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Batsis receives NC TraCS Institute grant to explore the early detection of sarcopenia

October 27, 2021
The NC TraCS Institute has awarded John A. Batsis, MD, and the Division of Geriatric Medicine a 1-year, team science grant to study the early detection of sarcopenia.

Medicine Researchers Receive NC TraCS Pilot Grant Awards

October 5, 2021
NC TraCS recently announced the recipients of new pilot grant awards, and five recipients are from the Department of Medicine, including Joshua Niznik, PharmD, PhD (Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine & Center for Aging and Health)

Center for Aging and Health Receives Grant to Expand Existing Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network

September 29, 2021
UNC’s Center for Aging and Health and the University of Louisville Trager's two-year HRSA grant will fund “FlourishConnect’ which will create and deliver COVID-19-specific education and training to the nursing home workforce, residents, families, and caregivers.

Grant receives $200,000 to study Impact of Multiple Myeloma on Older Adult Patients, Care Partners

September 14, 2021
The National Institute on Aging has awarded Shakira Grant, MBBS, and the UNC Center for Aging and Health a 2-year, $200,000 grant to study multiple myeloma.

Duke, UNC Awarded Grant to Establish Joint Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

September 9, 2021
Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded funds from the National Institutes of Health to establish the Duke-UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, a prestigious Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC).