Welcome to the Institute on Aging
The Institute on Aging (IOA) was created to improve the health of older adults by increasing the quality and quantity of clinical and basic research as well as educational programs that focus on normal aging and aging-related diseases at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and across the entire Penn campus.
What's New?
- IOA Pilot Research Grant-supported study finds way to prevent protein clumping characteristic of Parkinson's disease. More information...
Getting a lot of exercise may help slow brain shrinkage in people with early Alzheimer's disease, a preliminary study suggests. CNN.com
Learn more about healthy brain aging from The Healthy Brain Initiative, prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Alzheimer's Association, by click on the title above or the image at right.
Institute on Aging • University of Pennsylvania • 3615 Chestnut Street • Philadelphia, PA 19104-2676