FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT: CTSI’s Research Initiative for Special Populations
The CRISP (CTSI’s Research Initiative for Special Populations) Pilot Awards are now accepting applications for the 2019 funding cycle.
Are you at least 60 years old? If so, you may be eligible to participate in the Pepper Registry
Researchers want to better understand aging, mobility, and balance by enrolling older adults into the Pepper Center Research Registry.
Are you 65 or older and wake up 2 or more times per night to urinate?
If so, you may be eligible to participate in a study to help researchers understand the impact of sleep on nighttime urine production.
Robot-Guided Video Game Gets Older Adults Out of Comfort Zone, Learning and Working Together
The game’s point is to get participants out of isolation and moving, staving off dementia.
Record-Breaking Performance in a 70-Year Old Marathoner
Physiological profile of a 70-year-old male marathoner who ran the event in 2:54:23
Psychiatry Professor Mary Ganguli Honored With Distinguished Scientist Award
Mary Ganguli, professor of psychiatry, epidemiology and neurology in Pitt’s Department of Psychiatry, was recently given the 2019 Distinguished Scientist Award by the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.