Northwestern investigators, led by Drs. Michael Wolf and Jeffrey Linder, have been awarded a grant from the National Institute on Aging to establish an Older Americans Independence Center, joining a network of "Pepper Centers" across the US that investigate ways to maintain or restore independence in older adults.
As CAHRA has shifted to working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are so appreciative of our colleagues, research participants, friends, and community members who are out continuing to provide essential services and care. If that is you, thank you.
In mid-March, the early days of Chicago's COVID-19 outbreak, older adults with multiple chronic conditions didn’t think the disease would affect them and reported not changing their behaviors, according to the results of a Northwestern Medicine study. Michael Wolf led this study and explains the results on Feinberg's Breakthroughs Podcast.
We spoke with over 600 Chicagoans with multiple risk factors during the week before the Illinois stay-at-home order to capture their attitudes and actions about the coronavirus.
The Center for Applied Health Research on Aging (CAHRA), a member center of Northwestern's Institute for Public Health and Medicine, is committed to promoting informed decision-making and actions leading to optimal health and well-being among individuals and families over the life span.
Michael Wolf, MA, MPH, PhD, Director, Center for Applied Research on Aging
Our center includes six key research programs and has a current portfolio of 16 active projects. Read more about our work here:
