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Aging Re-Imagined symposium begins March 17

The symposium “Aging Re-Imagined” brings leading scholars, artists, medical professionals and researchers together at Wake Forest who will share insights on four key ideas that inform how we age, and how we think and feel about aging: Mobility, Mind (including memory), Mortality, and Meaning.

The symposium begins March 17 at 4 p.m. with a presentation by and Q&A with Liz Lerman, a famed choreographer known for her work with multi-generational ensembles to dispel the idea that dance is only for youth.

Following the keynote by Jay Olshansky at 6 p.m., the aging symposium resumes on March 18 at Bridger Field House with a full schedule of speakers and presentations. More information can be found here.

“Aging Re-Imagined” came about because of associate professor of dance Christina Soriano and her work teaching dance to people living with Parkinson’s Disease. As a member of Wake Forest’s Translational Science Center (TSC), she is one of many faculty from the biochemical, physiological, psychological, behavioral disciplines and the arts whose goal is to improve functional health in aging through research and academic training programs. Read more

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The science of beets and heart health

beet.juice.300x175New evidence shows consuming foods high in naturally occurring nitrates like beets and collard greens may have benefits ranging from blood vessel health to enhancing physical performance.

The Translational Science Center will host an expert discussion on how high nitrate foods affect hearth health, physical performance and blood pressure on May 1 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Porter Byrum Center. The panel discussion will be followed by a more in depth seminar on recent discoveries on the role of dietary nitrates/nitrites on May 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library.

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Learn more about how to participate in clinical trials

Wake Forest Baptist Health is starting an internal campaign to inform faculty, staff and students of ways to register for clinical trials. As an employee of Wake Forest University, you can be involved in shaping the future of health in our region and beyond.

The Translational Science Institute (TSI) has developed Be Involved as a tool to access information about clinical trials at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Be Involved is an opportunity for individuals to learn more about current and upcoming clinical trials and request to participate if interested. Researchers are seeking healthy people as well as those with specific diseases and conditions.

Being a part of an internationally recognized medical center is an opportunity to participate in and contribute to furthering the research being conducted at Wake Forest. Clinical trials further the mission of WFBH by generating and translating knowledge to prevent, diagnose and treat disease. As an employee participating in these clinical studies, you are helping to further the mission of WFBH while receiving excellent care.

Choosing to participate in a clinical trial is an important personal decision. It is often helpful to talk to a physician, family members or friends about deciding to join a trial. After identifying some trial options within Be Involved, contact the study research staff listed in each study profile for additional information.

Please contact Rachel Woodside at the Translational Science Institute with any questions. She can be reached at 336.716.5076 or rwoodsid@wakehealth.edu.

Categories: Medical Center News

Employees' garden work highlighted in Journal

Dan Johnson

Johnson

Bev Nesbit

Nesbit

After seven years of weekends, breaks and vacations spent dedicated to Hortus Medicus, the medical garden at Bethabara Park, Wake Forest employees Dan Johnson and Bev Nesbit are moving on.

Johnson, a senior lecturer in biology, is involved in developing an electronic textbook. Nesbit, a dietitian and researcher, is involved in the Wake Forest Translational Science Center.

“Dan and Bev have done wonders in this garden,” Ellen Kutcher, Bethabara’s director, said.

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