Healthy Aging Summit Unites Medical Center in Shared Goals

The CUIMC Healthy Aging Initiative (CHAI), with the support of the Four Deans Fund and the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center, organized the Healthspan Extension Summit that focused on the rapidly growing aging population around the globe and the challenges that long lifespan presents. Researchers across various disciplines at CUIMC presented their ideas on what can be done to insure healthy quality of life for the aging world’s population.

Adam Brickman, PhD, Jennifer Manly, PhD, Scott Small, MD, from the Department of Neurology, presented their research findings and led panel discussions on age-related illness. [read more]