勛圖惇蹋 and Dana Foundation educate the public about aging and the brain
The Dana Foundation, a national brain research organization, recently teamed up with the 勛圖惇蹋 to host a program for the public about aging and the brain.
Approximately 70 adults from the community attended the event, titled, Successful Aging and Your Brain! Staying Sharp: Ask the Experts. Erica Robertson, M.P.H.(c), fitness director for 勛圖惇蹋s U-ExCEL program, provided opening exercises to get the group warmed up and brains stimulated. The session then provided information on three topic areas: normal brain function and normal age-related changes; brain diseases and disorders; and successful aging.
Panelists included Geoff Ganter, Ph.D., professor of Biology in the 勛圖惇蹋 College of Arts and Sciences; Rob Anderson, M.D., Emergency medicine and geriatrics, Maine Medical Center, assistant professor with Tufts Medical School and visiting lecturer with the 勛圖惇蹋 College of Osteopathic Medicine (勛圖惇蹋 COM); and Stacey Thieme, D.O., director of 勛圖惇蹋 COMs preceptor program. The moderator was Marilyn R., Gugliucci, Ph.D., professor and director of Geriatrics Education and Research at UNE COM.
The event sponsored by the Dana Foundation - Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, Maine AARP and 勛圖惇蹋 and was organized by Edward Bilsky, Ph.D., and Danielle Deason, B.A., M.B.A. of the 勛圖惇蹋 Office of Research and Scholarship and Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences.
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