Mobility and Physical Function in Older Adults

Paper Session Chair(s)

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  Yurun Cai, PhD, RN (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  Health and Community Systems
  University of Pittsburgh
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

  Musculoskeletal Pain Characteristics and Objectively Measured Physical Activity in Older Adults
  

  First Author: Yurun Cai, PhD, RN (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh
• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

  Associations Between Walking Speed and Gut Microbiome Diversity in Older Men From the MrOS Study
  

  First Author: Samaneh Farsijani, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh
• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

  Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number Is Associated With Physical Function
  

  First Author: Qu Tian, PhD, MS (she/her/hers) – National Institute on Aging
• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

  Race and Place: Physical Performance Declines in Black and White Older Adults in Four US Communities
  

  First Author: B. Gwen Windham, MD, MHS – UMMC-The MIND Center
• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

  EMBOLDEN: Catalyzing Research for Older Adults Through Co-Designed Mobility-Promoting Intervention Research
  

  First Author: Rebecca Ganann, RN, PhD (she/her/hers) – McMaster University