Posts Tagged ‘aging’

The Oregon Center for Aging and Technology (ORCATECH) is calling on OHSU investigators to submit research proposals for pilot projects (up to $50,000) to improve technology and translate that technology into useful tools to improve health and maintain independence in our aging population. ORCATECH has a particular (although not exclusive) focus on two key reasons for loss of independence: decline in cognitive function and decline in mobility. ORCATECH anticipates a broad potential range of research that may include, for example, exploring … Read More

The Oregon Partnership for Alzheimer’s Research (OPAR) has announced its 2013 Research Grant request for proposals, and is calling for investigators to submit proposals for one-year projects of up to $30,000. The OPAR anticipates funding three grants this cycle. Proposals are due March 5, 2013. Applications will be accepted from investigators in Oregon who are launching their careers, are established researchers exploring new areas of investigation, or, with appropriate mentoring, are doctoral level students. Applications will be … Read More

Come attend the second annual Healthy Aging Alliance conference: The Science and Art of Healthy Aging on October 10, 2012 from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Portland Art Museum. This creative, interdisciplinary conference will include: Keynote speakers Dr. Walter Bortz of Stanford University, one of America’s most distinguished scientific experts on aging and longevity on “The Plasticity of Human Aging” Dr. Larry Sherman of OHSU on “How Music Helps the Aging Brain” (piano performance … Read More

Learn how researchers across a wide range of disciplines are coming together to help our aging population stay healthy and maintain independence. View the new Healthy Aging Alliance website.

Tai Chi has been shown to improve balance and decrease risk for falls in Parkinson’s patients, according to research published today in the New England Journal of Medicine by a team of Oregon scientists. Elizabeth Eckstrom, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor and director of geriatrics at OHSU, was part of the collaboration, which was led by a scientist from the Oregon Research Institute. The study was one of the first large-scale clinical trials to test the … Read More

The Oregon Center for Aging & Technology (ORCATECH) is offering pilot funding up to $50,000 to improve technology and translate that technology into useful tools to improve health and maintain independence in our aging population. The center focuses on two key reasons for loss of independence among the elderly: decline in cognitive function and decline in mobility. Areas related to this focus are encouraged, but applications are not limited. Applications are due March 16, 2012. … Read More

You’ve been hearing it for years: eat more fruits and veggies, and replace red meat with omega-3-rich fish like salmon. A new study by Gene Bowman, N.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of neurology, showed that people with higher intake of B vitamins, vitamins C, D, E, and omega 3 fatty acids, had less brain shrinkage (which is associated with Alzheimer’s disease) and higher mental acuity than those who were vitamin deficient. Another interesting finding: the study … Read More

Each year, OHSU’s Layton Aging & Alzheimer’s Disease Center administers the Oregon Partnership for Alzheimer’s Research (OPAR), a program which allows Oregon taxpayers to have a portion of their state income tax refund donated to Alzheimer’s research. Researchers in Oregon have an opportunity to receive up to $40,000 from OPAR via the Oregon Tax Checkoff Alzheimer’s Research Fund. Priority for funding will be given to investigators just entering the field of dementia research and to … Read More

Join the Portland VA Medical Center (PVAMC) and OHSU School of Nursing for a seminar on Managing Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia: Non-Pharmacological and Pharmacological Interventions on Thursday, November 10 from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in the School of Nursing Founders Auditorium Room 114. Sarah Goodlin, M.D., physician at the PVAMC; Terri Harvath, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.S., professor at OHSU’s School of Nursing; Jennifer Lawrence, M.S.W., M.A., research associate at OHSU; and David Mansoor, M.D., assistant professor … Read More

The OHSU Healthy Aging Alliance (supported by the Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute) invites OHSU students and researchers to its first conference on Thursday, October 27, 2011 from 12 to 5 p.m. at the Mirabella Portland Retirement Community on the Southwest Waterfront. The conference, OHSU’s Translational Role in Aging Innovation: Molecules to Mirabella, will kick off the Healthy Aging Alliance’s vision to address the gaps that currently exist between innovative aging research related to … Read More