News & Press from Institute on Aging Fellows
Check back frequently for updates on news from Institute on Aging (IOA) Fellows and Associate Fellows on basic science and clinical research in aging and age related diseases.
The IOA Fellows Program brings together researchers, clinicians, and educators with varied interests and remarkable achievements in the field of aging.
Here is some of the latest news from our IOA Fellows and Associate Fellows:
- IOA's John Trojanowski Gives Presentation to the American Academy of Neurology on "Synthetic Tau Fibrils Mediate Transmission of Neurofibrillary Tangles in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's-Like Tauopathy. View Slides and Presentation...
- IOA Fellow Amita Sehgal Receives Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award from Sleep Research Society. More information...
- IOA Fellow Rachel Werner Wins 2013 American Federation of Medical Research (AFMR) Outstanding Investigator Award. More information...
- IOA Fellow Gerard Schellenberg and the Alzheimer Disease Genetics Consortium Have Found Alzheimer Gene ABCA7 Significantly Increases Late-Onset Risk Among African Americans. More information...
- IOA Fellow James Shorter and Colleagues Add to the List of Disease-Causing Proteins in Brain Disorders. More information...
- IOA Fellow Jason Karlawish to Direct Nation's First Program for the Study of Ethical and Policy Issues in Neurodegenerative Diseases. More information...
- IOA Fellow Virginia Lee and CNDR Colleagues Find Transmission of Tangles in Alzheimer's Mice Provides More Authentic Model of Tau Pathology. More information...
- IOA Fellow Dan Weintraub and Penn Researchers Find That Untreated Parkinson's Disease Patients No More Likely to Have Impulse Control Disorders. More information...
- Remembering IOA Fellow and Colleague Christopher M. Clark, MD.
- IOA Fellow James Shorter and Colleagues Determine Yeast Protein Breaks up Amyloid Fibrils. More information...
- Drs. Virginia Lee and John Trojanowski Received the John Scott Award, Philadelphia’s most prestigious scientific award, in a ceremony held at the American Philosophical Society. More information...
- IOA Fellow Fran Barg Receives NIH Grant to Help Local Residents Move Forward After Asbestos Exposure. More information...
- IOA Fellow Virginia Lee and CNDR Colleagues Find Parkinson's Disease Protein Causes Disease Spread and Neuron Death in Healthy Animals. More information...
- IOA Fellow Dan Polsky, Executive Director of LDI, Helped Produce the Just-Released Institute of Medicine framework for Assessing the Value of Community-Based Prevention. More information...
- IOA Fellow Kevin Foskett and Temple Colleagues Discover Gatekeeper for Maintaining Health of Cell Energy Source. More information...
- IOA Fellow Richard Doty and Colleagues Find Association Between Neuromuscular Disorder and Loss of Smell. More information...
- Two IOA Fellows Elected to Institute of Medicine. More information...
- IOA Fellow Dan Polsky Named as New Executive Director of the Leonard Davis Institute at Penn. More information...
- IOA Fellow C. Neill Epperson to co-Lead New Center for the Study of Sex and Gender in Behavioral Health. More information...
- Alzheimer's Experts from Penn Summit Provide Strategic Roadmap to Tackle the Disease. More information...
- IOA Fellows John Trojanowski and Les Shaw and Colleagues Have Found Promising First Step Toward Blood Test for Alzheimer's. More information...
- IOA Fellow Dr. Virginia Lee interviewed by Research Media Europe about her research efforts in neurodegenerative diseases at CNDR. More information...
- IOA Director John Trojanowski Speaks on U.S. National Plan to Fight Alzheimer's Disease. Video...
- IOA Fellow Amita Sehgal's Lab Found Mechanism Which Indicates Sundown Syndrome-Like Symptoms in Fruit Flies May Be Due to High Dopamine Levels. More information...
- Drs. John Trojanowski and Virginia Lee to Speak at PennNYC Event: Untangling Alzheimer’s: A Key to Healthy Aging on May 22nd. More information...
- IOA Fellow Steven Arnold and Penn Colleagues Find Brain Insulin Resistance Contributes to Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Disease. More information...
