title: Garrison Institute on Aging: A New Hope for Elderly Individuals and Patients with Alzheimer's Disease.
abstract: The Garrison Institute on Aging (GIA) is an established institute within Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, whose mission is to promote healthy aging through cutting-edge research on Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other diseases of aging through innovative educational opportunities for students, clinicians, researchers, health care professionals, and the public. The GIA has multiple programs, including both research and education on healthy aging and AD, community outreach, caregiving, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Healthy Lubbock, the GIA Brain Bank, healthy aging seminars, research seminars, and collaborations and scholarships. The GIA programs connect basic and clinical researchers and health care professionals, and provide a unique environment to help our growing elderly population and patients with AD and their families.
authors.affiliation: Garrison Institute on Aging, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.|Garrison Institute on Aging, South West Campus, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: P Hemachandra
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.affiliation: Garrison Institute on Aging, South West Campus, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blackmon
authors.affiliation: Garrison Institute on Aging, South West Campus, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Molinar-Lopez
authors.affiliation: Garrison Institute on Aging, South West Campus, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Clay
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ament
authors.affiliation: Garrison Institute on Aging, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manczak
authors.affiliation: Garrison Institute on Aging, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kandimalla
authors.affiliation: Garrison Institute on Aging, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Xianglin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Garrison Institute on Aging, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Akhilesh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.affiliation: Garrison Institute on Aging, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Chandra Sekhar
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Kuruva
authors.affiliation: Garrison Institute on Aging, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Garrison Institute on Aging, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fry
authors.affiliation: Garrison Institute on Aging, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Carrah
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Osborn
authors.affiliation: Garrison Institute on Aging, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stonum
authors.affiliation: Garrison Institute on Aging, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Kandi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Quesada
authors.affiliation: Garrison Institute on Aging, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Ruben
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.affiliation: Garrison Institute on Aging, South West Campus, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boles
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013781:Texas; D014015:Tissue Banks; D014838:Volunteers