Read about a very special WashU team working with Alzheimer’s patients.
WashU Alz Buddies: Connecting through memories

Read about a very special WashU team working with Alzheimer’s patients.
A WashU alumna discusses her journey from student to a career helping others research and advance knowledge and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Read some of the recent articles and blog posts on ageism and age diversity on campus that feature the co-directors of the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging.
One student reflects on her Summer Research Program – Aging & Neurological Diseases mentored project on preventing falls among older adults with Alzheimer’s disease.. uj
A student in the Summer Research Program – Aging & Neurological Diseases Track reflects on her experience working with the PEP Lab and mentor, Susan Stark.
Read a blog post in celebration of community partner, STL Village.
May is Older American’s Month! Find out more about tips for engaging in meaningful relationships and social connections, which have proven to improve our mental, physical and emotional well-being as we age.
Here’s what to know about climate change and aging…
Read about and watch video from the 23rd Annual Friedman Lecture and Awards!
Age isn’t a priority in higher education when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion programming. Read more about this study by our co-Director of the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging, Nancy Morrow-Howell.
The Friedman Center for Aging presents its 23rd annual Friedman Lecture & Awards featuring keynote speaker, Karl Pillemer from Cornell University.
St. Louis area funders heard about health equity in aging from the co-directors of the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging.
The topic of aging and the presidential candidates is one that many are talking about. Read about one such discussion among older adults, led by the co-directors of the Friedman Center for Aging.
Learn about how you can become a volunteer for dementia research.
Learn more about a former students work to advance health equity among older LGBTQ adults.
Center for Aging co-Director, Nancy Morrow-Howell is quoted in a story about the Golden Bachelor, the new series that looks at love as we age.
There is a movement to reframe aging and help us see getting older in a different way. Read about the effort in which our Harvey A. Friedman Center is involved.
Center for Aging Director, Nancy Morrow-Howell discusses the new Golden Bachelor series and normalizing intimacy in the media and society, as we age.
For those who think President Biden is “too old” to run for another term, consider this reflection from a few WashU gerontologists.
One of the co-founders of STL Village celebrates the STL chapter’s founder on her 100th birthday.
A student in the Summer Research Program – Aging & Neurological Diseases track reflects on her time working with the Emotion and Mental Health Lab.
Read a perspective on Alzheimer’s disease from a student in the Summer Research Program – Aging & Neurological Diseases track.
A student in the Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program – Aging & Neurological Diseases track discusses the impact of Alzheimer’s disease.
Read one Summer Research Program student’s perspective on stroke interventions.
Read a student’s perspective from the Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program, Aging & Neurological Diseases track.
Learn about the statistics and preventative measures surrounding suicide among older adults.
Read a summary of the 2023 Friedman Lecture & Awards held this spring.
Written by Michele Dinman, MPH, project coordinator for the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging at the Institute for Public Health Happy Older Americans Month! For the past 60 years, the Administration for Community Living helps us celebrate and honor older Americans each May. This year’s theme, Aging Unbound, promotes the importance of enjoying independence […]
Read about how more older adults today are interested in working past retirement.
Learn more about suicide prevention among older adults in this blogpost by one of the students attending the course, Contemporary Perspectives on Aging.
Written by Renee Hays, MSW candidate, Brown School; student in Contemporary Perspectives on Aging The American prison population has been aging at a rapid pace throughout the twenty-first century. According to the National Institute of Corrections, between 1993 and 2013, the number of prisoners in America aged 55 and older sentenced to at least one […]
Read a perspective from a member of the Friedman Center for Aging staff, regarding how we often discriminate against ourselves as we age.
Don’t miss the 22nd Annual Friedman Lecture & Awards on April 21 for engaging keynote speakers and panelists to learn more about innovations in mental health care for older adults.
Faculty Scholar & Asst. Professor of Neurology, Jorge Llibre-Guerra, MD, wants to include more people from low-and middle-income countries in Alzheimer’s clinical trials. His team’s paper on it is published by the Alzheimer’s Association.
Faculty Scholar and Professor of Emergency Medicine, Christopher Carpenter, MD, discusses the fact that 20-30% of older patients who visit the emergency department are facing dementia-related cognitive issues.
Award nominations are being accepted for the 22nd Annual Friedman Lecture & Awards taking place on April 21. Read more about the awards and how to nominate someone for their outstanding work in the field of aging!
Eric Lenze, an Institute Faculty Scholar and co-author of a recent study in aging says he expected to see that exercise would help improve memory and thinking, but that was not the case.
A participant in the “When I’m 64…” course at WashU talks about her experience.
Faculty Scholar & Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Patrick Hill, PhD, talks about how older adults who have purpose in their lives also experience better health as they age.
Director of the Institute’s Friedman Center for Aging, Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, has received a prestigious award from the Gerontological Society of America.
Read about the 2022 Summer Research Program, which wrapped up in late July.
The Center for Aging illuminates the work of organizations like OLLI, which serves older adults in the St. Louis region.
Read a reflection on aging in this blog post from a student in the Summer Research Program – Aging & Neurological Diseases Track.
Read more about resources and tips for helping older adults celebrate Older Americans Month!
Two Institute Faculty Scholars have written about their study into mental health of older adults. Read about it here.
The Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging has published a background resource with everything we need to know about the topic of “ageism”, understanding it and how to confront it.
The 2022 Friedman Lecture & Awards featured keynote speaker, Patrick White and panelists presented an exciting review of the latest innovations in palliative care.
Careers in Aging Week, April 17-23 is designed to bring awareness to the wide-ranging career opportunities in the field of aging. Read one geroscientist’s point of view here.
Careers in Aging Week, April 17-23 is designed to bring awareness to the wide-ranging career opportunities in the field of aging. Read one professional’s point of view here.
Commemorating Careers in Aging week (April 17-23), read a blog post authored by WashU professor, David Balota working in aging research.