Faculty & Staff
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Glenwood Thomas
Assistant Director, Programs
2023 Pilot Awardees
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Zesty Exercise System for Training (ZEST) older adults in fun exercise
Madeleine Hackney, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology; Charlie Kemp, PhD, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering (GA Tech); Meredith Wells, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology
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The effects of psilocybin on oxidative stress, inflammation, and aging
Louise Hecker, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine; Ali Zarrabi, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
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Function and prognostic role of CD28-negative cells in older patients with head and neck Cancer
Nicole Schmitt, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
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Deepta Ghate, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Differential high-level visual impairments and their impact on quality of life in glaucoma
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Soroosh Kiani, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Examining the overlapping syndromes of frailty and congestive heart failure in older patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy
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Jane Lowers, PhD, Instructor and Program Manager, Division of Palliative Care
Aging alone with dementia: A qualitative investigation of care-seeking and caregiving
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James Rilling, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry (SOM) and Anthropology (College)
Brain function and brain aging in dementia caregivers
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