Purpose
This blog, which aspires to share an abiding interest in the biological landscape along an individual’s journey with aging, offers practical, evidence-based insights directed at a broad collection of significant health issues that are relevant to the older adult.
I teach the Biology of Aging course a local university and whereas my college-age students are eager to master the course principles in preparation for careers in gerontology, I sense my lectures remain academic to them without practical application. By contrast, older adults would recognize the value of learning strategies to deal with changes brought on by aging and would be eager to understand the latest advances likely to assure a longer, healthier life. I am enthusiastic to recirculate, reexamine, and advance our contemporary understanding of age-related biological issues in a format that facilitates participation through active feedback and discussion.
Background of author
My scientific research and education career intertwines substantially with gerontology’s scientific groundwork to include the publication of aging investigations that explore the impact of hormonal and immunological mediators/ endpoints, the writing and publication of a textbook that surveys foundational biological principles of aging1, and greater than 10 years devoted to the classroom delivery of biological aging principles for gerontology majors and undergraduate nursing students.
1 Bilder Glenda E. Human Biological Aging: From Macromolecules to Organ Systems. John Wiley & Sons Publishers, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2016.