- IOA Fellow Joseph Baur and Colleagues Explain Duality of Longevity Drug Rapamycin. More information...
- IOA Fellow Nancy Bonini and Biology Colleagues Identify a Key Enzyme Involved in Protecting Nerves from Degeneration. More information...
- IOA Fellow Neill Epperson explains the association between migraines and depression in women. ABC News report...
- IOA Fellows Drs. Trojanowski, Lee, and Schellenberg Presenting at Brain Degenerations and Emerging Mental Health Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa, February 1-3. More information...
- IOA Pilot Grant Awardee Hillary Bogner and Penn Colleagues Find Concurrent Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes and Depression Significantly Improves Both Conditions. More information...
- IOA Fellow and Colleagues Find That Size Matters: Measuring Brain Thickness Identifies Those at High Risk for Cognitive Decline, Penn Study Shows. More information...
- Penn Receives $16 Million Gift to Launch New Initiative Focusing on the Neuroscience of Behavior. More information...
- IOA Fellows Find More Widespread Brain Atrophy in Parkinson's Disease with Newly Developed Structural Pattern. More Information...
- IOA Fellows Find Test for Alzheimer's Disease Predicts Cognitive Decline in Parkinson's Disease. More information...
- Drs. Virginia Lee & John Trojanowski on the Protein Road Map to Alzheimer's. Sciencewatch Interview...
- IOA Fellow Katrina Armstrong to Lead Penn Center for Innovation in Personalized Breast Cancer Screening (PCIPS). More information...
- Collaborative Work of IOA Fellows Aaron Gitler, Nancy Bonini, and James Shorter Discovers Additional Human Genes That Might Also Contribute to ALS. More information...
- IOA Fellows Collaborate with Penn Colleagues on New MRI Technique Measures Brain Structure and Function to Diagnose or Rule Out Alzheimer's Disease. More information...
- IOA Fellow Aaron Gitler Receives Award for Groundbreaking ALS Research. More information...
- Studies from IOA Fellows Daniel Weintraub (Parkinson's and AntiPsychotic Agents) and David Wolk (PET Imaging and Brain Tissue Findings) Published in the Archives of Neurology. More information...
- IOA Fellow Gerard Schellenberg and Colleagues Identify New Genes for Risk and Progression of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). More information...
- IOA Fellows Question Role of A-Beta Molecules in Alzheimer's Pathology. More information...
- Drs. Lee and Trojanowski interviewed on Fox 29 about their Alzheimer's research efforts.
- Untangling Alzheimer's - The Pennsylvania Gazette Looks at the Research in Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Going on at Penn. More information...
- Penn Medicine Blog: The On-Going Saga of a Disease Protein. How Discoveries Unfold and the Story of TDP-43. More information...
- IOA Fellow C. Neill Epperson and the Penn Center for Women's Behavioral Wellness Have Found ADHD Drug Helps Menopausal Women With Focus, Memory Deficits. More information...
- IOA Fellows Aaron Gitler and James Shorter and Colleagues Find Mutated Proteins in ALS Reveal New Paths for Drug Discovery. More information...
- IOA Fellow Brad Johnson and His Lab Find That Telomeres Are Protected by Stacked, Coiled DNA Caps. More information...
- IOA Fellow Jason Karlawish Shows That Mobile Polling Breaks Down Barriers to Voting for Seniors in Long Term Care Facilities. More information...
- Institute on Aging Fellow Gerard Schellenberg Leads Penn Portion of First International Collaboration on the Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease. More information...
- Institute on Aging Fellows' Research Shows Malfunctioning Gene Associated with ALS Leads to Nerve-Cell Death in Mice. More information...
