{"684962":{"#nid":"684962","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Faculty Awarded $3.2 Million NIH Grant to Advance Research on Aging and Walking ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs people age, walking often becomes slower and less efficient, limiting mobility and independence.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo address these challenges, three Georgia Tech researchers have received a $3.2 million Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health\u0027s (NIH)\u0026nbsp;National Institute on Aging (NIA).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELeading the study is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/sawicki\u0022\u003EGregory Sawicki\u003C\/a\u003E, Joseph Anderer Faculty Fellow and professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E. He is joined by Woodruff School colleagues \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/young\u0022\u003EAaron Young\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/herrin\u0022\u003EKinsey Herrin\u003C\/a\u003E, principal research scientist, along with partners at the Institute for Human \u0026amp; Machine Cognition (IHMC) and Northeastern University. Together, they will study how aging impacts lower-limb joint mechanics, muscle function, and the energy cost of walking.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/news\/woodruff-school-faculty-awarded-32-million-nih-grant-advance-research-aging-and-walking\u0022\u003ERead the full story on the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs people age, walking often becomes slower and less efficient, limiting mobility and independence. To address these challenges, three Georgia Tech researchers have received a $3.2 million Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health\u0027s (NIH)\u0026nbsp;National Institute on Aging (NIA).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three Georgia Tech researchers have received a $3.2 million Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health\u0027s (NIH) National Institute on Aging (NIA)."}],"uid":"35851","created_gmt":"2025-09-16 23:39:47","changed_gmt":"2025-09-19 21:13:05","author":"aritchie6","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-09-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-09-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"678036":{"id":"678036","type":"image","title":"NIH-Grant.jpg","body":null,"created":"1758066005","gmt_created":"2025-09-16 23:40:05","changed":"1758066005","gmt_changed":"2025-09-16 23:40:05","alt":"Woodruff School Faculty Awarded $3.2 Million NIH Grant to Advance Research on Aging and Walking","file":{"fid":"262014","name":"NIH-Grant.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/09\/16\/NIH-Grant.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/09\/16\/NIH-Grant.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1524935,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/09\/16\/NIH-Grant.jpg?itok=BsosMJU0"}}},"media_ids":["678036"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"66220","name":"Neuro"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"172970","name":"go-neuro"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mikey.fuller@me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMikey Fuller\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}