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Discussing the Past, Present, and Future of Alzheimer's Disease Research Dr. Scott Small, Alzheimer's expert and American Federation for Aging Research grantee, speaks about his research at an AFAR-sponsored lecture. Dr. Scott Small is the Herbert Irving Associate Professor in Neurology at Columbia University. With a background in cellular physiology, he has focused on using new imaging modalities to investigate both normal and pathological mechanisms of the brain. Dr. Small was the first investigator at Columbia University to use functional MRI (fMRI), and he led a team of investigators who published the first article using fMRI to investigate Alzheimer's disease and memory decline in the aging population. More recently, Dr. Small has developed a novel high-resolution application of fMRI, which can be used to investigate physiologic dysfunction in the mouse brain. He is a recipient of the Paul Beeson Career Development Award in Aging Research (www.beeson.org), a program of the American Federation for Aging Research. Infoaging Listed as a Top Health and Wellness Site for Seniors On September 16, RN Central, a web site for nurses and those looking to become nurses, published its top 100 sites related to healthy aging. Both the Infoaging and the American Federation for Aging Research web sites made the list. Check out the article by clicking here. Take the Eons Longevity Calculator Eons, the online community for baby boomers, has partnered with Tom Perls, a physician and leading researcher in the study of aging at Boston University School of Medicine, to develop the Eons Longevity Calculator. The 10-minute survey, which is available for free, uses information you submit about your health, lifestyle, and family history to tell you how long you might live. It also provides a personalized “To-Do” list for you and your physician. Click here to access the Longevity Calculator on the Eons website. Ana Maria Cuervo, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in the Departments of Anatomy and Structural Biology and of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an AFAR grant recipient, talks trash — cellular trash, that is. Read more in our latest Research Spotlight.