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The Dana Foundation, a national brain research organization, recently teamed up with the ɫ����Ƶto host a program for the public about aging and the brain.

Approximately 70 adults from the community attended the event, titled, “Successful Aging and Your Brain! Staying Sharp: Ask the Experts.” Erica Robertson, M.P.H.(c), fitness director for ɫ����Ƶ’s U-ExCEL program, provided opening exercises to get the group warmed up and brains stimulated. The session then provided information on three topic areas: normal brain function and normal age-related changes; brain diseases and disorders; and successful aging.

Panelists included Geoff Ganter, Ph.D., professor of Biology in the ɫ����Ƶ College of Arts and Sciences; Rob Anderson, M.D., Emergency medicine and geriatrics, Maine Medical Center, assistant professor with Tufts Medical School and visiting lecturer with the ɫ����Ƶ College of Osteopathic Medicine (ɫ����Ƶ COM); and Stacey Thieme, D.O., director of ɫ����Ƶ COM’s preceptor program. The moderator was Marilyn R., Gugliucci, Ph.D., professor and director of Geriatrics Education and Research at ɫ����Ƶ COM.

The event sponsored by the Dana Foundation - Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, Maine AARP and ɫ����Ƶand was organized by Edward Bilsky, Ph.D., and Danielle Deason, B.A., M.B.A. of the ɫ����Ƶ Office of Research and Scholarship and Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences.

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