This talk will highlight important work from the CCAA that established how physical activity modifies heart health and improves function in older adults. The emerging burden of brain health (cognition and dementia) in an aging Canada will also be discussed, along with current evidence about how physical activity, exercise and brain training can improve brain health alone and in combination.
Dr. Robert Petrella directs the Healthy Aging team at the Lawson Health Research Institute. He is also the Beryl and Richard Ivey Research Chair in Aging, Rehabilitation and Geriatric Care and CIHR Career Investigator in Healthy Lifestyles: Healthy Aging.
When:
Friday, October 3, 2014
9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Where:
Room 1150, Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine (WCPHFM) (See Map)
What:
Public Lecture and Q&A
Complimentry refreshments
RSVP: Barbara at bkaluzny@uwo.ca or 519-661-1603
Note: WCPHFM parking is limited, meet up with us at 8:30 a.m. in the CCAA lobby to walk over
