Marilyn Gugliucci selected to co-chair Higher Education Working Group

Marilyn Gugliucci, Ph.D., professor and director of Geriatrics Education and Research in COM and secretary for the Maine Council on Aging, along with Jeffrey Hecker, Ph.D., University of Maine Orono provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs, has been selected by Maine Rep. Mark Eves to co-chair the Higher Education Working Group that resulted from the Maine Aging Summit Blueprint for Action on Aging, an initiative created jointly by Rep. Eves and Maine Council on Aging.

The Higher Education working group will be responsible for discovering, cataloging, prioritizing, and sharing aging initiatives underway at higher education institutions around Maine, identifying gaps and promoting best practices.

The group will be focused on creating a central public repository for current research efforts, aging initiatives and programs focused on aging at all Maine institutions of higher education and promoting the sharing of best practices; identifying both gaps in current aging research and research needs; and promoting new initiatives aimed at meeting the needs of older adults, including the creation of new technologies that support independent living.

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