Generation Bold

Dr. Michael Blackman joined Allscripts from McKesson and now provides medical leadership across the Allscripts CareInMotion suite. Passionate about looking for methods to improve care, he has worked with multiple hospitals and health systems to improve how EHRs are used to both advance patient outcomes and improve clinician workflow. Additionally, he was a leader in the early work to enable widespread use of electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS).A former assistant professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, Dr. Blackman holds an MD from Brown University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan. He completed his residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Chris Brickler is CEO and Co-Founder of MyndVR, a national health and wellness company pioneering a new network of Virtual Reality experiences to improve the cognitive health and happiness of our aging population. In addition to an expansive library of VR content and original programming designed for recreational and therapeutic effects, MyndVR is also working with leading US universities and researchers to study the potential health benefits of VR for our dynamic and aging population.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dr. Rachel Wu is a developmental cognitive neuroscientist investigating attending to and learning relevant information across the lifespan. Her EEG and behavioral research from infancy to aging adulthood investigates how learner factors, (e.g., prior knowledge, learning approach) and environmental factors (e.g., scaffolding) facilitate the selection of relevant information to promote new learning in some contexts, while being detrimental to new learning in other  contexts. Cross-pollinating child development and aging research has the potential to promote cognitive growth across the lifespan.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Monique Sternin is the co-founder of the Positive Deviance Approach & Initiative, and Adjunct Associate Professor, at Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Over the past 25 years, Monique has been involved in developing and promoting the Positive Deviance Approach, an asset-based method to solve complex problems requiring behaviour and social change which she pioneered with her husband Jerry Sternin in Viet Nam.She has developed the PD methodology in a variety of international public health issues including childhood malnutrition, maternal &newborn mortality & morbidity, anemia prevention & eradication in adolescent girls, polio eradication, advocacy against female genital cutting, condom negotiation and usage by commercial sex workers. In the US, Monique has been involved in pioneering the use of the PD approach to eradicate and prevent hospital acquired infections (specifically MRSA) in 6 US hospitals in collaboration with the Plexus Institute under a Robert Wood

Scott Moody is the co-founder and CEO of K4Connect, a mission-centered technology company creating solutions that serve and empower older adults and individuals living with disabilities. Moody previously was the co-founder and CEO of AuthenTec, the only public company ever acquired by Apple and its technologies led to the introduction of the Touch ID. Although Scott had retired, it was on a trip to Rwanda that he was inspired to start another company, but only when he met someone that had MS that he realized that the technologies they were developing could make a real difference in the lives of those the company now serves.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Kate McKay is a multi-million-dollar business owner, international best-selling author, TV personality, transformational speaker, strategic business consultant, and health and wellness expert. Kate is the author of Living Sexy Fit… At Any Age, featured in Family Circle. Kate has been a contributor to Entrepreneur, New York Smash, and Golf Magazine. She is also a monthly contributor to the Eagle Tribune in New England on health, wellness, and living a life of prosperity.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Jordan Goodman is “America’s Money Answers Man” and a nationally-recognized expert on personal finance. He is a regular guest on numerous radio and television call-in shows across the country, answering questions on personal financial topics. He appears frequently on The View, Fox News Network, Fox Business Network, CNN, CNBC and CBS evening news. For 18 years, Jordan was on the editorial staff of Money magazine, where he served as Wall Street correspondent. While at Money, he reported and wrote on virtually every aspect of personal finance. In addition, he served as weekly financial analyst on NBC News at Sunrise for 9 years and the daily business news commentator on Mutual Broadcasting System’s America in the Morning show for 8 years. He is the author / co-author of 13 best-selling books on personal finance including Master Your Debt Fast Profits in Hard Times, Everyone’s Money Book, Master Your Money Type, Barron’s Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms and Barron’s Finance and Investment Handbook. He

