Breakthrough Breakfast: Healthy Aging & Frailty

Designed to celebrate groundbreaking research and medical innovation, the Breakthrough Breakfast Series will showcase a different area of medical discovery, featuring esteemed researchers at the forefront of their fields.

From Cardiac research to Cancer, Immunity and Vaccinology, Neurosciences & Brain Diseases (including mental health and Alzheimer's disease), to Healthy Aging and Frailty, the series spans a diverse spectrum of crucial medical topics. Each event will include researchers, graduate students, patients, or community members who have contributed to or benefited from this research.

This event will focus on Healthy Aging and Frailty. It will take place on September 24 from 7:30-9:00 am at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.

Speakers will include Drs. Kenneth Rockwood, Susan Howlett, and Pamela Jarrett.

This region contains the highest percentage of people aged 65 and older in Canada. The quality of life for seniors is significantly impacted by chronic illnesses including dementia and there is a strong link between these illnesses and frailty.

At Dalhousie University, our world-leading researchers are tackling the challenges brought on by aging with a goal of improving the quality of life by preventing illness, improving treatments, and suggesting policy solutions that will help us all age better and contribute longer.

Host or Publisher Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine