living healthy longer

Climate Change and Population Aging with Dr. Mick Smyer: Season 4 Finale

Michael "Mick" Smyer, former provost and emeritus professor of psychology at Bucknell University, is now the founder and CEO of Growing Greener, an initiative dedicated t

Bubble Wrap is for Packages, Not People with Dr. Anita Bundy

Anita Bundy, an occupational therapist at CSU, discusses the vital role of play throughout life – from childhood to older adulthood. She explains how "risky play" helps c

Addressing the Home Health Workforce Gap with Nancy Murray

Nancy Murray, an economic development specialist with Larimer County, joins to discuss an Opportunity Now grant aimed at addressing Colorado's caregiver shortage. With ov

Life After Caregiving with Dr. Julie Silver Seidle

Assistant Professor Julie Silver Seidle, an occupational therapist specializing in older adulthood, shares insights from her 2020 dissertation about the emotional and phy

UTIs, Delirium and Cognitive Decline with Drs. Julie Moreno and Amanda Latham

Assistant Professor Julie Moreno and recently graduated Ph.D. student Amanda Latham of CSU's Toxicology program join to discuss the surprising cognitive impacts of urinar

Intergenerational Learning with Dr. Grace Borlee

Grace Borlee, an assistant professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, describes an intergenerational learning project in which MIP students were paired with ol

Myelin and Memory with Dr. Aga Burzynska

Aga Burzynska, an associate professor at CSU and director of The BRAiN Lab, shares her latest research, published in Neurobiology of Aging, which studied 141 adults aged

Skin Care and Aging with Dr. Saranya Wyles

Dr. Saranya Wyles, a dermatologist from the Mayo Clinic, delves into the science of skin aging and the reasoning behind common age-related skin concerns, like wrinkles, a

Health Care Access with HHS Regional Director Lily Griego

Regional Director Lily Griego from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services discusses recent initiatives impacting adults in Colorado, including the HHS's mission

Supporting Caregivers with Dr. Meara Faw

Associate Professor of Communication Studies Meara Faw explores the complexities of caregiving, including statistics on its prevalence, the challenges faced by care partn

Shifting Dynamics of Long-Term Care with Dr. Greg Gahm

Dr. Greg Gahm – a geriatrician, Corporate Medical Director for Vivage Senior Living, and an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at CU Anschutz – discusses the long-t

Should There Be Age Limits for Politicians? A Panel Discussion

Amidst the ongoing debate over whether Presidents Biden and Trump are "too old" to run for president again, our season 4 premiere offers a compelling panel discussion. At

Challenges to Advancing Aging Research: Season 3 Finale

Today's episode revisits every guest from season 3 of living healthy longer and their answers to the S3 standing question: Can you identify a major challenge in your fiel

The Dog Aging Project with Dr. Kate E. Creevy

Dr. Kate E. Creevy is a board-certified small animal veterinary internist at Texas A&M University with a primary research interest in canine longevity and healthspan. Cre

Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities with Dr. Ronica Rooks

According to the CDC, health disparities are "preventable differences in the burden of disease...that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations." Ronica Rook

Balance Fitness for Longer Healthspan with Dr. Ava Segal

Ava Segal is the founder and CEO of Steadi Systems, a health-tech startup out of Golden, CO that is providing solutions for better balance health and awareness. In this e

Muscle Strength and Alzheimer's Risk with Dr. Shelby Osburn

Is it possible that researchers can find signs of future cognitive decline in muscles before the brain ever shows a deficit? Shelby Osburn, a postdoctoral researcher in C

From Virus to Virus with Dr. Greg Ebel

Greg Ebel, a professor and director of CSU's Center for Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, discusses his lab’s history of surveillance and prevention strategies for arbovi

Nontuberculous Infection with Drs. Alan Schenkel and Ed Chan

About five years ago, some patients in Denver were suffering from a stubborn lung disease that, despite ongoing treatments, was not responding to antibiotics. Patients' s

Prions and Alzheimer's with Dr. Candace Mathiason

Associate Professor of Pathobiology Candace Mathiason introduces us to the weird ways of prions and how they can be used as models for Alzheimer’s disease in humans. Math