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<b>Date: </b>Friday, February 7, 2025 at 2:53</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">PM<br>
<b>To: </b>isl@lists.fsu.edu <isl@lists.fsu.edu>, Isl-jab@lists.fsu.edu <isl-jab@lists.fsu.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Isl] Vote for Dr. Zhe He to be Permanent Director of the Institute for Successful Longevity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Dear ISL faculty affiliates and joint advisory board members, </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Dr. Zhe He has been serving as the Interim Director of the Institute for Successful longevity since May 2024. Recently, he has discussed his intention to serve as the permanent director
for ISL with the Provost’s Office. We would like your vote on him being the permanent director for ISL. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Dr. Zhe He is an Associate Professor in the School of Information of the College of Communication and Information at FSU. He is a fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association.
Dr. He is an Informatician and health data scientist with formal training in both computer science and biomedical informatics. He is also Director of the Biostatistics, Informatics, and Research Design (BIRD) Program at UF-FSU Clinical and Translational Science
Award (CTSA) Hub. He has an extensive experience in aging research with both data science and digital health intervention expertise. On the data science side, Dr. He has extensive experiences using electronic health records (EHR) data to model lab results
seasonality, subtypes of Alzheimer’s disease, prevalence of multiple chronic conditions among older adults, and rationalize eligibility criteria in ADRD clinical trials. On the digital health innovation side, Dr. He has led interdisciplinary teams in developing
technology-based intervention to promote the adherence to cognitive training and improve older adults' understanding of laboratory test results. As PI, his research projects are being funded by National Institute on Aging, National Library of Medicine, National
Institute of Mental Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Institute for Successful Longevity, Amazon Web Services, and Eli Lilly and Company. He received his BS from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, MS from Columbia University,
and PhD from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Before joining FSU, he was a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Dr. He’s CV and letter of intent are attached for your review and we have included the ISL Goals below to remind you of what drives ISL as you make your vote.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">To understand the mechanisms of age-associated disorders and functional and cognitive declines.</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">To develop the best holistic interventions to counter those declines.</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">To disseminate this knowledge to the community, to aging adults and to their care-givers.</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">To cultivate the scientific, social, and political leadership on this issue that will engage the nation.</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121;background:yellow">We will close the vote on February 21, 2025.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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