What's Happening: Recent News
Leadership Transition: Alison Moore, MD, Named Interim Director of the Stein Institute for Research on Aging
We are pleased to announce that Alison A. Moore, MD, MPH, FACP, AGSF, has agreed to serve as Interim Director for the Stein Institute for Research on Aging and the UC San Diego Center for Healthy Aging, following the retirement of Dilip Jeste, MD.
Spotlights
2023
2022
- Dr. Alison Moore on UCTV for our Public Lecture Series. Global Healthy Aging: A Review of Efforts to Support Healthy Aging from Around the World.
- Congratulations to Kevin Yang, recipient of the 2022 Stein Institute's Jackuelyn Harris Award for Excellence in Aging Research!
- UC San Diego and Belmont Village Senior Living Partner on the First-of-Its-Kind Living Lab
- 2022 Wisdom: Biology, Technology, and Interventions Grants We are thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2022–23 pilot grant awards for collaborative research on wisdom!
- JAMA Psychiatry: Social Determinants of Mental Health
- Wisdom Engendered: Study Finds Men and Women Have Different Strengths, See also ScienceDaily, Neuroscience News, and Med India
- TEDMED Talk - Seeking Wisdom in Graying Matter by Dilip Jeste, M.D.
- The Youth Movement Against Alzheimer's at UC San Diego
2021
- Can Seven Questions Determine How Wise You Are?
- Natasha Josefowitz Pre and Postdoctoral Fellowship
- How Does Your Brain Process Emotions? Answer Could Help Address Loneliness Epidemic
Our study finds specific brain regions respond opposingly to emotions related to loneliness and wisdom. - Intergenerational Communities - How Senior Living Can Contribute to Healthy Aging
- The UC San Diego Library Talk: Wiser: The Scientific Roots of Wisdom, Compassion, and What Makes Us Good
Social Isolation, Health & Homelessness
- We joined the San Diego Seniors Community Foundation, Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties, the Gary and Mary West Foundation, and the Regional Task Force on the Homeless to present a special briefing on the growing epidemic of isolation facing older adults in San Diego. Learn More
- Dr. Tanya Nguyen's presentation Persons With Schizophrenia Exhibit Altered Gut Microbiome Functional Pathways Related to Immune Modulation and Cardiovascular Risk has been selected to be featured in the Rising Star showcase session of the Society of Biological Psychiatry 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting.
- Drs. Dilip Jeste & Ellen Lee are the recipients of American Psychiatric Association's 2021 Kempf Fund Award for Research Development in Psychobiological Psychiatry based on the excellence of their overall contribution to research in schizophrenia. Congratulations!
We are excited to announce the release of a new book by Dilip Jeste, MD, with Scott LaFee. From the field's pioneer, an exploration of the neurobiology and psychology of wisdom: what science says it is and how to nurture it within yourself — at any stage of your life. Learn more.