The Global Gateway to Aging is “A platform for population survey data on aging around the world.” COAH collaborator Dr. Alden Gross from the Bloomberg School of Public Health is one of three principle investigators with the Global Gateway to Aging (GGA), which was recently renewed for an additional five years of funding. I had […]
Todd T. Brown, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will present “Frailty in People Living with HIV: An Accelerated Phenotype” at the May 2nd Scientific Seminar Series. In person attendance is encouraged. Light refreshments will be served. To attend via […]
Outstanding candidates are invited to apply for the position of the Director of the Johns Hopkins University Center on Aging and Health. The Center is a vibrant multidisciplinary center approaching its 25th anniversary. It is primarily housed in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology within the Department of Medicine but is a cross-disciplinary center […]
Dr. David L. Roth has announced plans to step down as the Director of the Center on Aging and Health (COAH) in the months ahead, and he will continue to work with the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology and his COAH colleagues as a valued member of our faculty as a researcher, mentor, and […]
LOIs to Older Americans Independence Center Due Fri., April 1 (This is not a joke!) The JHU Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC) is seeking Letters of Intent (LOIs) for scientific projects related to physical frailty in older adults. The goals of these proposals should be to elucidate the etiology of frailty, to […]
John G. Cagle, PhD, Associate Professor at the University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Social Work will present “Improving Care at the End of Life during Concurrent Public Health Crises” at the April 4th Scientific Seminar Series. In person attendance is encouraged. To attend via Zoom, registration is required at bit.ly/36oi82G.
Are you interested in research about memory loss, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease? I am. I believe research is where the future is—treatments, interventions, discoveries—and, speaking as someone who was a caregiver to my mom who died from a type of frontotemporal dementia known as Pick’s Disease, I find hope and comfort in the promise of […]
Alden L. Gross, PhD, an Associate Professor in the Division of Epidemiology of Aging at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Core Faculty member at the Center on Aging and Health in the Division of Gerontology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will present “Measurement and Structure of Cognition […]
Hopkins Geriatricians Identify Biomarkers Linking Social Isolation & Mortality Congratulations are in order to COAH champions Dr. Thomas Cudjoe, Shang-En Chung, Dr. David L. Roth, and Dr. Cynthia Boyd from the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology and Dr. Roland Thorpe, Jr., from the Bloomberg School of Public Health for their timely and significant research […]
We are excited to launch our “COAH Champion” series this year, which is a fun and informal way to become better acquainted with our team members as both people and professionals. Our inaugural COAH Champion is Alden L. Gross PhD, Associate Professor with the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Alden is known for his work […]
