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A new study by Florida State University researchers may help answer some of the most perplexing questions surrounding Alzheimer’s disease, an incurable and progressive illness affecting millions of families around the globe. 

Neil Charness, director of the Institute for Successful Longevity, and ISL Faculty Affiliate Dawn Carr of the Department of Sociology recently spoke with Tom Flanigan, host of WFSU’s “Perspectives” show, about how technology provides a means for older adults to stay connected with family and community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ahmed Ismaeel, a doctoral student in the Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, has been awarded the In

The Institute for Successful Longevity has awarded its 2020 Planning Grants to two multidisciplinary research teams led by Maxim A. Dulebenets of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering and Judy Delp of the College of Medicine.

Each ISL Planning Grant provides a $15,500 award in support of research in a new direction or provides continuing support of existing research with the goal of improving the opportunity for successful longevity.

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The December 2019 edition of the Institute for Successful Longevity’s Newsletter is now available.

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The latest newsletter of the Gerontological Society of America mentions the Institute for Successful Longevity’s participation in InnoVenture Weekend, a student creative-challenge exercise here at Florida State University.

Lucinda Graven, a Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Successful Longevity and an assistant professor in the College of Nursing, has been elected a Fellow of the American Heart Association.

She received the honor at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia in mid-November.