The Ora M. DeJesus Gerontology Center

Promoting Healthy Aging through Research and Education

The Ora M. DeJesus Gerontology Center at UMass Dartmouth is a multi-disciplinary center dedicated to research and programs that provide education on the aging process and promote healthy, active living.

September is Healthy Aging Month 
Regardless of your age, there are things you can do now to support your own Healthy Aging!

In honor of Healthy Aging Month, the APA is promoting their guide: Life Plan For the Life Span. Topics are organized with helpful information for Young Adults, Middle Aged Adults and Older Adults. Each section also has "Resources worth Exploring" with important information, articles, organizations and links to connect you to more information.

Center Director Dr. Andrew Revell and his Southcoast Cognitive Aging Study are featured in: OJornal (7/12/13, published in English and Portuguese) and SouthCoast Prime Times (see p. 23 of July/Aug 2013), Taunton Gazette and Fall River Herald

Congratulations to Lauren Papa, Gerontology Minor and Psychology Major who won Second Place at the 2013 Celebration of Undergraduate Research Day Competition "Occupational Prestige Predicting Cognitive Performance in Older Adults"

Center Director, Dr. Andrew Revell presents "Maximizing the Aging Brain: Empirically
Tested Cognitive Training Approaches" at the 2013 Northeast Lifelong Learning Conference: Live, Learn, Connect, hosted by the University's The Second Half Lifelong Learning Institute,  April 19 & 20th in New Bedford, MA. Links referenced: Posit Science's Brain HQ, Brain HQ Attention and Brain HQ Brain Speed.

The Center is a member institution of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), the Educational Unit of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA).
 

Learn more about our Research, Education, Seminar Series, Outreach, and Partnerships.

For more information, please email us at: healthyaging@umassd.edu, or call (508) 999-8376.

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