to the Fall/Winter 2014 CEDHA newsletter
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to the Fall/Winter 2014 CEDHA newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 3 Fall/Winter 2014 In this issue: P1. Meet Dr. Raj Shah P1. World’s AIDS Day P2. Participant Spotlight P2. Holiday Party Dr. Raj C. Shah, MD Raj C. Shah, MD is an associate professor of family medicine with the Rush University Medical Center. He is a principal investigator for clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease and other common age-related conditions. He is on the international steering committee and is site principal investigator for the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly prevention clinical trial. He also provides support for ongoing longitudinal research and infrastructure projects on memory and aging, including the Rush Memory and Aging Project, the Rush Religious Orders Study, the Rush Minority Aging and Research Study, the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center, the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Assistance Center, the Rush Center of Excellence on Disparities in HIV and Aging, and the Rush Memory Clinic Data and Specimen Data Repository. Worlds AIDS Day P3. Strategies to World AIDS Day is commemorated around the globe on December 1st. It Improve Quality of Life celebrates the progress made during the epidemic and brings into focus the P4. CEDHA overview P4. Contact CEDHA remaining challenges. Chicago's World AIDS Day 2014 focused on ending the epidemic with hopes to accelerate the response to HIV and AIDS by preventing new infections and promoting communication on all levels to ensure individuals living with the virus will receive prompt, ongoing, and excellent care. Capt. Jim Lando, MD, Dr. Larry Goodman,, Congressman Danny K. Davis, Kasey Bates, Dr. Mildred Williamson, Sherman Bryant, Karen Graham, Sanford Gaylord, Dr. David Schwartz, Kathi Braswell, Peter McLoyd Rush Center of Excellence Newsletter Participant Spotlight We would like to take this time to acknowledge one of our participants, Judy Collura, Judy has been a great asset to our Uptown CEDHA project. Judy joined the CEDHA study because she was wanted to learn more about herself and changes in her cognitive ability. She then went on to spread the word to others about her experience as a participant. Since becoming a member of the CEDHA advisory council in 2014, Judy has recruited five members for the study, which includes her two sisters. Judy always has a fun story to tell about her experience as a bar tender and enjoys making others laugh. She is always a pleasure to be around. Thank you Judy! Janet Fisk and Judy Collura CEDHA Holiday Party A very warm thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual holiday party. We had a great time and it was wonderful to gather with friends, associates and colleagues to celebrate the season! We would also like to take a moment to thank Tarisha Washington, David Cosey, Mattildur Kelley, Floyd McGee and the CEDHA advisory council members, who planned and executed the event! We hope to see you all again next year! Thank you from all of us at CEDHA! Englewood: Top Row: Sylvia Young, Gwendolyn Griffin,, Bridgette Hampton, Kasey Bates, Willie Taylor, Bottom Row: Urrainer Moffet Stephanie Pulley, Tommie Conners, Tarisha Washington, Floyd McGee Page 2 Uptown: Top Row: Sharon McNutt,, Jim Novak, John Quirk, Willie Cunningham, Kenny Rodgers, Betty Shad, David Cosey Bottom Row: Janet Fisk, Judy Collura, Marta Kelley, Tarisha Washington Volume 1, Issue 3 Seven strategies to improve your quality of life: Cultivate Optimism! Be Present! Clarify your priorities! Connect with others! Celebrate! Love yourself! Give back to others! Written by Molly Mahar Your body is the vehicle that carries you through your life. Love yourself by treating your body with respect & care. Fuel it well with fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains & lean protein. Move it daily. Don’t smoke, don’t abuse alcohol. Meditate. Help yourself age well by staying flexible, protecting your skin from sun & exercising your mind. Sleep well. Beware the ease in which you critique yourself & indulge in praise instead. Devise a plan to add some of these strategies to your day, to your week, to your life. Your well being depends on it! CEDHA CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY! Daniel Hale Williams Garret Morgan Pioneer of open heart Inventor of traffic sigsurgery nal and gas mask Madam C J Walker Entrepreneur and creator of black hair products Patricia Bath Created a laser surgical device Achievements by Black inventors can be seen as far back as ancient Africa but much of society has no idea that many of the products or devices that make their everyday lives more enjoyable are the result of the hard work and ingenuity of Blacks. Page 3 The Rush Center of Excellence on Disparities in HIV and Aging (CEDHA) is a partnership between Rush University Medical Center, the Ruth M. Rothstein Core Center, and the Community Outreach Intervention Projects of University of Illinois, at Chicago. Our focus is on health in older adults, including adults with HIV, and is funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of NIH. The Center works toward eliminating health disparities in 3 ways: 1. Partnering with community organizations and older adults to foster healthy aging; 2. Training the next generation of researchers focused on health disparities; and 3. Conducting high quality research to understand the causes of health disparities among older adults. Look us up on the Web! http://www.cedha.rush.edu Rush University Medical Center | Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center Rush Center of Excellence on Disparities in HIV and Aging 600 S. Paulina St., Suite 1022 Chicago, IL 60612 Phone 312-942-1509 | Email: [email protected] We want to hear from you! Send us your feedback on this newsletter, suggestions for future issues, questions, updates, address changes, and other comments: Name (please print): _________________________________________________________________________________ Comments, Questions, Suggestions: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Has your contact information changed? Let us know! Address: _______________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Phone: _________________________________________________ Email: __________________________________________________ Please mail forms to: 600 S. Paulina, Chicago, IL 60612 suite 1022, attention: Kasey E Bates or call: 312.942.1509 Page 4