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<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><img width="250" height="392" style="width:2.6041in;height:4.0833in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D83214.CEBFF150" alt="A person wearing glasses
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Walter Boot, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Associate Director, Institute for Successful Longevity<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Walter Boot, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, has been chosen to be Associate Director of the Institute for Successful
Longevity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">As Associate Director, Boot will support the functioning of the institute when the Director becomes unavailable
for extended periods of time (e.g., travel, sabbatical, illness).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“I am pleased to have Professor Boot join the leadership of the Institute for Successful Longevity,” said Neil Charness,
Ph.D., Director of the institute. “His reliable and steady hand, his deep research experience and his formidable expertise in his field make him a great choice for this position.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Boot was selected as ISL’s first Associate Director by a vote of the ISL Faculty Affiliates. Per the ISL Bylaws
approved in 2021, the nominees were chosen by a committee of the whole consisting of the Faculty Affiliates and Joint Advisory Board members and confirmed by the Office of the Provost.</span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#201F1E;background:white">Professor Boot’s research interests include the potential of existing and emerging technology solutions to promote the health, wellbeing, and quality of life older people with
and without cognitive impairments. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;background:white">In 2019, Professor Boot and a team of researchers from FSU and other institutions were awarded a $4.6-million grant to establish a center focused on developing technologies to
improve the lives of older adults. The grant was from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. The new center, named ENHANCE (Enhancing Neurocognitive Health, Abilities, Networks, & Community Engagement), focuses
on supporting older adults living with cognitive impairments, including mild cognitive impairment and impairments due to stroke or traumatic brain injury.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Earlier that year,
<span style="color:black">The National Institute on Aging awarded Professor Boot and his team a $2.9 million R01 grant for their project The Adherence Promotion with Person-centered Technology (APPT) Project: Promoting Adherence to Enhance the Early Detection
and Treatment of Cognitive Decline. This project has a focus on improving adherence to technology-based interventions through novel machine learning approaches.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Professor Boot is also part of CREATE<span style="color:black"> — the Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement — a long-term project, funded by the National Institute on Aging,
that brings together researchers from five institutions to ensure the benefits of technology can be realized by older adults.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Bill Edmonds, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#782F40">Institute for Successful Longevity<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#782F40">Florida State University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">850-933-7960<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:btedmond@fsu.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">btedmond@fsu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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