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UMass Boston Professors Looking at Tai Chi’s Impact on Reducing Falls in Older Adults to Conduct Pilot Studies

December 07, 2020

The National Institute on Aging has awarded investigators in UMass Boston’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences a one-year $523,133 grant to conduct pilot studies on the impact of a Tai Chi program compared to a light physical exercise program on older adults. The two principal investigators of this project are Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Exercise and Health Sciences Tongjian You and Professor of Nursing Suzanne Leveille. Associate Professor of Nursing Ling Shi is a co-investigator on this project.