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Quach, PhD ’17, wins 5-year VA award to study home care for older veterans with dementia

The Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Services Research and Development has awarded Emma D. Quach, PhD ’17, with a five-year career development award to conduct mentored research on home care for older veterans with dementia. Quach is a research health scientist… Continue Reading →

How living arrangements affect the health of older adults with developmental disabilities in long-term care

Researchers know that adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) encounter healthcare disparities—fewer doctor’s visits and routine screenings, for example—even though they suffer health complications more frequently than the general population. New research begun by Jeffrey Stokes, PhD, assistant professor… Continue Reading →

Debby Dodds, MAS ’14, is pioneering the use of technology to improve memory care

Alumna returns to Management of Aging Services master‘s program this semester to teach Technology & Aging When she enrolled in UMass Boston Gerontology’s Management of Aging Services master’s program, Debby Dodds was working in technology and helping her mother, who… Continue Reading →

Kirsten Corazzini, PhD ’00: Changing the aging narrative, nurturing the next generation of scholars

Looking back, Kirsten Corazzini isn’t surprised that she has built her career in gerontology. For starters, “I was always the kid who had zero interest in babysitting but loved the opportunity to volunteer in a nursing home,” she says. In… Continue Reading →

Meet a researcher: Jane Tavares

Jane Tavares, PhD ‘18, always saw herself working with older people. Her Portuguese grandparents lived with her when she was growing up, so she watched them age and saw her family members pitch in with their care. Thinking she’d end… Continue Reading →

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