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Elizabeth (Lisa) Samelson, PhD, has received the 2026 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Gordon Strewler Mentorship Award. The award is named after Gordon “Buck” Strewler, the former BIDMC vice...

Six chaplain students from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain have graduated from Hebrew SeniorLife’s Clinical Pastoral Education Program, which provides geriatric-focused spiritual care...

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has named Hebrew SeniorLife among the 14 health care systems recognized for Excellence in System-wide Spread, demonstrating care delivery through the 4Ms (What...

The Jewish Theological Seminary has awarded Rabbi Beth Naditch, Hebrew SeniorLife’s director of clinical pastoral education, an honorary doctorate degree celebrating her 27 years in the rabbinate. The...

Research published today in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that developing postoperative delirium remains the strongest predictor of long-term cognitive decline. While rehospitalizations, intensive care...

A new study highlights a critical gap in clinical research practices: most studies that use imaging techniques such as PET scans do not account for the radiation participants have already received...

Hebrew SeniorLife has named Thomas J. DeSimone board chair-elect. DeSimone is a partner at W/S Development Associates LLC in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He will succeed current Board Chair Richard J...

A pilot study suggests that a simple program combining exercise and protein supplementation may help older adults with frailty recover more successfully after hospitalization, with 80% of participants...

On the one-year anniversary of its founding, the Lunder CareForce Institute at Hebrew SeniorLife is marking significant growth by adding new employer partnerships, expanding training locations, and...

A novel, noninvasive brain stimulation approach — known as transcranial temporal interference stimulation — may offer a new way to treat motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease without the need for...