gerontologist
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gerontologists
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“People have gremlins,” said Barbara Waxman, a San Francisco-based gerontologist and coach.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
His dissertation was on aging, and for the next 25 years he worked as a research gerontologist for New York City’s Department of Aging and the Brookdale Center on Aging at Hunter College.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
“Our study wasn’t a prevalence study,” says Jason Karlawish, a gerontologist at the Penn Memory Center and senior principal investigator of the NIH study.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 12, 2023
All dentists can treat older adults, said Piedad Suarez, a USC professor, gerontologist and dentist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2023
Dr. Roy Walford, a well-respected medical research gerontologist who has been actively studying longevity for many years, is one of those.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Steve Solomon
For example, Orlando ranked 21st when it came to gerontologists and eighth-highest for home-healthcare facilities per capita.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Since then, others have jumped on board, including gerontologists frustrated by a lack of funding to study the aging process itself.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2020
Many of the world’s top gerontologists have already demonstrated the possibilities in animals and are now beginning human clinical trials, with promising results.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 2, 2019
“If you took the research on what older adults need and what works well, and decided to create a new organization, villages would be very close to what academic gerontologists would create,” Graham said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2019
Medical researchers and research gerontologists have noticed that many other vitamin and vitamin-like substances have similar effects on laboratory animals.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Steve Solomon
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