Thomas Gill

A new study suggests that changes in mental, physical, or sensory capacity may be linked to a person’s future ability to perform these routine tasks. Intrinsic capacity became more closely tied to disability as participants neared the end of life. Read🔗 medicine.yale.edu/internal-medic…

Study Links Physical and Mental Capacity to Disability Before Death m.yale.edu/djwy @PepperOAIC @NIHAging @johnahartford @AmerGeriatrics

Accompanied by a commentary: bit.ly/4opzVuc @paula_span @GeriPalBlog @NIHAging @ClinSTARCC @johnahartford @AmyDMarcus @AgingInitiative @geri_doc @PepperOAIC

Another high impact report from @YaleMed PEP Study by Dr. Malkowski: bit.ly/3PNKtXe. Clinically, one can think of intrinsic capacity as a gas tank that drains as we age. By intervening to bolster reserves, we can preserve that fuel and avert disability. @YaleIMed

Congratulations to Dr. Brian Andonian and the many coauthors from the Clin-STAR Inflammation Research Group on receiving a 2026 GeroScience Outstanding Publication Award: First Prize in the Review Paper category! Read the acclaimed paper here: bit.ly/3PnMyJ5

🏠🫀🧠What is the toll of living in a disordered neighborhood? Led by @Jiao_Jo_Yu, our new paper explores how stressful neighborhood environments damage the heart—and then the brain. @wangyi031104 @MrDisability Link to the paper: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @AmJPrevMed @YaleSPH

Registration is open for the upcoming Clin-STAR Webinar "Recent Changes and Updates for NIH/NIA Grant Application!" Featuring NIH/NIA professionals, this webinar will provide an overview of the funding process and recent program updates. Register here: bit.ly/4c4bnkA

Enjoyed my conversation with Garrison Leykam on Geezers, Gadgets and Gizmos: “How Independence Is Lost and What Actually Helps Older Adults Stay Mobile”: youtu.be/c28tJIHp1kE?si… @YaleMed @YaleIMed

“Since my work is so interdisciplinary, I had yet to find a space that felt like it met my needs and goals. Attending the Clin-STAR meeting was like finding ‘my people.’” Read more in Dr. Lisa Simon's Clin-STAR Journey Story: bit.ly/49Y2nN0 @lisathedoc @MGBResearchNews

Our colleague @MrDisability explains why smoking hits you harder as you age in this report: shorturl.at/t8g93

.@YaleAge member @MrDisability explains biological age and how it's being studied. #aging #geroscience bit.ly/4qzXZKy

Learn about the @YaleMed PEP Study, a wonderful resource for disability research in older persons pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32242212/

Listen to Clin-STAR Inflammation Research Interest Group members, Brian Andonian, Sara LaHue, and Joe Hippensteel discuss their transdisciplinary inflammaging framework in this new episode of the GeriPal Podcast: bit.ly/49SBawJ! #Inflammaging #AgingResearch @GeriPalBlog

A COMEBACK FOR THE AGES. Down 42–14 with under three minutes left in the third quarter, @YaleFootball rattled off 29 unanswered to top No. 15 Youngstown State, 43–42.🌿🏈

The first victory by an Ivy League team in a college football playoff game. Go Bulldogs. On to Montana.

Quick Question: Can I Prevent Physical Decline as I Age? m.yale.edu/dcjb

How can older adults maintain their independence as they #age? Yale Department of Internal Medicine’s Thomas Gill, MD, joined the Health and Veritas #podcast to share what he’s learned over a career of #research: medicine.yale.edu/news-article/q… @YaleIMed

Quick Question: Can I Prevent Physical Decline as I Age? m.yale.edu/dcjb

Virtual registration is available for multiple sessions from the upcoming Clin-STAR and Beeson Annual Meeting agendas! Learn more and register here: bit.ly/3JwFYgo

The Clin-STAR Database is a discovery tool that enables collaboration among clinician-scientists in aging research across disciplines and career levels. Join Dr. Plys, as well as many other aging researchers, and begin exploring the Clin-STAR Database now: bit.ly/4ohGw8Q