AFAR Featured as "Charity of the Week"

Be sure to visit a newstand this week! The Week magazine is featuring the American Federation for Aging Research as the "Charity of the Week." You can find AFAR's profile in the personal finance section of the print magazine, which highlights a different 4-star-rated charity each week.

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Multitasking As We Age: Grantee Adam Gazzaley Explores Working Memory

AFAR grantee Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD, is featured by several major publications, including the New York Times and TIME, for his recent study on the declining ability to multitask as we age. Dr. Gazzaley and his colleagues published their findings in the April 2011 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA. The study, designed to examine differences in working memory, compared a test group of younger adults with a group of older people. Researchers asked participants to look at an image and identify its match after a brief pause. In a second trial, a distraction (a picture of…

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NIA Director Discusses Challenges, Promise in Aging Research

Dr. Richard Hodes, director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA), speaks in a New York Times feature about the importance of aging research and the impending budget cuts for the NIA. He discusses the work of scientists in the field who have made recent breakthrough discoveries, including the role of telomeres, diet, and exercise in the aging process, and new research on biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Hodes emphasizes the great positive impact that this kind of research can have on the care and well-being of the baby boomers, but also the great potential loss we will…

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What Would Really Improve Health Care

AFAR Medical Officer Richard Besdine, MD, discusses geriatric care and practice in a new blog post featured on the health section of The Huffington Post. His article emphasizes the important role that geriatric medicine plays not only in patient care on the individual level, but also in reducing health care costs systemwide. He says that improving the science, research and training of medical professionals in geriatrics is a keystone in this idea of patient care and cost reduction. Through AFAR's Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) program, medical students gain exposure to the field through research and practice.…

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New Blog for AFAR

AFAR has launched our new blog, Who's Who in the Science of Aging. In 2011, we will spotlight women in science through monthly interviews with prominent individuals in the field. We want to honor those who have helped push women to enter and stay in science research. Check out the newest posts at www.afar.org/blog or follow us on Twitter for updates.

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