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07/12/2022
Katy Abbott, Ph.D. announced as 2022 Health Care Systems Scholars Program awardee
Professor Katy Abbott, Ph.D., MGS, was recently awarded a grant from the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory as a 2022 Health Care Systems Scholars. This program offers investigators an opportunity to work directly with health care systems interested in improving the care provided to people living with dementia and their care partners.
05/09/2022
John Bowblis named 2021 OAGE Researcher of the Year
Scripps Fellow Dr. John Bowblis was named 2021 OAGE Researcher of the Year.
03/15/2022
A Tribute to Bob Cottrell: Strengthening the Legacy
On January 31 Bob Cottrell, the son of Fred Cottrell, passed away.
03/01/2022
"Aging, Society, and the Life Course" published
Executive Director of Scripps Gerontology Center Dr. Suzanne Kunkel’s 3rd published book “Aging, Society, and the Life Course” hit bookshelves nationwide in 2021.
12/09/2021
Director of Academic Program Support Pamela Mayberry Retires
After serving Miami University and the Scripps Gerontology Center for 20 years, Coordinator of Academic Programming Pamela Mayberry retired in the summer of 2021.
01/11/2021
Executive Director Suzanne Kunkel, Ph.D. and O'Toole Family Professor and Scripps Research Fellow Kate de Medeiros, Ph.D. awarded first place in the American Journal of Nursing 2020 Book of the Year Award
Executive Director Suzanne Kunkel, Ph.D. and O'Toole Family Professor and Scripps Research Fellow Kate de Medeiros, Ph.D. awarded first place in the American Journal of Nursing 2020 Book of the Year Award. Their book titled “Global Aging: Comparative Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course, 2nd Edition” won first place in the Gerontologic Nursing category.
12/04/2020
Featured Fellow: John Bowblis, PhD
Professor of Economics and Scripps Research Fellow, Dr. John Bowblis wasted no time in 2020. In addition to 16 peer-reviewed papers accepted for publication and one research brief, Bowblis has an active role in five newly-funded grants.
10/07/2020
Miami's public health program engineers a new contact tracing program for Butler County to fight COVID-19
Early this summer, after the COVID-19 pandemic had already swept across the country and shut down college campuses and businesses around the world, Miami's public health program began to put together a plan to help track the virus's rampant spread throughout the local community.
05/11/2020
Abbott named 2020 OAGE Researcher of the Year by the Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education
Katherine (Katy) Abbott, PhD, MGS named 2020 Researcher of the Year by the Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education (OAGE)