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Our research targets are the three indicated broad areas: age-associated
diseases and conditions, as well as disability and physical function, including
not only questions about ability to walk a quarter of a mile but performance
tests, including walk times. Similarly, besides dementia we are also interested
in cognitive functions, especially as it relates to brain aging in contrast to
disease. What has been added to this Venn diagram is more of a focus on genetics
because of the advances in molecular biology and the potential for applications
to our studies, as well as continued interest on behavioral and environmental
factors, but especially an emphasis on the interactions of these two elements
affecting these broad areas. The identification of such interactions is the
future challenge.
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