Four faculty members were appointed as members of the COAH team in recent months. Pictured from left to right: Dr. Anis Davoudi, PhD (Epidemiology) joined as Core Faculty; Dr. Chanee Fabius, PhD (Health Policy and Management) joined as Associate Faculty; and Drs. Peter Abadir, MD (Geriatric Medicine) and Elizabeth Selvin, PhD (Welch Center) joined as Senior Associate Faculty members. We are thrilled to have them all on board!
Read more recent COAH news here: https://lnkd.in/eyCv2Jm2
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.