.  This semester students researched, wrote, documented and published stories centered on aging. They reported on a variety of topics, people and issues in the community, including: aging in place, Meals on Wheels, and care-giving by members of the sandwich generation.  The stories will be permanently archived along with aging-themed articles written by undergraduate students in Geoffrey Fattah’s intermediate reporting class from fall semester 2009.

Dr. Mangun created the course because she found a lack of community engagement among undergraduates studying journalism and communication.

New Book 'Framing Dementia'

Norman Foster, MD, director of the U.’s Center for Alzheimer’s Care, Imaging and Research was featured in The Salt Lake Tribune article "Dementia helps Utah caregivers ‘understand what’s important’" which highlights the work of the U's Honors Project under the guidance of Dr. Foster, and other University Faculty in researching, writing and publishing the book "Framing Dementia", which chronicles the stories and struggles of caregiving families. More details about the program and the book can be found at honors.utah.edu 
Copies of the book are available by mail for $5 from the U.’s Center for Alzheimer’s Care, Imaging and Research or by calling (801) 587-7236.

Elizabeth Fhuriman Gardner Prize

Maureen Henry, JD, a UU Hartford Center PhD candidate, is one of two outstanding scholars to receive the 2014 Elizabeth Fuhriman Gardner Prize for the Outstanding Woman Student in the Health Sciences.  She will receive the award during the College of Nursing’s Convocation on Friday, May 2, 2014.  Maureen is also a Hartford-Noorda Scholar and recipient of a fellowship from the Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging Research. As an Atlantic Philanthropies Health & Aging Policy Fellow in 2013-14, she worked in Washington, D.C. to draft legislation to improve legislation for older adults.  She is a member of the Bristlecone Pine Cohort, which was funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation to increase the number of faculty qualified to teach gerontologic nursing. 

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AGING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

NOTE: This is not necessarily a comprehensive list. Please Search for additional opportunities at Grants.nih.gov. 

 

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Center on Aging Membership Directory

As a mostly virtual Center, we depend on the accuracy and timeliness of our Web presence. Center members are urged to review and update their membership directory information. Please view your information on the Center’s Web site . Please send any updates or requests for changes to aging@utah.edu.