Grantees in the News: Eric Coleman, MD, MPH, Awarded MacArthur Fellowship

Eric Coleman, MD, MPH, was awarded an unrestricted “genius” fellowship award by the Charles D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on October 2. Dr. Coleman is a geriatrician who studies care transitions and aims to find ways to reduce the number of unnecessary hospital readmissions. A phenomenon that affects many older adults, avoidable readmissions are costly and dangerous both to patients and the health care system. The Care Transitions Intervention Dr. Coleman has developed, The New York Times reported, reduces the chance of readmission up to 50% and is already being implemented across the country. The MacArthur Fellowship aims to…

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2011 Annual Report Now Available Online

AFAR's 2011 Annual Report is now available online!   The report can be viewed here.  A PDF version of the report can also be downloaded from our website.

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Glenn Foundation Renews Support of AFAR

AFAR is pleased to announce that a generous $5 million gift from The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research will provide significant funding for two major AFAR grant programs, the AFAR Research Grants and the Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Awards. The donation extends a longstanding partnership between the two organizations. “For more than three decades, Paul Glenn and the Glenn Foundation have been true partners and friends of AFAR,” said Stephanie Lederman, EdM, AFAR Executive Director. “The Glenn Foundation has also recognized the importance of supporting a new generation of researchers, helping them get their start as future leaders…

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MetLife Foundation Awards for Medical Research Presented

On May 15, Yueming Li, PhD, of Sloan-Kettering Institute and Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and Lennart Mucke, MD, of the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease and University of California, San Francisco, received the 2013 MetLife Foundation Awards for Medical Research in recognition of their outstanding work on Alzheimer’s disease. Representatives from the press, foundation, medical, and research communities attended the award ceremony, which included a research briefing and a keynote address from health and science journalist, Dr. Max Gomez. Dr. Gomez spoke movingly about the impact on Alzheimer’s disease on families. For 27 years, the MetLife Foundation…

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To Screen or Not to Screen?: AFAR Webinar

Debates over the pros and cons of health screenings, both novel and established, for diseases from prostate cancer to Alzheimer’s, have filled the news this year. Join AFAR  for “To Screen or Not to Screen?,” a webinar devoted to examining the risks and rewards of health screenings for diseases prevalent among older adults. Will screenings save lives or just cause unneeded stress, unnecessary and risky treatments, and higher healthcare costs? The answer may vary based on health circumstances and age. Leading health experts Christine Cassel, MD, President of the American Board of Internal Medicine and…

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