Mission

Our mission is to determine how healthy brains lead to active lives. Our research examines how health and health behaviors sustain our thinking and memory through positive effects on our brain as we age, and how these thinking and memory abilities impact how we change health behaviors to support healthy aging. We hope our research informs how we can keep our mind and brain in shape to stay active with our families and our communities throughout life. 

 

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Lab News

HBC Lab team

Open House to celebrate participants’ impact on brain research

Friday, October 25, 2024
Current and past HBC research study participants and others interested in how your participation makes an impact are cordially invited to the Health, Brain & Cognition Lab’s first-ever Open House. The event, scheduled for 1-4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 16 at 340 Iowa Ave., Iowa City, is free, open to all, and a great opportunity for the public to get an inside look at the University of Iowa’s Psychological and Brain Sciences Department’s research facility downtown.

Press and Media

Hayley Chappell and Megan Hilliard in testing room

HBC Lab part of new research hub in Cedar Rapids

Read this Iowa Now story to learn about this new initiative to meet study participants where they are, rather than requiring a trip to labs in Iowa City, and make our research applicable to more people and their daily lives.

Newsletter

Page 1 of Summer 2024 newsletter

Summer 2024 issue

Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Read about our new BOOST study aimed at improving adherence to exercise regimes, meet research participant Raymond Nepple and learn what cardiorespiratory fitness is and why it matters.

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Blog

Becca Fetter

Weight training gives older adults a lift

Tuesday, September 24, 2024
“You’re not going to turn into the Hulk by picking up a 20 lb. dumbbell,” Dr. Becca Fetter tells clients at her strength-training gym in North Liberty, Iowa. Too many adults, especially women, miss out on the benefits of weightlifting for fear of getting hurt or developing bulky bodies, says Dr. Fetter, who opened Enduring Strength Physical Therapy and Fitness early this year in Beaver Kreek Center. The gym has attracted a roster of male and female clients in their 50’s, 60’s and 70’s.