Research
The IEA has four core research focus areas: brain, mobility, health, and technology. Research projects by IEA-affiliated faculty seek to discover, develop, and disseminate best practices and represent a diverse portfolio of funders.
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For Researchers
Are you involved with research in aging at Clemson or want to be? There are a variety of ways in which the IEA collaborates and supports researchers. Please contact us to learn more at IEA@clemson.edu.
IEA Research Focus Areas
Research projects by multidisciplinary IEA- affiliated faculty are designed to explore trends we see in the modern world and promote optimal engagement and healthy aging among older adults.
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Brain
Preventing Alzheimer’s with Cognitive Training (PACT)
PI: Dr. Lesley RossThe Active Mind Trial: An Adaptive Randomized Trial to Improve Function and Delay Dementia
PI: Dr. Lesley RossSouth Carolina Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (SC-ADRC)
PI: Dr. Lesley RossBlack American United Memory & Aging Project (BA-UMAP)
PI: Dr. Alyssa GamaldoInterpersonal Conscientiousness and Healthy Cognitive Aging
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Mobility
Reducing Falls in Rural Older South Carolinians
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Health
Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS Sleep)
PI: Dr. Alyssa GamaldoA Peer Recovery Coaching Intervention for Hospitalized Alcohol Use Disorder Patients
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Technology
Integrative Pathways to Health and Illness
PI: Dr. Jody Nicholson
