The Aljoya Endowed Professor of Aging, Director of the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging, University of Washington
I am committed to the dissemination and implementation of evidence- and community-based health promotion programs for older adults with a focus on physical activity interventions. As lead of the Coordinating Center for the CDC Healthy Brain Research Network, I oversee our efforts to advance a public health research, translation, and dissemination agenda that promotes cognitive health.
As life expectancies rise, so are expectations for healthy aging
Sep 25, 2018 09:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The Fountain of Youth may still be a myth, but a longer life expectancy is now a reality. In fact, life expectancy at birth in the U.S. has risen by more than 30 years in barely more than a century to a current 78.6...
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