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Center on Aging and the Life Course at Purdue CALC’s mission is to promote aging-related research and education at Purdue University.

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Congratulations to Xinyue Lu, Dual-title PhD student, on receiving the 2026 CALC Student Publication Award! This award r...
10/15/2026

Congratulations to Xinyue Lu, Dual-title PhD student, on receiving the 2026 CALC Student Publication Award! This award recognizes Xinyue’s publication, “Deuterated Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Alleviate In Vitro Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction Induced by Oxidative Stress,” in Free Radical Biology and Medicine. The research explores potential approaches to addressing sarcopenia and helps fill important gaps in the existing literature.

Congratulations to Patti Thomas, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology, on receiving the 2026 CALC Faculty Publication A...
10/15/2026

Congratulations to Patti Thomas, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology, on receiving the 2026 CALC Faculty Publication Award! This award recognizes her interdisciplinary research published in the Journal of Aging and Health, titled “Early-Life Parental Affection, Social Relationships in Adulthood, and Later-Life Cognitive Function.” Spanning the life course from early life into later life, Dr. Thomas’s research offers important insights into factors that may influence cognitive function and the wellbeing of older adults.

Congratulations to CALC Faculty Associates Christie Sennott, PhD, and Jiyeon Lee, PhD, on being named recipients of the ...
10/13/2026

Congratulations to CALC Faculty Associates Christie Sennott, PhD, and Jiyeon Lee, PhD, on being named recipients of the Purdue University 2026 Clifford B. Kinley Trust Award.

This prestigious award recognizes Purdue faculty for their outstanding contributions to research, teaching, and service. We are proud to celebrate Dr. Sennott and Dr. Lee and their continued dedication to advancing research and making a meaningful impact in their fields.

Please join us in congratulating them on this well-deserved recognition.

To read more, see link: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/2026/Q3/purdue-faculty-named-2026-clifford-b-kinley-trust-award-recipients

Congratulations to Nasreen Lalani, PhD, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, on receiving the 2026 CALC Researc...
10/12/2026

Congratulations to Nasreen Lalani, PhD, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, on receiving the 2026 CALC Research Excellence Award! This award recognizes Dr. Lalani’s outstanding contributions to research, including her methodological rigor, interdisciplinary collaboration, and translation of research findings into impactful interventions. Her work focuses on aging, palliative care, spiritual wellbeing, rural populations, and integrative healthcare approaches.

CALC Alumni of the 2013 dual-title PhD program, Amber Majeske, and Mary Marshall, of the 2018 dual-title PhD program, co...
10/08/2026

CALC Alumni of the 2013 dual-title PhD program, Amber Majeske, and Mary Marshall, of the 2018 dual-title PhD program, contributed to the Handbook of the Psychology of Fatherhood.

Their chapter, “Fathering Adult Children and Grandfathering,” explores fatherhood across later stages of the life course, highlighting the evolving roles and experiences of fathers as their children reach adulthood and as they become grandfathers.

We’re proud to celebrate the work of our CALC alumni and their contributions to research that deepens our understanding of aging, family relationships, and the life course.


To read more, see link:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14498-1_8

CALC dual-title PhD student Freddie Peng and colleagues published their latest research in the Journal of Speech, Langua...
10/06/2026

CALC dual-title PhD student Freddie Peng and colleagues published their latest research in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Their article, “Optimization and Device-Level Validation of the i-Phagia Surface Electromyography Submental Sensor Patch for Swallowing Monitoring,” examines the validation of a flexible, wearable surface electromyography (sEMG) sensor patch designed to monitor swallowing.
Findings from 60 healthy adults demonstrated comparable signal quality to conventional sEMG sensors, along with improved user satisfaction and faster sensor placement. The study provides an important foundation for continued research into wearable technology for swallowing monitoring and rehabilitation, including ongoing clinical research with individuals with neurogenic dysphagia.
To read more, see link: https://doi.org/10.1044/2026_JSLHR-25-0075

CALC Faculty Associate Evelina Akimova’s research examining how children can shape important family dynamics was recentl...
10/01/2026

CALC Faculty Associate Evelina Akimova’s research examining how children can shape important family dynamics was recently featured in a Purdue College of Liberal Arts news story. Using genetic and demographic data from nearly 40,000 families in Norway, Dr. Akimova and her colleagues found that children’s characteristics may influence family relationships and parents’ decisions over time. The research highlights how influence within families can move in both directions, with parents shaping their children’s lives while children can also shape the lives of their parents. Their findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.


To learn more, see the link: https://www.cla.purdue.edu/news/college/2026/when-children-shape-families.html

CALC Faculty Associate Natasha Jaiswal, PhD, recently published an article entitled “Divergent AKT Signalling Mechanisms...
09/30/2026

CALC Faculty Associate Natasha Jaiswal, PhD, recently published an article entitled “Divergent AKT Signalling Mechanisms Regulate GLUT4 Translocation and Glucose Uptake in Skeletal Muscle and Adipose Tissue” in the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle. The study examines how insulin regulates glucose uptake differently in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue, finding that AKT plays distinct roles across the two tissues. The findings reveal that skeletal muscle can use an alternative pathway involving AMPK to maintain glucose uptake, offering new insights into insulin signaling and the mechanisms that regulate glucose metabolism.

To learn more, see link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcsm.70335

CALC Faculty Associate, Dr. Jill Suitor and colleagues published their latest research in the Journal of Marriage and Fa...
09/29/2026

CALC Faculty Associate, Dr. Jill Suitor and colleagues published their latest research in the Journal of Marriage and Family. This publication, "Impact of Sibling Death in Midlife on Tension Among Surviving Siblings," explores a critical aspect of family dynamics. Dr. Suitor, alongside current and alumna dual-title PhD students in Sociology/Gerontology, studied how losing a sibling during midlife affects tension and relationships among surviving brothers and sisters. Congratulations to Jill Suitor and the research team on this publication.

To read more, see link: https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.70083

CALC Faculty Associate Hyesun Choung received funding through the Center for Aging Families’ (CAF) Innovation Program.Th...
09/24/2026

CALC Faculty Associate Hyesun Choung received funding through the Center for Aging Families’ (CAF) Innovation Program.

This support will advance the development and submission of an NIA proposal for her project, “Communication Infrastructures in Aging Families: A Daily Diary Study,” which examines how older adults use communication technologies to maintain meaningful connections with family members across distance and how these communication patterns relate to social connectedness and emotional well-being.

CAF is an NIA-funded inter-institutional, multidisciplinary research center that advances population research on aging families among faculty affiliates at Bowling Green State University, The Ohio State University, and Purdue University.

We wish Dr. Choung much success with her project.

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