living healthy longer
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Climate Change and Population Aging with Dr. Mick Smyer: Season 4 Finale
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Michael "Mick" Smyer, former provost and emeritus professor of psychology at Bucknell University, is now the founder and CEO of Growing Greene...
Bubble Wrap is for Packages, Not People with Dr. Anita Bundy
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Anita Bundy, an occupational therapist at CSU, discusses the vital role of play throughout life – from childhood to older adulthood. She explains ho...
Addressing the Home Health Workforce Gap with Nancy Murray
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Murray, an economic development specialist with Larimer County, joins to discuss an Opportunity Now grant aimed at addressing Colorado's ca...
Life After Caregiving with Dr. Julie Silver Seidle
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Assistant Professor Julie Silver Seidle, an occupational therapist specializing in older adulthood, shares insights from her 2020 dissertation about t...
UTIs, Delirium and Cognitive Decline with Drs. Julie Moreno and Amanda Latham
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Assistant Professor Julie Moreno and recently graduated Ph.D. student Amanda Latham of CSU's Toxicology program join to discuss the surprising cog...
Intergenerational Learning with Dr. Grace Borlee
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Grace Borlee, an assistant professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, describes an intergenerational learning project in which MIP students...
Myelin and Memory with Dr. Aga Burzynska
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aga Burzynska, an associate professor at CSU and director of The BRAiN Lab, shares her latest research, published in Neurobiology of Aging, which stud...
Skin Care and Aging with Dr. Saranya Wyles
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Saranya Wyles, a dermatologist from the Mayo Clinic, delves into the science of skin aging and the reasoning behind common age-related skin concer...
Health Care Access with HHS Regional Director Lily Griego
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Regional Director Lily Griego from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services discusses recent initiatives impacting adults in Colorado, includi...
Supporting Caregivers with Dr. Meara Faw
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Associate Professor of Communication Studies Meara Faw explores the complexities of caregiving, including statistics on its prevalence, the challenges...
Shifting Dynamics of Long-Term Care with Dr. Greg Gahm
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Greg Gahm – a geriatrician, Corporate Medical Director for Vivage Senior Living, and an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at CU Anschutz ...
Should There Be Age Limits for Politicians? A Panel Discussion
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Amidst the ongoing debate over whether Presidents Biden and Trump are "too old" to run for president again, our season 4 premiere offers a com...
Challenges to Advancing Aging Research: Season 3 Finale
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode revisits every guest from season 3 of living healthy longer and their answers to the S3 standing question: Can you identify a ma...
The Dog Aging Project with Dr. Kate E. Creevy
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kate E. Creevy is a board-certified small animal veterinary internist at Texas A&M University with a primary research interest in canine long...
Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities with Dr. Ronica Rooks
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
According to the CDC, health disparities are "preventable differences in the burden of disease...that are experienced by socially disadvantaged po...
Balance Fitness for Longer Healthspan with Dr. Ava Segal
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ava Segal is the founder and CEO of Steadi Systems, a health-tech startup out of Golden, CO that is providing solutions for better balance health and ...
Muscle Strength and Alzheimer's Risk with Dr. Shelby Osburn
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible that researchers can find signs of future cognitive decline in muscles before the brain ever shows a deficit? Shelby Osburn, a postdoct...
From Virus to Virus with Dr. Greg Ebel
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Ebel, a professor and director of CSU's Center for Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, discusses his lab’s history of surveillance and preven...
Nontuberculous Infection with Drs. Alan Schenkel and Ed Chan
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
About five years ago, some patients in Denver were suffering from a stubborn lung disease that, despite ongoing treatments, was not responding to anti...
Prions and Alzheimer's with Dr. Candace Mathiason
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Associate Professor of Pathobiology Candace Mathiason introduces us to the weird ways of prions and how they can be used as models for Alzheimer’s d...
Depression and Cognitive Decline with Dr. Stephen Aichele
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Stephen Aichele, a quantitative psychologist at CSU, describes the relationship between depression and cognitive decline, and how data science met...
The Aging Heart with Dr. Zhijie Wang
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Zhijie Wang, an assistant professor in CSU’s School of Biomedical Engineering, discusses the anatomy of the heart and why the right ventricle has hi...
Everything About Sleep with Dr. Josiane Broussard
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Josiane Broussard – an assistant professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science and the director of the Sleep and Metabolism Lab at CSU ...
Your Brain on Nature with Dr. Sara LoTemplio
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sara LoTemplio – a new assistant professor in CSU’s Human Dimensions of Natural Resources department – is here to talk about the restorative eff...
An Exciting Future for Aging Research: Season 2 Finale
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode revisits every guest from Season 2 of living healthy longer and what makes them most excited for the future of aging studies. Wh...
Women Leaders in STEM with Drs. Nicole Ehrhart and Lise Youngblade
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today's show is a special two-part episode with the Health and Human Science Matters podcast, hosted by the College of Health and Human Sciences&#...
Connecting Through Dance with Lisa Morgan
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Morgan, an instructor in CSU’s School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, discusses how it feels physically and emotionally to connect with others th...
Yoga and Brain Injury with Drs. Jaclyn Stephens and Arlene Schmid
27 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jaclyn Stephens and Arlene Schmid, faculty in CSU’s Department of Occupational Therapy, join to share an update about a study that aims to build sup...
The Bio-Aging Study with Dr. Tom LaRocca
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Assistant Professor Tom LaRocca from CSU's Department of Health and Exercise Science is back to tell us about a new study from his lab that is inv...
Lifespan Technology Use with Dr. Adela Chen
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Associate Professor Adela Chen from CSU’s Department of Computer Information Systems describes how social media use relates to early childhood exper...
