Dr. George Kuchel to Serve on the NIH National Advisory Council on Aging
Dr. George Kuchel, Professor of Medicine, Director of the UConn Center on Aging and the NIA UConn Older Americans Independence Pepper Center, UConn Health, has been invited by Xavier Becerra, The Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to serve on the National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA) for a 3-year term beginning January 1, 2025.
NACA advises the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Director of NIH and the Director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) on its mission. The Council meets three times a year to consider applications for research and training grants.
Dr Kuchel commented “I am honored to be appointed to this position. NIA has just celebrated its 50th anniversary. To date, no entity has done more to improve the lives of older adults through research across the US and far beyond. Moreover, the multidisciplinary vision that led to the establishment of NIA Divisions involving Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology, Biology of Aging, Neuroscience, as well as Behavioral and Social Research continues to inspire all of our work in aging at UConn.”
Latest UConn Today
- Incoming UConn Medical Students Get Hands-On Summer Research ExperienceFor the first time the Health Career Opportunities Program of UConn Health offered matriculating UConn medical students summer research opportunities.
- Partnering with Communities to Improve HealthInCHIP’s Community Engagement Research Core’s latest networking event offers insights for successful community research partnerships
- Study Highlights Higher Rates, Risk Factors for Non-Fatal OverdosesA new opioid overdose study has identified several key risk factors associated with non-fatal overdoses drawing from a sample of people who use opioids in New Haven
- Archiving for Justice, Truth, and Memory: Unpacking the Baggage of What Went BeforeReflections on the importance of the newest addition to UConn’s ICTY Digital Archives, the Srebrenica Genocide Archives Collection.
- Multiple Sclerosis Patient Sees Bright FutureFrom unheard to understood
- UConn AUKUS Scholars Explore Undersea Vehicle Technology, International Collaborations in AustraliaFive College of Engineering students studied systems thinking and interdisciplinary teamwork essential in modern undersea vehicle development