🎨 Calling all artists in B.C.! The Healthy Aging Visual Art Prize hosted by Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging & Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health is now open for submissions. Share your vision of #HealthyAging through art. Find out more & apply: ow.ly/iNuz50SrfP2

Were you pregnant between 2016 - 2023 in #BritishColumbia? You may be eligible to participate in our new online #research study! Researchers University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital Research Institute are studying the risks of #wildfires during #pregnancy on #childhealth. Find out more: BCWildfireStudy.ca

New pub: with trainees Karen Wong and Diane Pan Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging @socialwork_ubc Justice in the Use of Technology with Older Adults with Moderate to Severe Dementia in Care Settings: Closing the Digital Divide tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Thank you to Dr. Carol Ma from Singapore University of Social Sciences for her informative talk at today’s Healthy #Aging research seminar on “The Feasibility of Implementing the World Health Organization (WHO) Integrated Care for Older People (#ICOPE) Framework in Singapore”!

Project Sidewalk from University of Washington is conducting an online image survey on sidewalk accessibility for users of mobility aids (wheelchairs, walkers, canes, etc.)! Reward: 1 in 30 respondents will have a chance to win $50 To participate fill out this screening form: tinyurl.com/sidewalk-survey

The UBC IDEA Lab recently wrapped up their exploratory Silent Disco Project, which examined how silent disco parties can enhance the well-being of residents in long-term care! To learn more about this novel study, watch this video created by the team of Dr. Lillian Hung 🇨🇦 🎶

Funded by the UBC StEAR fund UBC Equity & Inclusion, our team is going to hold a photo exhibition about our findings on the age-friendliness of UBC Vancouver campus. Come and join us at 11am-1pm on Aug 16 (Fri) at the GSS Loft, 4th floor, the Nest, UBC! Register at: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3B…

In partnership with UBC Cellular & Physiological Sciences and UBC Life Sciences Institute, ELCHA is recruiting for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position! We are seeking a candidate who investigates physiological mechanisms relevant to aging & disease 🧪 For more information, please see: shorturl.at/GNRFq

📢The Department of CPS UBC Cellular & Physiological Sciences, in collaboration with Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging and UBC Life Sciences Institute, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position! Apply by Sept 21, 2024 ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs…

Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging Director, Michael Kobor, discussed a new study that is exploring the potential impacts of wildfire exposure during pregnancy on CBC. Listen to the recording to learn how researchers from University of British Columbia, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute and the BC Centre for Disease Control are collaborating on this important study.

Honoured, excited and proud about being invited by the wonderful Nicki Bush, PhD and team to contribute our expertise and measures of #epigenetic age to this important study on early life interventions #collaboration Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging UBC Medicine

We are excited to announce that our Director Dr. Michael Kobor will be featured on CARPe Diem’s upcoming episode “Unlocking Longevity" on JoyTV premiering August 19 & 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM PT! For a tease of the new season, click here: shorturl.at/qzLze

📣We are happy to announce another joint event between the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children and Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging! 🎉 Join us on September 26 as Dr. Mark Beauchamp discusses how health behaviours can be supported by a group-mediated approach to precision medicine!🏃 Full details: leongcentre.utoronto.ca/event/leong-ce…

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The next joint event between Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children & Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging is happening on September 26! Join us for Dr. Mark Beauchamp's seminar on using a group-mediated approach to precision medicine to support health promotion 🤩 For more information, see: rb.gy/2k0mch

I loved writing this piece for the The Conversation Canada on the importance of protein quality for older adults Nutrition and healthy aging: The role of protein quality in combatting muscle loss theconversation.com/nutrition-and-… Stuart Phillips (he/him) McMaster University McMaster Faculty of Science UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems University of British Columbia Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging

Interested in how #nutrition might support healthy #aging? Check out this article on the role of protein quality in combatting muscle loss in The Conversation Canada by Dr. James McKendry from Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging and UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems theconversation.com/nutrition-and-…

Aging in Place UBCO is excited to announce the upcoming "What Does Learning Look Like" virtual seminar on Thursday, September 19th from 10-11am PST! Everyone is welcome, and we hope to see you there! Register here: ubc.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Dr Michael Kobor from University of British Columbia presenting on the epigenetic mechanisms of #frailty at the meeting of the CFN. #geroscience in action!

🎨 Calling all artists in B.C.! The Healthy Aging Visual Art Prize hosted by Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging & Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health is accepting submissions until Sept 30, 2024. Share your vision of #HealthyAging through art! Find out more & apply: ow.ly/iNuz50SrfP2 #vancouver #art #UBC #HealthyAging