{"id":218648,"date":"2025-07-24T16:02:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T21:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/dr-on-yee-amy-lo-marcus-institute-for-aging-research-functional-independence-for-older-adults"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:02:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T21:02:41","slug":"dr-on-yee-amy-lo-marcus-institute-for-aging-research-functional-independence-for-older-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/dr-on-yee-amy-lo-marcus-institute-for-aging-research-functional-independence-for-older-adults","title":{"rendered":"Dr. On-Yee (Amy) Lo \u2014 Marcus Institute for Aging Research \u2014 Functional Independence For Older Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UNMgkUmxZpc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Enhancing Functional Independence For Older Adults \u2014 Dr. On-Yee \u201cAmy\u201d Lo, Ph.D. \u2014 Marcus Institute for Aging Research \/ Harvard Medical School.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Dr. On-Yee (Amy) Lo, Ph.D. is Assistant Scientist II at the Marcus Institute for Aging Research (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcusinstituteforaging.org\/who-we-are\/profiles\">https:\/\/www.marcusinstituteforaging.org\/who-we-are\/profiles<\/a>\u2026 and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (<a href=\"https:\/\/connects.catalyst.harvard.edu\">https:\/\/connects.catalyst.harvard.edu<\/a>\u2026).<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lo is a physical therapist and research scientist who aims to prevent functional decline and enhance functional independence for older adults with mobility impairments by conducting experimental and translational research. She has expertise and experience in physical therapy, biomechanics, neuroimaging, and neuromodulation.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lo has dedicated her career to enhancing functional independence and quality of life in older adults. Her specific research objectives are:<\/p>\n<p>To investigate connections between the brain and body that enable safe navigation throughout daily environments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/dr-on-yee-amy-lo-marcus-institute-for-aging-research-functional-independence-for-older-adults\">Continue reading \u201cDr. On-Yee (Amy) Lo \u2014 Marcus Institute for Aging Research \u2014 Functional Independence For Older Adults\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enhancing Functional Independence For Older Adults \u2014 Dr. On-Yee \u201cAmy\u201d Lo, Ph.D. \u2014 Marcus Institute for Aging Research \/ Harvard Medical School. Dr. On-Yee (Amy) Lo, Ph.D. is Assistant Scientist II at the Marcus Institute for Aging Research (https:\/\/www.marcusinstituteforaging.org\/who-we-are\/profiles\u2026 and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (https:\/\/connects.catalyst.harvard.edu\u2026). Dr. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":400,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}