THE NEWSLETTER OF THE UF INSTITUTE ON AGING | WINTER 2014 | WWW.AGING.UFL.EDU
2014 has so far been a year of growth, which is fitting, because we will soon leave our single-digit years. The Institute on Aging and the UF Department of Aging and Geriatric Research will turn 10 years old in early 2015. As we hit that milestone, our decade of hard work is coming to fruition. We have settled into our research space and begun building a more robust educational program. While our graduate certificate and master’s degree programs lift off the ground, we now turn our attention to providing the best geriatric care possible to our patients in the UF Health Senior Care Clinic as well as older adults who enter UF Health Shands Hospital. Over the summer, we welcomed Jacobo Hincapie Echeverri, M.D., and Jianhong (Crystal) Hua, M.D. Hincapie Echeverri is a geriatrician embedded within the emergency room who cares for elderly patients as soon as they come through our doors. Hua applies her spectrum of experience — from pediatrics to geriatrics — to the care of patients within the UF Health Senior Care Clinic. She is also the embedded geriatrician for the hospital’s inpatient care. While we strengthen care for our older patients, our research program is becoming ever stronger. The department of aging and geriatric research faculty members have seen many successes over this year in garnering grant funding to support research projects. We have grown by leaps and bounds these past 10 years. We look forward to more in the next 10. Sincerely,
Marco Pahor, M.D. Director, UF Institute on Aging