Aging Policy in Colorado with Jodi Waterhouse
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jodi Waterhouse is the director of outreach programs at the University of Colorado Anschutz Multidisciplinary Center on Aging. Beyond creating program...
Regenerative Medicine 2.0 with Dr. Nicole Ehrhart
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
CHA director, Dr. Nicole Ehrhart, joins us to discuss regenerative medicine, a line of research that helps to repair or regrow damaged tissue and orga...
Financial Security and Cognitive Health with Dr. Eric Chess
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Eric Chess is a physician, lawyer, and the Director of The Paul Freeman Financial Security Program at the Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging at t...
An Aging Workforce with Dr. Gwen Fisher
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gwen Fisher is a researcher in CSU's Occupational Health Psychology Lab, which studies issues of worker health and well-being and characterist...
Big Data and Health Inequities with Dr. Audrey Ruple
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Audrey Ruple is the veterinary epidemiologist on the Dog Aging Project, an open access data science study to understand how genes, lifestyle, and envi...
Cancer and Aging with Dr. James DeGregori
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cancer and aging share seven of the nine hallmarks of aging, meaning that the molecular mechanisms that prompt aging often promote cancer, too. We tal...
Trauma from Dogs to People with Dr. Kelly Hall
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kelly Hall, an associate professor of emergency and critical care at CSU, discusses physical trauma: serious injuries to the body, and how compani...
Aging in Place with Dr. Maria Delgado
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The National Institute on Aging defines aging in place as "staying in your own home as you get older," though there are many barriers to aging...
Communication at End of Life with Dr. Jen Currin-McCulloch
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jen Currin-McCulloch, a social worker at CSU, tells us about strategies for meaning-making at end of life: How do we pursue hope despite a debilit...
Best Advice for Healthy Aging: Season 1 Finale
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode revisits every guest from Season 1 of living healthy longer and their best advice for healthy aging.Our show will return for Seaso...
The Colorado Longitudinal Study with Meredith Guerrero
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Colorado Longitudinal Study intends to build the world’s most comprehensive collection of biological samples from humans — longitudinally and ...
Hospital-at-Home Healthcare with Dr. Christine Lum Lung
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Christine Lum Lung, CEO and founder of Origin Healthcare, introduces us to the hospital-at-home model of healthcare, which is bringing high-level,...
Anti-Aging Diets with Dr. Devin Wahl
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As dietary interventions, caloric restriction and intermittent fasting have been shown in animal studies to extend healthspan and reduce age-related d...
Nutrition Tips for Healthy Aging with Shelby Cox
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shelby Cox, RDN, director of the Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center at CSU, joins us to share general nutrition advice for healthy aging. We discuss how ...
Arthritis from Dogs to People with Dr. Felix Duerr
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Felix Duerr, an associate professor of Orthopedic Medicine and Mobility at CSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, is interested in solving musculoskele...
The Benefits of Yoga with Dr. Arlene Schmid
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Arlene Schmid is a researcher who blends occupational therapy with yoga interventions to help people with chronic disabilities and diseases....
How a Hug Transformed Pandemic Isolation with Peggy Budai
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peggy Budai, a nurse practitioner with the Older Adult and Palliative Care programs at UCHealth, tells us how she imagined the idea for a "hug tun...
The Importance of Social Connection with Dr. Gloria Luong
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When we think about healthy aging, we often think of our diets, fitness routines, getting enough sleep — but how often do we think about the energy ...
Cellular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration with Dr. Julie Moreno
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Moreno — an assistant professor in CSU's Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences — examines the mechanisms that pro...
Aging in Outer Space with Dr. Susan Bailey
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Susan Bailey from CSU's Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences joins us to discuss her project with the NASA Twi...
Microbiome and Aging with Dr. Tara Cepon Robins
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From the moment we’re born, we’re surrounded by microbes that shape our development, especially our immune systems. In the last few years, scienti...
Stroke Awareness with Dr. Neha Lodha
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
According to the CDC, every year, more than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke. And, strokes are a leading cause of serious long-term...
Nature-Based Interventions for Cognitive Decline with Dr. Becca Lassell
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Becca Lassell is an occupational therapist whose research focuses on equine-assisted services and the impact of the equine-environment on cognitiv...
The One Health Approach with Dr. Sue VandeWoude
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
According to the CDC, One Health is a concept that recognizes that the health of people is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared e...
A Lifespan Developmental Scientist on Healthy Aging with Dr. Lise Youngblade
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dean Lise Youngblade of the College of Health and Human Sciences at Colorado State University is a lifespan developmental scientist whose research cen...
Hormonal Programming with Dr. Stuart Tobet
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Stuart Tobet’s research has shown that there are cellular events that happen within sensitive periods of development, such as the prenatal stage...
The Science of Team Science with Dr. Jeni Cross
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The best solutions to a problem are discovered when scientists from a variety of backgrounds work together, each one providing a perspective that the ...
Healthy Muscle Aging with Dr. Karyn Hamilton
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Karyn Hamilton, a Health and Exercise Science professor and Associate Director here at the Center, talks to us about musculoskeletal aging and the...
Cognitive Decline Isn't Destined with Dr. Deana Davalos
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Deana Davalos, a neuropsychologist and cognitive scientist at Colorado State University, introduces us to the topic of cognitive decline, includin...
Biology of Healthspan with Dr. Tom LaRocca
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to Dr. Tom LaRocca, an assistant professor of health and exercise science at Colorado State University, about lifespan vs. healthspan and how ...
Hallmarks of Aging with Dr. Nicole Ehrhart
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Aging can be defined as the accumulation of small amounts of damage in our bodies across our lifetimes. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Nicole Ehrha...
Introducing: living healthy longer
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to living healthy longer, a new podcast from the Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging at Colorado State University. Episodes drop...