Congratulations to John F. Aloia, MD, Director of Winthrop’s Bone Mineral Research Center, as he has been awarded a nearly $4 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support his research project titled, “Vitamin D and Osteoporosis Prevention in Elderly African Americans."
Dr. Aloia’s research goals are to determine if vitamin D supplements will safely reduce bone loss and improve physical performance in elderly African Americans, with the long-term goal of developing strategies for the prevention of osteoporotic fractures in African Americans.
Additionally, Winthrop’s Osteoporosis Diagnostic Research and Treatment Center has been awarded a New York State grant to become one of six regional centers for the New York State Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program (NYSOPEP). Osteoporosis is a progressive disease that causes bones to become brittle, causing people to become more prone to factures, loss of height and chronic pain. NYSOPEP is an educational initiative within the New York State Department of Health which is committed to helping people build stronger bones by providing bone health education to the general public and medical professionals,.
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