Sue Johansen, vice president of partner services with A Place for Mom.A Place for Mom was founded 15 years ago to help families navigate the maze of senior housing options. Since then, A Place for Mom has grown to become the largest senior living referral service in the U.S. and Canada. Although our company name focuses on "mom," we help dad too! As well as uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters - anyone who is faced with finding the best senior living options for their loved ones.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Aubrey De Grey is known for his view that medical technology may enable human beings alive today not to die from age-related causes. He is also an amateur mathematician who has contributed to the study of the Hadwiger–Nelson problem.His research focuses on whether regenerative medicine can prevent the aging process. He works on the development of what he calls "Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence" (SENS), a collection of proposed techniques to rejuvenate the human body and stop aging. To this end, he has identified seven types of molecular and cellular damage caused by essential metabolic processes. SENS is a proposed panel of therapies designed to repair this damage.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In 2012, the Global Health Program was established through the Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN) in conjunction with the Larner College of Medicine, strengthening an already flourishing relationship with the College that sends dozens of medical students to Danbury Hospital each year for clinical rotations. The exchange of knowledge between WCHN and the Larner College of Medicine has fostered the rapid growth of the Global Health Program. The Kilimanjaro Climb was led by Dr. Majid Sadigh, the Christian J. Trefz Family Endowed Chair in Global Health at WCHN, and the Director of Global Health at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, along with his daughters, Katrin and Mitra. They began their climb on July 28.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dr. Kerry is currently the Chief Gerontologist at GrandPad, a technology company that makes a simplified tablet for older adults. Prior to joining the private sector, Dr. Kerry served as a Professor of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at the University of California Irvine for 20 years. She founded the first Elder Abuse Forensic Center in the nation, as well as non-profit, Ageless Alliance.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Dr. Michael Lustgarten is Scientist II in the Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, and Sarcopenia (NEPS) Laboratory at the HNRCA. His research currently focuses on the role of the gut microbiome and serum metabolome on muscle mass and function in older adults. Dr. Lustgarten has been a guest lecturer at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy on topics such as the gut microbiome, serum metabolome, oxidative stress, exercise, and sarcopenia. He has contributed to 22 publications in leading peer-reviewed journals that have been cited more than 2,000 times, including 14 manuscripts as the first or last author.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

With the Alzheimer's treatment landscape littered with failed attempts, one small company is taking a radically different approach to fight the disease and is poised to introduce the first viable treatment that slows or even stops it.Targeting people who are genetically at risk for Alzheimer's, Alzheon’s protocol flushes the disease causing toxins from the brain before they build up and cause memory loss. They are treating the underlying cause of the disease, not the symptoms, which is the failed approach of so many big pharma companies.Alzheon CEO is Martin Tolar --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Susan Weinstock, Vice President of Financial Resilience Programming, is responsible for the overall strategic direction of AARP programs and education competencies to improve the financial security of persons age 50 and older. In this position, she leads AARP’s enterprise-wide efforts on Work and Jobs. 

 The rising costs of dental care preventing family members from obtaining the treatment they needed inspired Paul McTaggart to establish Dental Departures – an online company that hooks up global dental providers with patients.Surprised his new wife had not been to a dentist in years because a chef’s salary couldn’t afford it was the motivation for McTaggart to explore inexpensive dental care on the internet. He found a lack of affordable dental care was not just a problem in the US, but in Europe, Australia and New Zealand too.The results also pointed to savings of around 70% in countries including Mexico, Thailand and Hungary – but with scant authoritative information about the quality. With his wife and young family, McTaggart set about finding out, moving to Mexico and then Thailand. Coupled with his background in technology, Dental Departures was born.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

 Rosemary Lombardy is the founder of Breaking Bonds, a free resource for abused women, and the author of Breaking Bonds: How to Divorce an Abuser and Heal- A Survival Guide. She is a financial advisor with over thirty-five years of experience. Although her professional expertise is in financial matters, her perspective on marital abuse,  divorce, and recovery is deeply heartfelt and holistic. Her intention with Breaking Bonds is to offer a comprehensive plan to foster self-awareness, self-responsibility, empowerment, and critical thinking so that women can break the cycle of abuse in their families and truly heal to transform their lives. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Elizabeth Shulman is a writer for Guideposts Magazine’s “Strength and Grace” devotionals for caregivers and author of “Sanctuary in the Midst of Alzheimer’s: A Ministry for Husbands and Wives Caring for a Spouse with Dementia.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

People of all ages are defying stereotypes of ageism just by being themselves. #WithIt is not about being hip or trendy, or a certain age or time of life. It’s about being who you are and doing what you love.You are invited you to share what aging means to you and hear stories that are changing the conversation about aging in America.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Lucky Ones is a life-affirming social and video platform, and online community. It is a digital destination for people to share their inspiring stories of those they’ve loved and lost. Exploring the continuing bonds with that special someone in our lives, The Lucky Ones celebrates our common humanity. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Jane Mathews was born in England, but her career in advertising enabled her to live all over the world (Amsterdam, Chicago, Singapore, London) but now she calls Sydney, Australia home.  When she got divorced several years ago, and unexpectedly found herself living alone, she tried to find a book to help navigate its sometimes treacherous shallows, but couldn't. So she wrote one herself.  "The Art of Living Alone and Loving It" seems to have really resonated with readers and it has been translated into 8 languages. Her premise is that to enjoy living alone you have to examine each aspect of your life and adapt it to solo living accordingly.  You have to course correct and be proactive.  People living alone is the fastest growing demographic in the world.  We are a mighty army, although it doesn't always feel like it, and there remains a stigma to living alone, not to mention the specter of loneliness sulking in the corner.