OUR MISSION
The Boston Older Americans Independence Center (Boston OAIC) has transcended the departmental, institutional, and disciplinary boundaries to forge an interdisciplinary research network to foster translational research in function promoting therapies (FPTs) – pharmacologic, physical, nutritional, technological, and behavioral interventions that reduce the burden of disabling functional limitations in older adults.
The Boston OAIC builds upon a highly productive research network of resources and extant collaborations among leading aging researchers from Harvard Medical School and its affiliated medical centers, with additional opportunistic collaborations with investigators from Boston University and Tufts University.
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The Boston OAIC is a highly productive inter-nodal research network of leading aging researchers from Harvard Medical School and its affiliates, with additional collaborations from Boston University and Tufts University.
Spotlight
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in special issue on Resilience in
COVID-19 and Beyond
Finding Resilience in the COVID-19 Pandemic
and Beyond" written by Monty Montano at Boston
Pepper Center and Brigham and Women's Hospital.
To read more, click the link below:
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published video on mobility assessments in older adults
"Mobility Assessments in Older Adults"
created by Ariela Orkaby and her colleagues
at Boston Pepper Center and Brigham and
Women's Hospital.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMvcm2009406?query=featured_home
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published a reviewon Yoga for frailty prevention/
treatment in the Annals of Internal Medicine
Older Adults" written by Ariela R. Orkaby and
her mentee at Boston Pepper Center and
Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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Upcoming Seminars
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cardiovascular therapeutic
discovery
Massachusetts General Hospital
cardiovascular therapeutic discovery
March 21st at 1:00pm-2:00pm
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