For the first time, a free interactive event will visit Greeley next week to show Weld County residents the importance of medical research and its impact as people age.
The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus will bring its 3-year-old research roadshow to the LINC Library Innovation Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday. The LINC library is located at 501 8th Ave.
The show, titled Growing a Healthy Aging Community, will connect older adults with researchers from CU, the University of Northern Colorado and Colorado State to “share the latest in aging and health,” according to a news release.
Registration is requested for the event, though walk-in participants are welcome. Registration is available online at tinyurl.com/rcjyw3c4.
Dannon Cox, an assistant professor of community health education with the Colorado School of Public Health at UNC, will be among the researchers appearing at the roadshow. Cox will represent Thriving Weld and its Acts of Connection initiative, which works to combat social isolation among aging adults and develop connections in Weld County.
UNC graduate research assistant Abigail Lister will participate with the Rocky Mountain ADA Center operated by the university. The center offers resources on disability rights, service animals, Title I employment rights and ADA training to support accessibility and inclusion, according to UNC.
Among the interactive stations available:
Yoga with a companion robot named Ryan A wellness device that monitors activity, sleep and heart health Brain training exercises to support memory and cognition A test to determine if a maker exists for rheumatoid arthritis and a clinical trial for osteoarthritis. Screening for a study on hearing healthA director with the CU Anschutz Multidisciplinary Center on Aging said there is no age range to define older adults who might want to attend. Director of strategic partnerships and programs Jodi Waterouse said people identify as older adults at different ages.
Anschutz has hosted eight research roadshow events statewide, and Waterhouse said the average age of participants is probably between 65 and 70 years old.
“However, we don’t ever want to put an age on the event,” she added.
Other roadshows have been held in Grand Junction, Pueblo, Sterling and in the Denver metropolitan area. A roadshow will be held in Steamboat in the fall, Waterhouse said.
Waterhouse said the roadshow events started because of a realization within the Anschutz Medical Campus and research faculty that while older adults are often the recipients of new treatments and medications, they are underrepresented in the research behind the advances.
She said five Anschutz research teams from the cancer center will attend next week because cancer was deemed to be an interest by those organizing the event.
Waterhouse said the attendees will have the option to participate in future research. This participation doesn’t necessarily mean a trip to the medical campus in Aurora. Waterhouse said participation can be as simple as a telephone interview or filling out a survey.
“It’s a way to go into the community to educate older adults about research and how it impacts us as we age,” Waterhouse said. “They come and meet with the research team, and the team can do something to show them that research comes in all types of formats.”
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