living healthy longer

Today's show is a special two-part episode with the Health and Human Science Matters podcast, hosted by the College of Health and Human Sciences' Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Matt Hickey , and the college’s Digital Media Strategist, Avery Martin . We teamed up to speak with Dean Lise Youngblade and Dr. Nicole Ehrhart , the former interim and current directors of the Ce...

Lisa Morgan , an instructor in CSU’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, discusses how it feels physically and emotionally to connect with others through the art of dance. Morgan shares the cognitive benefits of movement through dance and introduces her Moving Through Parkinson's program, a dance class for people living with Parkinson's disease. Resources mentioned in this episode: Moving...

Jaclyn Stephens and Arlene Schmid, faculty in CSU’s Department of Occupational Therapy, join to share an update about a study that aims to build support for yoga therapy as a treatment for disability and chronic brain injury. Read more on CSU's SOURCE or from the Boettcher Foundation .

Assistant Professor Tom LaRocca from CSU's Department of Health and Exercise Science is back to tell us about a new study from his lab that is investigating repetitive elements in the genome as biomarkers for aging. View the recruitment flyer for the Bio-Aging Study. To volunteer for the study, email Tom. LaRocca@colostate.edu . Read more about LaRocca's research in repetitive elements. Le...

Associate Professor Adela Chen from CSU’s Department of Computer Information Systems describes how social media use relates to early childhood experiences, and how the boundaries between our professional and personal lives are blurred by the use of technology at work and at home.

Jodi Waterhouse is the director of outreach programs at the University of Colorado Anschutz Multidisciplinary Center on Aging . Beyond creating programs for the Center, Jodi is also an advocate at the state capitol for issues facing older Coloradans. Here we talk with Jodi about two bills that aim to increase the number of medical providers for older adults in Colorado. Read more about SB21-158 :...

CHA director, Dr. Nicole Ehrhart , joins us to discuss regenerative medicine, a line of research that helps to repair or regrow damaged tissue and organs. Ehrhart discusses stem cell therapy as a foundation for regenerative medicine, and then explains a new, cutting-edge approach to addressing age-related diseases: extracellular vesicle therapy for sarcopenia.

Dr. Eric Chess is a physician, lawyer, and the Director of The Paul Freeman Financial Security Program at the Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging at the University of Denver. Here, we discuss the intersection of financial security and cognitive health, research at that intersection, as well as signs you can watch out for to recognize financial fraud.

Dr. Gwen Fisher is a researcher in CSU's Occupational Health Psychology Lab, which studies issues of worker health and well-being and characteristics of the work environment that impact individuals and organizations. This conversation is all about the future of work: trends, gaps, and hot topics surrounding the older adult workforce.

Audrey Ruple is the veterinary epidemiologist on the Dog Aging Project , an open access data science study to understand how genes, lifestyle, and environment influence aging. In this episode, we discuss genetic similarities between dogs and humans, the underrepresentation of diverse groups in human and canine studies, and how big data is revolutionizing diagnoses in translational medicine.

Cancer and aging share seven of the nine hallmarks of aging, meaning that the molecular mechanisms that prompt aging often promote cancer, too. We talk to James DeGregori , a professor in the University of Colorado School of Medicine, to sort out why cancer and aging share such similarities. DeGregori describes his lab's theory of adaptive oncogenesis , which views cancer through the lens of e...

Dr. Kelly Hall , an associate professor of emergency and critical care at CSU, discusses physical trauma: serious injuries to the body, and how companion animals are teaching us about humans’ capacity for healing into older age. We also learn about about the Veterinary Committee on Trauma ( VetCOT ) that is developing a database of animal trauma cases and a network of hospitals and trauma systems...

The National Institute on Aging defines aging in place as "staying in your own home as you get older," though there are many barriers to aging in place, including affordability, disability, and home design. Assistant Professor of Design and Merchandising, Maria Delgado , introduces us to universal design standards that aim to make homes more accessible, and we learn about the affordable, s...

Dr. Jen Currin-McCulloch , a social worker at CSU, tells us about strategies for meaning-making at end of life: How do we pursue hope despite a debilitating diagnosis? How do we meaningfully reflect on our lives as time becomes more precious? Currin-McCulloch shares how we can communicate with ourselves, our loved ones, and our doctors as we reach the end of our lives. Caregivers can find support...

Today's episode revisits every guest from Season 1 of living healthy longer and their best advice for healthy aging. Our show will return for Season 2 in January 2022! Sign up for our newsletter at healthyaging.colostate.edu for updates in the meantime.

The Colorado Longitudinal Study intends to build the world’s most comprehensive collection of biological samples from humans — longitudinally and paired with participants' medical histories and social determinants of health. Hear from Meredith Guerrero , COO of COLS, on what biobanking is and how COLS hopes to transform aging science and studies of human health.

Dr. Christine Lum Lung , CEO and founder of Origin Healthcare , introduces us to the hospital-at-home model of healthcare, which is bringing high-level, multidisciplinary care to patients in the comfort of their own homes. We discuss how hospital-at-home is different than a typical inpatient hospital stay, and how the current healthcare landscape is pushing providers toward new ways of delivering...

As dietary interventions, caloric restriction and intermittent fasting have been shown in animal studies to extend healthspan and reduce age-related diseases. Devin Wahl , a postdoctoral research associate in CSU's Healthspan Biology Lab, takes us through what caloric restriction and intermittent fasting are and why scientists believe they’re effective strategies to live longer and healthier....

Shelby Cox , RDN, director of the Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center at CSU, joins us to share general nutrition advice for healthy aging. We discuss how nutritional needs change as we get older and what a balanced diet includes for a healthy lifestyle. Cox shares strategies to make healthy eating easier and more convenient, and we cover a hot topic in aging research: using calorie restriction to boo...

Felix Duerr , an associate professor of Orthopedic Medicine and Mobility at CSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, is interested in solving musculoskeletal problems to improve quality of life. In this episode, we focus on arthritis and the treatments and therapies that Duerr is researching to benefit both humans and dogs. We discuss why the placebo effect makes it easier to study disorders in dogs an...

Professor Arlene Schmid is a researcher who blends occupational therapy with yoga interventions to help people with chronic disabilities and diseases. In this episode, we discuss the basics of yoga, how to engage in a practice if you’ve never done yoga before, and we discuss Schmid’s research on how yoga affects chronic pain, how it helps caregivers, and a new study that will examine what happens...

Peggy Budai , a nurse practitioner with the Older Adult and Palliative Care programs at UCHealth, tells us how she imagined the idea for a "hug tunnel" to combat social isolation when residents in long-term care facilities were unable to visit with family members during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

When we think about healthy aging, we often think of our diets, fitness routines, getting enough sleep — but how often do we think about the energy we put into our social networks? In this episode, Associate Professor Gloria Luong talks to us about the difference between social isolation and loneliness, why being alone isn’t exactly bad for you, and why the quality of your friendships matters more...

Julie Moreno — an assistant professor in CSU's Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences — examines the mechanisms that prompt neurons and other brain cells to become inflamed, leading to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Here we discuss the processes that happen in the brain throughout neurodegeneration and what Moreno’s lab is doing to test potential therapies to sl...

Professor Susan Bailey from CSU's Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences joins us to discuss her project with the NASA Twins Study, an investigation of identical twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly that aims to identify factors in spaceflight that influence human health in preparation for human space exploration to the Moon or Mars. Bailey tells us what her study revea...