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The Dana Foundation, a national brain research organization, recently teamed up with the 51�鱨վ to host a program for the public about aging and the brain.

Approximately 70 adults from the community attended the event, titled, “Successful Aging and Your Brain! Staying Sharp: Ask the Experts.” Erica Robertson, M.P.H.(c), fitness director for UNE’s 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�鱨վCollege 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�鱨վCollege of Osteopathic Medicine (51�鱨վCOM); and Stacey Thieme, D.O., director of 51�鱨վCOM’s preceptor program. The moderator was Marilyn R., Gugliucci, Ph.D., professor and director of Geriatrics Education and Research at 51�鱨վCOM.

The event sponsored by the Dana Foundation - Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, Maine AARP and 51�鱨վ and was organized by Edward Bilsky, Ph.D., and Danielle Deason, B.A., M.B.A. of the 51�鱨վOffice of Research and Scholarship and Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences.

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