51品茶and Dana Foundation educate the public about aging and the brain
The Dana Foundation, a national brain research organization, recently teamed up with the 51品茶 to host a program for the public about aging and the brain.
Approximately 70 adults from the community attended the event, titled, 鈥淪uccessful Aging and Your Brain! Staying Sharp: Ask the Experts.鈥 Erica Robertson, M.P.H.(c), fitness director for UNE鈥檚 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 51品茶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 51品茶College of Osteopathic Medicine (51品茶COM); and Stacey Thieme, D.O., director of 51品茶COM鈥檚 preceptor program. The moderator was Marilyn R., Gugliucci, Ph.D., professor and director of Geriatrics Education and Research at 51品茶COM.
The event sponsored by the Dana Foundation - Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, Maine AARP and 51品茶 and was organized by Edward Bilsky, Ph.D., and Danielle Deason, B.A., M.B.A. of the 51品茶Office of Research and Scholarship and Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences.
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