Led by Professor Karen Hooker, the article “Effects of age discrimination on self-perceptions of aging and cancer risk behaviors,” was just published in The Gerontologist, including as co-authors two PHHS alumnae (Shannon Mejia in HDFS and Sandi Phibbs in HPHB), and thought leaders at the AARP. In a longitudinal study using data from the Health and Retirement Study, the researchers […]
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A paper by HDFS PhD candidate Eric Cerino and Professor Karen Hooker, in collaboration with colleagues at Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU), was just published in The Gerontologist. The research team re-examined data from a six-week, conversation-based intervention conducted by co-author Hiroko Dodge at OHSU and found that the cognitive benefits from the intervention depended on levels of […]
In particular, the scientists studied comments and sentiments expressed about Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. It found that 51 percent of tweets by private users of Twitter accounts contained stigma, when making reference to this condition and the people who deal with it.
Aging, both at the personal and societal level, is relatively new historically. There have never been so many people living into old age. Alarmist headlines warn of the approaching “silver tsunami” and have led to what I call “the doom and gloom of the baby boom.” Particularly concerning is that most of us will care for an aging parent at some point in our adult lives.
When thinking of a location for collaborative life course research, most Phd students wouldn’t envision the Swiss Alps. But for Human Development and Family Studies doctoral student Claudia Recksiedler, the opportunity was a nexus between her nationality and studies.
The CPHHS’ IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education, Research and Training) on Aging Sciences doctoral training program educates PhD students about global challenges in the world for which interdisciplinary approaches are necessary, creating top-notch researchers who make a difference in the field of aging.