Apr 13, 2021
In a recent study published in eLife, Jenny Tung (Duke Center for Population Health and Aging) and her collaborators observe that high social status males male baboons in the wild experience accelerated epigenetic aging. Aging, for virtually all life, is...
Apr 12, 2021
Duke Center for Population Health and Aging researchers, Kenneth Dodge and V. Joseph Hotz, along with colleagues William Copeland, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, and Kathleen Cagney, Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, were recently...
Apr 12, 2021
People with intellectual and developmental disabilities like Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and Autism often have underlying health conditions that make them more susceptible to COVID-19. Plus, many receive care in group living facilities, putting them at further risk....
Apr 9, 2021
Damali MARTIN, Program Director, Division of Neuroscience (DN). and John PHILLIPS, Chief, Population and Social Processes Branch, Division of Behavioral and Social Research (DBSR) discuss NIA’s participation in GEOHealth. Climate change, air pollution, and...
Apr 1, 2021
Concerns around assisted living (AL) quality in Minnesota prompted passage of new legislation in 2019 and provided funding for the development of an Assisted Living Report Card. Life Course Center (LCC) members Tetyana Shippee and Timothy Beebe and colleagues...
