For the sixteenth episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady speaks with Dr. Sean Leng, Geriatrician, Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Immune Remodeling, about vaccinations and frailty among older adults. The Fighting Frailty Podcast is developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org / NIH Grant# P30AG021334.

For the fifteenth episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady speaks with Dr. Peter Abadir about technologies, including artificial intelligence, frailty, and the potential to support the health and well being of older adults, especially the most frail and vulnerable, through technological advances. The Fighting Frailty Podcast is developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org / NIH Grant# P30AG021334.

For the fourteenth episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady speaks with Dr. Todd Brown about HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) in older adults and the associations of aging, frailty, and comorbidities among older adults living with HIV. The Fighting Frailty Podcast is developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org / NIH Grant# P30AG021334.

For the thirteenth episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady speaks with Dr. Nicholas Rowan about the importance of olfactory function -- the sense of smell -- and its associations with aging and frailty. The Fighting Frailty Podcast is developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org / NIH Grant# P30AG021334.

For the twelfth episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady speaks with Dr. Phil Magidson about older adults and the emergency department (ED), including the role that frailty and cognitive impairment may play during ED visits, and strategies to promote better outcomes following ED visits. The Fighting Frailty Podcast is developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org / NIH Grant# P30AG021334.

For the eleventh episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady speaks with Dr. Jeremy Holloway about connectedness, social determinants of health, self-efficacy, and resilience in older adults, including those with frailty. They discuss the exciting intergenerational program Dr. Holloway developed called Tellegacy (tellegacy.com), which aims to keep older adults connected. The Fighting Frailty Podcast is developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org / NIH Grant# P30AG021334.

For the tenth episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host Ramana Kolady speaks with Dr. Rita R. Kalyani about diabetes in older adults and associations between diabetes, frailty and functional status, and geriatric symptoms. Dr. Kalyani also shares her insights on sarcopenia (age-related muscle loss), and future opportunities to improve the health and care of older persons living with diabetes and frailty. The Fighting Frailty Podcast is developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org.

For the ninth episode of the Fighting Frailty Podcast, our host, Ramana Kolady, speaks with Dr. Mara McAdams-DeMarco about end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in older adults, and her innovative work on the associations between frailty, cognition, and ESRD. Dr. McAdams-DeMarco shares her insights on this exciting area of research, including future opportunities to improve the health of older ESRD patients. The Fighting Frailty Podcast is developed and sponsored by FrailtyScience.org.