- Alzheimer's test developed largely at Penn, under the leadership of Drs. Shaw and Trojanowski, proves effective. Philadelphia Inquirer article...Penn Medicine press release
- IOA Fellows Dr. Alice Chen-Plotkin, Dr. John Trojanowski, Dr. Andrew Siderowf, Dr. Steven Arnold, Dr. Daniel Weintraub, Dr. Sharon Xie, Dr. Les Shaw, Dr. Vivianna Van Deerlin, and Dr. Virginia M.-Y. Lee and other Penn colleagues develop first blood test to determine cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellow Dr. Arthur Caplan has been selected to receive the Patricia Price Browne Prize in Biomedical Ethics, administered by the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellow Dr. Carl June is the senior author on a study that shows that a two-sided immune cell could be harnessed to shrink tumors. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellows Drs. Virginia M.-Y Lee and John Trojanowski are leading a team of Penn researchers whose study gives hope for a new class of Alzheimer's disease drugs. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellow Dr. Margaret Stineman has been elected to the Institute of Medicine. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellow Dr. Carl June, along with Penn colleagues, has received $3.2 million over five years to develop a personalized immunotherapy that attacks and destroys blood vessels of the targeted tumor. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellows Drs. Andrew Siderowf, Les Shaw and John Trojanowski, along with Penn colleagues, will be part of the official study site and Bioanalytics Core team at Penn for the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), a landmark observational clinical study sponsored by The Michael J. Fox Foundation. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellow Dr. H. Lee Sweeney and his team at the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centerhas have received renewed funding from the NIH. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellow Dr. Brian Strom will be the Principal Investigator for a new grant from The Fogarty International Center to combat the growing epidemic of chronic diseases in the developing world. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellows Drs. Nancy Bonini and Aaron Gitler led an international study that has identified a new genetic risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Penn Medicine press release...
- Alzheimer's test developed largely at Penn, under the leadership of Drs. Leslie Shaw and John Trojanowski, proves effective. Philadelphia Inquirer article...Penn Medicine press release
- IOA Fellow Dr. J. Kevin Foskett and colleagues have discovered a basic pathway for maintaining a cell's fuel stores that may inform understanding of cancer and aging physiology. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellow Dr. Shiriki Kumanyika was awarded an individual recognition award by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, section on Public Health and Preventive Medicine, for her leadership role in shaping Healthy People 2020. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellow Dr. John Duda and Penn colleagues have found that deep brain stimulation at two different sites in the brain improves motor function comparably in Parkinson's disease. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellow Dr. Kathryn Schmitz led panel that developed new cancer guidelines advocating that exercise during and after treatment is now encouraged. Penn press release for more information...
- IOA Fellow Dr. James Shorter has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study new approaches to fight HIV. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellow Dr. David Wolk and researchers characterize cognitive and anatomic differences in Alzheimer’s disease gene carriers. Penn press release for more information...
- IOA Fellow Dr. Dan Weintraub and Penn researchers find compulsive behaviors more common in Parkinson’s disease patients taking dopamine agonists. Penn press release. MedPage Today coverage.
- ADVANCE interview with Dr. Les Shaw: AD Biomarker in Lab Medicine and Aging. More information...
- IOA Fellow Dr. Kelly Jordan-Sciutto in the Penn School of Dental Medicine was awarded more than $500,000 by the National Institute of Mental Health to investigate central nervous system effects of anti-retroviral drugs used to treat patients infected with HIV. Penn press release...
- IOA Fellow Dr. Robert Pignolo is the senior author on a study that finds that circulating cells form bone outside the normal skeleton. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellow and Pilot Research Grant Awardee Dr. Anne Cappola's research leads to findings on appetite-stimulating hormone as first potential treatment for frailty in older women. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellow and Pilot Research Grant Awardee Dr. James Shorter receives a 2009 Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar Award. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellow Dr. Virginia M.-Y. Lee receives a Lifetime Achievement Award for her work in Alzheimer's and neurodegenerative disease research from the Alzheimer's Association and the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellow Dr. Vivianna Van Deerlin and colleagues have identified more genes for ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. Penn Medicine press release...
- IOA Fellow Dr. Kevin Volpp to lead Roybal Center for Translational Research in Aging
- IOA Fellow and Pilot Research Grant Awardee - Dr. Amita Sehgal is Identifies Possible Sleep Gene
- IOA Fellow Dr. Aaron Gitler was selected as One of Seven Rita Allen Foundation Scholars
- IOA Fellow and Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar Dawn Alley, PhD, and fellow researchers Find Increase in Disability Among Older, Obese Adults
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