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The National Institute on Aging has given an R01 grant to ISL Faculty Affiliates Walter Boot, Ph.D., the principal investigator, and Shayok Chakraborty, Ph.D., the co-PI, along with an interdisciplinary team of FSU researchers, for their project:  The Adherence Promotion with Person-centered Technology (APPT) Project: Promoting Adherence to Enhance the Early Detection and Treatment of Cognitive Decline.

After a competitive application process and review, three Florida State University researchers have been awarded ISL Planning Grants from the Institute for Successful Longevity.

Bradley Gordon, assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Science and a Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Successful Longevity, has received a prestigious early career award from the American Society for Nutrition.

Gordon has received the 2019 Vernon R. Young International Award for Amino Acid Research.

The award is given to an early career researcher — within 10 years of postgraduate training — for outstanding research related to amino acids. Gordon will receive his award at the ASN meeting in Baltimore in June.

Amy L Ai, a Faculty Affiliate with the Institute for Successful Longevity and professor in the College of Social Work, has been named a Fellow of the Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation.

How old is too old to drive? Read ISL Faculty Affiliate Alice Pomidor's recommendations in the latest Institute for Successful Longevity Newsletter: ISL NEWSLETTER MAY 2019.

If you missed the talk on “Compensation Processes in the Aging Brain” by Roberto Cabeza of Duke University, you can watch his address here.

The National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health has awarded Zhe He of the School of Information a $422,382 grant to develop tools researchers could use to gauge the potential to generalize results of their planned clinical studies.

Read an interview with Anne Collins McLaughlin, an expert in human capabilities at North Carolina State University, who gave the Fall 2018 address in the Institute for Successful Longevity’s Speaker Series. We talk with her about designing technology for older adults in the latest ISL Newsletter.

The Institute for Successful Longevity’s 2017-18 Annual Report is now available for review.

You can read the report here: 17-18 Annual Report full report.

Members of the public came to Transportation Day 2018 on Friday (Nov. 30) to learn more about research into how to expand mobility for people of all ages.