23rd Annual Katz Lecture

“Disentangling the Disabling Process: Insights from the Yale Precipitating Events Project (PEP) Study"

by Thomas M. Gill, MD
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Investigative Medicine
Humana Foundation Professor of Geriatric Medicine
Yale University

November 4, 2009
4:00-5:00 p.m.

Brown University
121 S. Main Street
Room 245
Providence, RI

This event is free and open to the public.
A reception will follow the speaking program.

About the Speaker
Dr. Gill's research is directed towards understanding the mechanisms underlying the development of functional decline and disability among community-living older persons and towards developing preventive strategies to forestall the onset and progression of disability among at-risk elders who are frail. The results from the Yale Precipitating Events Project (PEP), Dr. Gill's ongoing NIA-funded cohort study, which includes monthly assessments of functional status for over 12 years, are revolutionizing our understanding of disability, a problem of immense importance to older persons, their families, and society. In a landmark clinical trial, Dr. Gill's research group demonstrated that functional decline among frail older persons can be prevented through a pre-habilitation program targeting underlying impairments in physical capabilities.