The Johns Hopkins Fighting Frailty Podcast series explores exciting areas of aging-related research, with a focus on vulnerability and frailty, with experts from Johns Hopkins and beyond. Hosted by Ramana Kolady, an intern working closely with the Frailty Science leadership team at Johns Hopkins, each episode focuses on an important issue that people face as they age and offers insights on how we can support the well-being of older adults in our community. Visit https://frailtyscience.org/ for more information. Supported by the Johns Hopkins Older Americans Independence Center (NIH Grant P30AG021334).
Episode 16: Vaccinations and Frailty among Older Adults, with Dr. Sean Leng
For the sixteenth episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady speaks with Dr. Sean Leng, Geriatrician, Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Immune Remodeling, about vaccinations and frailty among older adults. The Fighting Frailty Podcast is developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org / NIH Grant# P30AG021334.
30 May 2024
Episode 15: Technology/AI, Frailty, and the Health of Older Adults, with Dr. Peter Abadir
For the fifteenth episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady speaks with Dr. Peter Abadir about technologies, including artificial intelligence, frailty, and the potential to support the health and well being of older adults, especially the most frail and vulnerable, through technological advances. The Fighting Frailty Podcast is developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org / NIH Grant# P30AG021334.
18 Oct 2023
Episode 14: Older Adults Living with HIV, and the Role of Frailty, with Dr. Todd Brown
For the fourteenth episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady speaks with Dr. Todd Brown about HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) in older adults and the associations of aging, frailty, and comorbidities among older adults living with HIV. The Fighting Frailty Podcast is developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org / NIH Grant# P30AG021334.
18 Oct 2023
Episode 13: Olfactory Function and Frailty, with Dr. Nicholas Rowan
For the thirteenth episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady speaks with Dr. Nicholas Rowan about the importance of olfactory function -- the sense of smell -- and its associations with aging and frailty. The Fighting Frailty Podcast is developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org / NIH Grant# P30AG021334.
4 Jul 2023
Episode 12: Older Adults and the Emergency Department, with Dr. Phillip Magidson
For the twelfth episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady speaks with Dr. Phil Magidson about older adults and the emergency department (ED), including the role that frailty and cognitive impairment may play during ED visits, and strategies to promote better outcomes following ED visits. The Fighting Frailty Podcast is developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org / NIH Grant# P30AG021334.
8 Dec 2022
Episode 11: Tellegacy - An Intergenerational Program for Social Connection, with Dr. Jeremy Holloway
For the eleventh episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady speaks with Dr. Jeremy Holloway about social determinants of health and his program, Tellegacy.
31 Aug 2022
Episode 10: Frailty and Diabetes in Older Adults, with Dr. Rita R. Kalyani
For the tenth episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady speaks with Dr. Rita R. Kalyani about diabetes in older adults and associations between diabetes, frailty and functional status, and geriatric symptoms. Dr. Kalyani also shares her insights on sarcopenia (age-related muscle loss), and future opportunities to improve the health and care of older persons living with diabetes and frailty. The Fighting Frailty Podcast is developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org.
27 Jun 2022
Episode 9: Frailty and End-Stage Renal Disease, with Dr. Mara McAdams-DeMarco
For the ninth episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host, Ramana Kolady, speaks with Dr. Mara McAdams-DeMarco about end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in older adults, and her innovative work on the associations between frailty, cognition, and ESRD.
11 Nov 2021
Episode 8: The Evolution of Frailty Science, with Dr. Linda P. Fried
The eighth episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast is a special one: our host, Ramana Kolady, introduces an in-depth conversation with Dr. Linda P. Fried on the evolution of frailty science, facilitated by Dr. Jeremy Walston. As a geriatrician, Dr. Fried’s innovative thinking about how frailty develops and manifests led to the landmark publication, “Frailty in Older Adults: Evidence for a Phenotype." The Fighting Frailty Podcast is developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org.
27 Oct 2021
Episode 7: Frailty and Surgery, with Dr. Susan Gearhart
For the seventh episode of the Johns Hopkins Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady, an intern with the Frailty Science team at Johns Hopkins, speaks with Dr. Susan Gearhart, Associate Professor of Surgery in Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, to discuss surgery among older adults and how frailty may play a role during the peri-operative process. Developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org.
9 Oct 2021
Episode 6: COVID-19 and Older Adults in Nursing Homes, with Dr. Michele Bellantoni
For the sixth episode of the Johns Hopkins Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady, an intern with the Frailty Science team at Johns Hopkins, speaks with Dr. Michele Bellantoni, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on older adults living in nursing homes. This episode was recorded in July 2021. Developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org.
2 Sept 2021
Episode 5: Hormones, Aging, and Frailty with Dr. Jenna Mammen
For the fifth episode of the Johns Hopkins Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady, an intern with the Frailty Science team at Johns Hopkins, speaks with Dr. Jenna Mammen, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, to discuss hormones and their association with aging and frailty in older adults. Developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org.
4 Aug 2021
Episode 4: Health Disparities and Frailty with Dr. Karen Bandeen-Roche
For the fourth episode of the Johns Hopkins Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady, a high school senior and intern with the Frailty Science team at Johns Hopkins, speaks with Dr. Karen Bandeen-Roche, Professor and Chair the Department of Biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, to discuss health disparities and their association with frailty in older adults. Developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org.
10 Jun 2021
Episode 3: Social Isolation and Frailty with Dr. Thomas Cudjoe
For the third episode of the Johns Hopkins Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady, a high school senior and intern with the Frailty Science team at Johns Hopkins, speaks with Dr. Thomas Cudjoe, Assistant Professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine to discuss social isolation and its association with frailty in older adults. Developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org.
21 Apr 2021
Episode 2: Self-Efficacy and Frailty with Dr. Melissa Hladek
For the second episode of the Johns Hopkins Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady, a high school senior and intern with the Frailty Science team at Johns Hopkins, speaks with Dr. Melissa Hladek, Assistant Professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, to discuss self-efficacy and its relationship to frailty in older adults. Developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org.
16 Mar 2021
Episode 1: Frailty in Older Adults with Dr. Jeremy Walston
Dr. Jeremy Walston joins the conversation to discuss frailty in older adults.
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