Find Your People, Feed Your Curiosity!
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute presents a new lineup of free Friday lectures, including aging and brain health and travel tips from the experts. OLLI also offers dozens of group courses, from cyber safety to conversational Italian.
Never Too Late for Happy Hour!
Are you 60+ and a student, or thinking about becoming one? Senior Scholars at USF gathers Tuesdays from 2:30 to 3:30 in Marshall Center 3701. Meet people your own age, pick up tips for succeeding at USF, and make new friends. Free, and everyone's welcome!
Training the Brain to Outpace Dementia
USF's PACT study has received another $2.8 million from the National Institutes of Health, pushing its total federal funding past $50 million. Led by Jennifer O'Brien of USF St. Petersburg, the trial is testing whether computerized brain training can lower dementia risk. With 7,600 older adults enrolled, it is the largest of its kind.
Fighting the Viruses That Age the Brain
Eleni Markoutsa of USF Health's Institute for Translational Virology and Innovation is exploring how viral infections may quietly speed up brain aging and raise Alzheimer's risk. Her NIH-funded lab designs therapies that reach past the blood-brain barrier, aiming to intervene before lasting damage takes hold.
