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24-09-2021
Researchers at the University of A Coruña awarded for a study on genomic instability and frailty in the elderly

The work, entitled “Analysis of genetic parameters as biomarkers of frailty in the elderly” was carried out by the research groups Behavioural and Molecular Diagnosis Applied to Health (DICOMOSA) and the Gerontology and Geriatrics Research Group (GIGG) of the UDC. Frailty syndrome implies a state of vulnerability and an increased risk…

21-07-2021
Directed by Dr. Millán-Calenti and Dr. Lorenzo-López, Julia Blanco has successfully defended her doctoral thesis

The new doctor Julia Blanco Fandiño, speech therapist and master in clinical gerontology, has successfully defended her doctoral thesis “Study of the clinical and neuropsychological profile of the frailty syndrome”, which has also received the International Mention.The tribunal, chaired by Dr. Manuel Gandoy Crego (USC) was also formed by Prof. Óscar…

11-04-2021
Prof. Millán participates in a debate about the need for a new model of care for the elderly

Organized by Radio Coruña (Cadena Ser), Prof. Millán Calenti, together with Fernando González Abeijón, General Director of Elderly and Persons with Disabilities, Paloma Moré, professor of sociology at UDC, María Xosé Rodríguez, Economist and Vice President of the Galician Observatory of Demographic Dynamization, moderated by journalist Isabel Bravo, participated in…

19-10-2020
The RGRG collaborate in an Active Aging program funded by the Provincial Council of A Coruña

The UDC Gerontological and Geriatrics Research Group collaborates with La Milagrosa Gerontological Complex in the Active Aging program, which is financed by the Excma. Diputación of A Coruña through its calls FOIE and FOAXE/2020, and tries to improve the quality of life of the institutionalized older adults through different techniques of…