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Frailty, dementia boost older adults' death risk after surgery

Older Americans with frailty or dementia have higher death rates within a year after major surgery, a new study shows.

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Financial Strain Tied to Increased Mortality After MI

In older patients, severe financial stress was associated with a greater risk of death within six months of discharge after an acute myocardial infarction.

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Office of Research and Scholarship Update – Winter 2022

Perspective: Associate Dean for Research & Scholarship Researchers at the UConn School of Social Work continue to leverage partnerships with state

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Researchers document use of medications that may raise blood pressure as an adverse effect

BOSTON – Nearly half of all adults in the United States have hypertension, also known as high blood pressure. One overlooked risk factor for

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Training Next Generation of Health Providers and Scientists in Aging and Geroscience

National Institutes on Aging award reflects the growth and maturity of UConn’s multidisciplinary aging research efforts and leadership in geroscience

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Training the Next Generation of Health Providers and Scientists in Aging and Geroscience

A National Institutes on Aging award reflects the growth and maturity of UConn's multidisciplinary aging research efforts and leadership in geroscience.

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Roger Fielding

Roger A. Fielding, Ph.D. is Associate Director of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University and serves as Director and Senior Scientist of the Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, and Sarcopenia (NEPS) Laboratory. He is also Professor of Nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Associate Director of the Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. Dr. Fielding is an internationally known researcher who studies the underlying mechanisms contributing to the age-associated decline in skeletal muscle mass, the resultant impact on function, and the potential role of exercise, nutrition, physical activity and other therapies on attenuating this process. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers with over 8,000 citations and has conducted numerous cross sectional, longitudinal, and intervention studies examining the role of skeletal muscle power on physical performance in older adults. Dr. Fielding is an associate editor of the Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, Calcified Tissues International, and Musculoskeletal Research. He has also served as a reviewer on numerous NIH study sections and was elected to the NIH/CSR College of Reviewers. In 2015, he received the Olof Johnell Science Award from the International Osteoporosis Foundation.

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