Two members of our team, Dr. Julie Ries explains her research to determine the use of an at-home, virtual balance exercise program for people with mild cognitive impairment or dementia, and Dr. Catherine Diaz-Asper, talks about her research to develop a telephone call protocol using AI to determine if an individual is experiencing cognitive decline. […]
Marymount University’s Dr. Patricia Heyn and her team with the Center for Optimal Aging have had their research on racial health equity terminology accepted for presentation at the 2023 Cochrane International Colloquium. The prestigious international conference from Cochrane, the leading global provider of evidence synthesis guidelines, will take place on September 4-6 in London, UK, […]
Spring MCOA Newsletter Issue 2 February-2022 We are proud to announce the launch of MCOA’s second newsletter. It includes our achievements the previous year and all the upcoming events we have planned. Fall MCOA Newsletter Issue 1 Sept-2022 You can also check out our Fall 2022 Newsletter. We hope you will enjoy reading our inaugural […]
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the country’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging, acknowledged 23 individuals through its prestigious awards program. Dr. Patricia C. Heyn was honored with the Excellence in Rehabilitation of Aging Persons Award, a recognition within the Health Sciences section of the Society that acknowledges outstanding contributions in […]
Marymount University gets Funding to work on the RWJF grant in collaboration with the Cochrane US Network which will support the centering of racial health equality in systematic reviews through national consensus building. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is the largest American philanthropic organization focused solely on health and healthcare. The recent grant of […]
Marymount University’s Center for Optimal Aging (MCOA) was recently awarded a grant from the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases Research Award Fund (ARDRAF). Principal Investigator Julie Ries, with a team of experts consisting of: Patricia Heyn, Uma Kelekar, Rita Wong, and Catherine Diaz-Asper are investigating the Feasibility of Remote online administration of the […]
Our MCOA Research Faculty teams; Patricia C Heyn, Ph.D., FGSA, FACRM., Julie D. Ries, PT, Ph.D., and Eric Bubar Associate Professor, Engineering presentend their work at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine 99th Annual Conference. Click here to navigate the details of the presentation. […]
The Career Development Outstanding Mentor Award was established in 2016 to honor those who have significantly contributed through mentorship to the development of early career rehabilitation professionals, the Early Career Development Course, and the Career Development Networking Group’s Mentoring Task Force. […]
