Garrison Institute on Aging: A New Hope for Elderly Individuals and Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Reddy, P. Hemachandra^{a; b; *} | Blackmon, Joan^b | Molinar-Lopez, Veronica^b | Ament, Clay^b | Manczak, Maria^a | Kandimalla, Ramesh^a | Yin, Xianglin^a | Pandey, Akhilesh^a | Kuruva, Chandra Sekhar^a | Wang, Rui^a | Fry, David^a | Osborn, Carrah^a | Stonum, Kathleen^a | Quesada, Kandi^a | Gonzales, Ruben^a | Boles, Annette^{b; *}

Affiliations: [a] Garrison Institute on Aging, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA | [b] Garrison Institute on Aging, South West Campus, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA

Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: P. Hemachandra Reddy, PhD, ExecutiveDirector and Chief Scientific Officer, Mildred and Shirley L. Garrison Chair in Aging, Professor of Cell Biology and Bio-chemistry, Neuroscience & Pharmacology, Neurology Departments,Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 FourthStreet / MS / 9424 / 4A 124, Lubbock, Texas 79430, USA. E-mail: hemachandra.reddy@ttuhsc.edu; hemachandra.reddy@ttuhsc.con

Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Annette N. Boles, MS, Director of Community Outreach and Education Division, TTUHSC Garrison Institute on Aging, 6630 S. Quaker Ste. E, Lubbock, Texas 79413, USA. annette.boles@ttuhsc.edu

Abstract: The Garrison Institute on Aging (GIA) is an established institute within Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, whose mission is to promote healthy aging through cutting-edge research on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other diseases of aging through innovative educational opportunities for students, clinicians, researchers, health care professionals, and the public. The GIA has multiple programs, including both research and education on healthy aging and AD, community outreach, caregiving, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Healthy Lubbock, the GIA Brain Bank, healthy aging seminars, research seminars, and collaborations and scholarships. The GIA programs connect basic and clinical researchers and health care professionals, and provide a unique environment to help our growing elderly population and patients with AD and their families.

DOI: 10.3233/JAD-150490

Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 547-555, 2015