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The Dana Foundation, a national brain research organization, teamed up with the University of New England to host a program for the public about aging and the brain. Erica Robertson, M.P.H.(c), fitness director for UNE’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 UNE 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 UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNE COM); and Stacey Thieme, D.O., director of UNE COM’s preceptor program. The moderator was Marilyn R., Gugliucci, Ph.D., professor and director of Geriatrics Education and Research at UNE COM.
The event was sponsored by the Dana Foundation - Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, Maine AARP, and University of New England and was organized by Edward Bilsky, Ph.D., and Danielle Deason, B.A., M.B.A. of the UNE Office of Research and Scholarship and Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences.
Publication Date
10-27-2016
Disciplines
Geriatrics | Neuroscience and Neurobiology
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Video also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/e1fo89XBqJI
Preferred Citation
Gugliucci, Marilyn R.; Ganter, Geoffrey K.; Thieme, Victoria Stacey DO; and Anderson, Rob, "Successful Aging And Your Brain" (2016). Events. 1.
https://dune.une.edu/cen_events/1
Notes
Dr. Gugliucci is Professor & Director for Geriatrics Education in the UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Research Director, U-ExCEL Older Adult Fitness/Wellness Program.
Dr. Gantor is a Professor of Biology in the UNE College of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Thieme is Director of Community Preceptor Programs in the UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine.
This presentation was given in Ludcke Auditorium on UNE's Portland campus.