We are excited to announce that JHU COAH is now on LinkedIn! Please follow us there: www.LinkedIn.com/company/jhu-coah
Moving forward, LinkedIn will be our social media platform of choice, and we will delete our X account on August 1, 2025.
Please join us for this free webinar, which will cover why it’s never too late to start exercising to improve brain health. Register here or use the QR code below. This #BrainMatters webinar features COAH Core Faculty Dr. Amal Wanigatunga, who will present “Every Step Counts: Moving Away from Dementia” on Wednesday, June 4th from 7 to 8 p.m.
Dr. Wanigatunga’s presentation will touch on his recent research about the relationship between physical activity and the brain, including associations between exercise and reduced dementia risk.
In addition to being part of COAH, Dr. Wanigatunga, is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology with the JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health with a joint appointment in the JHU School of Medicine. Also, he is affiliated with the JHU Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Aging Research as well as the JHU ENGAGE Research Lab.
By: Anthony L. Teano, MLA
Communications Specialist
We at COAH want to share our utmost thanks to everyone who attended and participated in the events of the 18th Annual Research on Aging Showcase on Friday, May 16th. Your presence and engagement made for a truly great event!
The day started with a student-led Epi of Aging journal club session facilitated by recent PhD graduate, Dr. Kening Jiang. This was followed by an outstanding Keynote Address by Dr. Barbara Resnick, Professor of Gerontology in the School of Nursing at University of Maryland, Baltimore, on “Resilience and Aging” in Sheldon Hall. Following the keynote presentation, we held a lively poster competition and networking session in Feinstone Hall, featuring over 40 posters and concluding with awards in both student and professional categories. More information, including the poster winners’ names and poster titles, is now available here.
Overall, this annual showcase highlights the exciting aging research being led by students, fellows, and faculty at Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland, the National Institute on Aging, and beyond.
A special thank you to the poster session judges, the poster presenters, and the showcase organizing committee, including student leaders, Allison Berry, Wenjie Cai, and Yiyang Cai. Please see above for the gallery of photos from the showcase events.
The 18th Annual Research on Aging Showcase will be held on Friday, May 16, 2025. A Journal Club will be held 11am – 12pm in the Powe Room (1-500Q in the 2024 E. Monument Street building) featuring an article co-authored by the keynote speaker. This year’s Keynote Speaker is Barbara Resnick, PhD, Professor of Gerontology in the School of Nursing at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, who will present on “Resilience and Aging.” The keynote address will take place in Sheldon Hall (Room W1214), with a Zoom option, in the Wolfe St. building of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health from 12:15pm –1:20pm. A poster and networking session will follow in Feinstone Hall (Room E2030) from 1:30pm – 3:30pm.
We hope you can join us for this free, student-driven public health summit for emerging gerontology researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, hosted by Johns Hopkins University with participation from the University of Maryland and the National Institute on Aging!
To register for the keynote address and/or the poster session, please visit the Registration page.