Caterina talks about her fascination with unravelling the mystery behind why / how some people age more robustly than others, and how this has led to her idea of mobility resilience and use of cutting edge methods to identify the factors which contribute to mobility resilience. We discuss the potential need to incorporate more personalised “treatments” into day to day activities rather than scheduled and structured exercise / physio. There-in lies the challenge to our ISPGR community: to understand the mechanisms of maintaining / improving mobility resilience and thereby tailor treatments to best effect.
When Research Funding Disappears, So Does the Promise Made to Participants
A recent investigation from The Guardian (Sept. 17, 2026) is a sobering reminder of how research funding decisions ripple far beyond a grant number on a spreadsheet. What happened: A federally funded study examining Alzheimer's disease risk among roughly 600 older...








