ATHENS, Ohio -- The fall series of Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine's Geriatric Education Brown Bag seminars continues Monday, Oct. 7, with Cynthia Marling, Ph.D., presenting "Coming Technologies for Elder Care." The seminar will be held from noon to 1 p.m. at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, Room B-9.
Marling, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science for Ohio University, will discuss new technologies that soon may be available to help the elderly and their caregivers. Marling's seminar will introduce a new artificial intelligence research project to develop such technologies at Ohio University: the Robotic Caregiver's Assistant.
"Collaborations among artificial intelligence researchers and geriatrics professionals will lead to a new generation of smart devices that can improve quality of life for elders," said Marling.
This is the second seminar in the fall series. The first seminar was Sept. 16 with Jen-Tzer Gau, M.D., Ph.D., presenting "Failure to Thrive." Upcoming seminars include "The Aural Rehabilitation Needs of an Aging Population" by Stacey Commerford, Oct. 21; TBA, Nov. 4; and "Legal Dilemmas of Aging: The Physician's Role in Competency" by William Walker, J.D., Nov. 18.
"The seminars are designed for an interdisciplinary audience," said Ellen Peterson, R.N., OU-COM geriatric education coordinator. "Health professionals from the community regularly attend, in addition to interns, residents and medical students. The diversity of disciplines represented by the participants makes for an interesting exchange of ideas."
Health-care professionals are invited to attend the seminar. Brown bags are welcome. For more information, call the Geriatric Education Center at (740) 593-2258. Each lecture in this series of geriatric medicine/gerontology seminars is held from noon to 1 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month at O'Bleness, Room B-9.
The sponsors of the seminars include the Department of Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology, the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center and Area Health Education Center and OU-COM.
