Joseph T. Freeman Award and Excellence in Rehabilitation of Aging Persons Award Presentations and Lectures

Chair(s)

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  Kirsten Corazzini, PhD, FGSA

  Dean and Professor
  College of Health and Human Services
  University of New Hampshire
  Durham, New Hampshire, United States

Award Lecturer(s)

• RF

  Roger Fielding, PhD

  Senior Scientist
  Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, and Sarcopenia Team
  Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University
  Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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  Ali Ahmed, MD, MPH

  Professor
  Medicine
  Washington DC Veterans Medical Center
  VA Medical Center, District of Columbia, United States

The Joseph T. Freeman Award lecture will feature an address by the 2024 Freeman Award recipient Ali Ahmed, MD, FGSA of the Washing DC VA Medical Center and the 2024 Excellence in Rehabilitation of Aging Persons Award recipient Roger A. Fielding, PhD, FGSA of Tufts University. The Joseph T. Freeman Award is a lectureship in geriatrics awarded to a prominent clinician in the field of aging, both in research and practice. The award was established in 1977 through a bequest from a patient's estate as a tribute to Dr. Joseph T. Freeman. The Excellence in Rehabilitation of Aging Persons Award is designed to acknowledge outstanding contributions in the field of the rehabilitation of aging individuals.

Presentations:

• 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PST

  Improving Outcomes in Older Veterans with Heart Failure and CKD: From Propensity Score Use to AI
  

  Award Lecturer: Ali Ahmed, MD, MPH – Washington DC Veterans Medical Center
• 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PST

  Resistance Training Exercise for the Rehabilitation of Older Adults: A Function Promoting Therapy with Robust Treatment Response Heterogeneity
  

  Award Lecturer: Roger Fielding, PhD – Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University