I am an epidemiologist and gerontologist studying functional trajectories of older adults with a special emphasis on nutritional factors.

Winston-Salem, NC
Joined October 2015
Connecting Body and Brain - ADRD-related biomarkers and physical performance in cognitively normal older adults. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glaf110
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Dr Choi on implications of climate change in biological aging outcomes.
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Dr Emerald Nguyen on NIA’s priorities around climate change. ⁦@rccnaging⁩ Workshop at ⁦@geronsociety⁩ 2024 annual meeting
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Visual contrast sensitivity is associated with community structure integrity in cognitively unimpaired older adults:: the Brain Networks and Mobility (B-NET) Study doi: 10.1016/j.nbas.2024.100122
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New From SOMMA - Mau T et al. Muscle Mitochondrial Bioenergetic Capacities Are Associated With Multimorbidity Burden J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2024 doi: 10.1093/gerona/glae101. Helps answer the question - which hallmarks map to which diseases?
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Skeletal muscle fat infiltration and abdominal visceral, but not subcutaneous, adipose tissue are inversely associated with mitochondrial bioenergetics in older adults independent of BMI. DOI: 10.1002/oby.24008 @CoenPM @cawthon_peggy
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Anne Newman will deliver an ICSFR Keynote March 20 'Health ABC to SOMMA: Leaning into aging biology to understand frailty and sarcopenia.' She will also be awarded the ICSFR's Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Lower muscle mitochondrial energetics is associated with greater phenotypic frailty in older women and men pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3798… New SOMMA paper linking mitofunction frailty
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The cellular bases of mobility from the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3842… Introducing a set of new findings from the SOMMA study in Aging Cell.
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Age is Associated with Dampened Circadian Patterns of Rest and Activity: The Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging ( pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3841…) Range of Acrotypes in SOMMA at baseline
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Vigor to Frailty As a Continuum-A New Approach in the Study of Muscle, Mobility, and Aging Cohort pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3784… An updated operationalization of frailty.
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