geroscience academy grand rounds

As part of the Northwestern University Potocsnak Longevity Institute, the Geroscience Academy strives to host respected leaders in geroscience who are at the forefront of clinical care, research, education, health policy reform, and quality improvement.

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Kenneth Schmader, MD is director of the Duke Pepper Older Americans Independence Center at the Duke University Medical Center and director of the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center Durham at the Virginia Health Care System.
Herpes Zoster: Building Resilience in Older Adults by Advancing Immunization Science Against a Painful Enemy
In this episode of the Longevity Institute Gerard Science Academy Grand Rounds, Dr. Schmader speaks about the opportunities to advance immunization science against herpes zoster.​
Sara E Espinoza, MD, MSc is director of GRECC at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System.
A Geroscience Approach to the Geriatric Syndrome of Frailty
In this first part of the Longevity Institute Gerard Science Academy Grand Rounds, Dr. Espinoza speaks about the Geroscience approach to the geriatrics syndrome of frailty.

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Northwestern Medicine Geriatrics is committed to providing comprehensive, patient-centered geriatric care and innovative clinical research that takes into account the unique set of multifaceted health issues older adults’ face, including physical, emotional and social well-being. The division was recently awarded a prestigious grant through the Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Centers (OAIC) program and the National Institute on Aging. 

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