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UMass Boston Gerontology Contingent Follows Research Projects to South Korea

A small contingent of UMass Boston Gerontology professors and students were simply following their work wherever it led. In this case, it took them nearly 7,000 miles to South Korea. The group included associate professor Kathrin Boerner and assistant professor… Continue Reading →

An Insider’s Look at Battle Over Future of Affordable Care Act, Medicaid

The future of federal policy toward health care, potentially affecting many millions of Americans, became the hottest of all front-burner issues immediately following Election Day last year. The next president had made repeal of the Affordable Care Act a leading… Continue Reading →

Dr. Renee Beard Examines Risk of “Social Demotion” With Early Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

By Meghan Hendricksen The early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or other cognitive impairment can be more than a medical finding. It can become a new and serious challenge to a person’s social identity. That was one of the findings from… Continue Reading →

Kathrin Boerner Wins NIA Grant to Study Senior Child-Parent Relationship

Increasing longevity has given rise to a new phenomenon that was once considered rare: generations of family members reaching old age together. Senior children and very old parents are not so unusual anymore. “And virtually nothing is known about the… Continue Reading →

Gerontology Institute Pilot Grants Give Researchers a Funding Boost

How do some researchers get a leg up in the hyper-competitive world of grant funding? One important source of funds, the National Institute on Aging, only has the financial resources to support 15 percent of grant applications. And that’s an… Continue Reading →

UMass Boston Research Team Wins Grant for New Healthy Aging Reports

The Tufts Health Plan Foundation has commissioned a UMass Boston gerontology research team to produce 2018 Healthy Aging Data Reports for Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The reports are designed to help residents, agencies, providers and governments understand the older adults… Continue Reading →

Gerontology PhD Mai See Yang Delivers UMass Boston Graduate Commencement Address

Mai See Yang received her doctoral degree in gerontology this year from the University of Massachusetts Boston. She was honored as the selection to be the student speaker for the UMass Boston graduate commencement ceremony. The following is her commencement address delivered… Continue Reading →

Questions and Answers About the New LeadingAge LTSS Center @ UMass Boston

The Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston and LeadingAge have joined forces to create a new research center called the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston. Katie Sloan, LeadingAge president and CEO; Len Fishman, director of the Gerontology Institute… Continue Reading →

UMass Boston and LeadingAge Establish New LTSS Research Center

LeadingAge is joining with the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston to create a new research center called the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston. The new center is the first in the country to combine the expertise of… Continue Reading →

Record Number of Gerontology Students Earn Doctoral Degrees in 2017

One came up directly through the University of Massachusetts undergraduate system. Several traveled halfway around the world to study in Boston. Still others took their own varied paths to the same campus. This year, the eight students all earned PhD… Continue Reading →

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