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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Walter Boot awarded $4.6-million grant for new center to focus on older adults with cognitive impairment</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Walter Boot, professor in
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">the
<span style="color:black">Department of Psychology and a Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Successful Longevity, and a team of researchers from FSU, the University of Illinois and Weill Cornell Medicine have been awarded a $4.6-million grant to establish
a center focused on developing technologies to improve the lives of older adults.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">The grant is from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. The new center, named ENHANCE (Enhancing
Neurocognitive Health, Abilities, Networks, & Community Engagement), will focus on older adults living with cognitive impairment, including mild cognitive impairment and traumatic brain injury.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="gmail-"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">"As the number of older adults in America increases dramatically over the next few decades, so will the number of older
adults living with cognitive impairment,” Boot said. “Cognitive impairment can have many causes, including traumatic brain injury and stroke. Our new center strives to develop new, cutting-edge technologies to help older adults living with cognitive impairment
live independently and continue to meaningfully engage with their community."</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Neil Charness, professor of psychology and director of the Institute for Successful Longevity, is a member of the new center’s research team.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:white">Read more at:
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://isl.fsu.edu/article/walter-boot-awarded-46-million-grant-new-center-focus-older-adults-cognitive-impairment">https://isl.fsu.edu/article/walter-boot-awarded-46-million-grant-new-center-focus-older-adults-cognitive-impairment</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Bill Edmonds, Ph.D.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Institute for Successful Longevity</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Florida State University</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">850-933-7960<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:btedmond@fsu.edu">btedmond@fsu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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