Take Note: Penn State's Center for Healthy Aging

WPSU | By Patty Satalia

Published October 7, 2016 at 1:00 PM EDT

Marty Sliwinski, director of Penn State's Center for Healthy Aging

With one in every seven Americans now over the age of 65, it’s no wonder adult development and aging is a rapidly expanding field of study. What’s normal aging? What’s not? And what control do we have over our own aging process? Dr. Marty Sliwinski directs Penn State’s Center for Healthy Aging, one of many such centers around the country, where he’s involved in ground-breaking training, research and outreach aimed at identifying the underlying pathways to healthy and unhealthy aging.

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Patty Satalia was a senior producer/host for WPSU-TV and FM from 1987 to 2017. Prior to joining Penn State Public Broadcasting, she worked in commercial television in Pittsburgh, first as a film editor and fill-in capsule news anchor for WPGH-TV, and later, for WPTT-TV as public affairs director and co-host of the talk-show, People, Places and Things.

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