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Are you an ADRD researcher? Check out CART's two Research Funding Opportunities for Duke and UNC Investigators, designed to help investigators generate preliminary data for future funding.
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#Alzheimers #aging #geriatrics
Is there a the relationship between music and human health?
At the Oct 14 Music & Mind event, Dr. Laura Hanson will join a panel to discuss ways music and the arts can influence clinical practice.
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Join @REC_dukeuncadrc tomorrow for the next IDEAS Forum featuring presentations from the two newest REC Scholars, @SilasABuck and Jason Smith.
Register:
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C. Barrett Bowling, MD, MSPH, was recently named @UNCGeriatrics new Division Chief and Center for Aging and Health Director. He will begin his new roles on November 2. Congrats and welcome!
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Dr. Emmy Z. Yang says that the way clinicians talk about #Alzheimers disease shapes patients' and families' sense of hope after diagnosis.
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@UNCGeriatrics @UNC_SOM #geriatrics #aging
What's happening at the @UNCGeriatrics Clinic at Eastowne? Visit our website to read about the latest goings on:
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Thrilled to have *brilliant* 🤩🤩 BFFs @MAGmdmph & Chrissy Kistler join our grand rounds for command performance on eval & mgmt of UTIs in older adults 🙏🙏🙏
Are there alternatives to Ozempic for losing weight? Dr. John Batsis spoke to @Forbes about ‘natural Ozempic’ and GLP-1 substitutes.
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@UNCGeriatrics @UNC_SOM #aging #geriatrics
This week, geriatricians from around the country will visit Chapel Hill for a 3-day Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging Scholar Spring Conference.
Learn about the @UCSF #Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging (ELIA) program:
tideswellucsf.org/
#geriatrics
ALT This week, geriatricians from around the country will visit Chapel Hill for a 3-day Tideswell Emerging Leaders in Aging Scholar Spring Conference. Learn about the Emerging Leaders in Aging (ELIA) program.
This past April, Dr. John Batsis made his 2nd official visit to Japan for a 5-day international symposium.
"Aging in the Community" was hosted by the @NagoyaUniv Graduate School of Medicine. Batsis was joined by several @UNC_SOM colleagues.
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On May 15, over 160 attendees from UNC-Chapel Hill, ECU, UNC-Pembroke, UNC-Wilmington and Duke participated in the @Duke_UNC_ADRC 4th annual SLAM-DUNC.
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Recently, the UNC Nutrition Research Institute welcomed Dr. John Batsis as Medical Director of the Clinical Research Core (CRC). Dr. Batsis brings his expertise in obesity, healthy #aging, & research focused on patients’ needs to the role.
uncnri.org/2026/05/20/batsis…
#geriatrics
How is #AI changing the ways we study, interpret, and reason about the human brain?
Dr. Guorong Wu, PhD will discuss this in the June @Duke_UNC_ADRC All Hands Scientific Talk.
Join via Zoom on June 23: duke.zoom.us/j/99759523666
#aging #geriatrics #adrd #alzheimers
Can online patient portal messaging accelerate access to endocrinology care providers for people with diabetes?
Anna Kahkoska, MD, PhD and other @UNCGeriatrics personnel address this in a recent @AmDiabetesAssn journal article:
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How is the Carolina Aging Network Research Workgroup refining strategic priorities for aging research?
Learn more: aging.unc.edu/2026/04/20/can…
ALT How is the CAN (Carolina Aging Network) Research Workgroup refining strategic research priorities?
The 4th Annual @Duke_UNC_ADRC SLAM-DUNC is less than one month away!
Learn more and register today:
dukeuncadrc.org/slam-dunc
#Alzheimers #aging #geriatrics
On April 28, the @Duke_UNC_ADRC will host an in-person All Hands talk. @bonnie_sachs from @wakeforestmed will present the study design and results from the VCog Study.
#aging #geriatrics
Join the @Duke_UNC_ADRC tomorrow (March 26) for the next IDEAS Forum featuring Eva Skuka, MD, PhD & Ash Walker, DHSc (both of @uncpembroke).
Register:
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ALT Join the Duke UNC ADRC tomorrow for the March IDEAS Forum: Reimagining Rural Health: Building Academic Partnerships for Sustainable Change.
Congratulations to Dr. David Lynch on his recent K23 award!
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Today, on World Delirium Awareness Day, we seek to raise awareness about #delirium.
At the heart, @NIDUS_Delirium exists to support a collaborative, worldwide network that advances scientific research on delirium in older adults.
Learn more our ongoing work: deliriumnetwork.org/
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ALT Today, on World Delirium Awareness Day, we seek to raise awareness about delirium. At the heart, NIDUS exists to support a collaborative, worldwide network that advances scientific research on delirium in older adults. Learn more our ongoing work