Monica Bertagnolli shared a post on LinkedIn:

“While many of us have returned to relatively normal life after the pandemic, an NIH-funded study from University of Colorado Boulder of over 7,000 American adults aged 55 and older found that many are still avoiding public spaces and in-person social interactions. Unfortunately, such isolation can raise risk of premature death and worsen mental illness. As we grapple with what the Surgeon General has called ‘an epidemic of loneliness’, this research underscores the need to find ways for older adults to safely re-engage with their communities.”

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Monica Bertagnolli is the Director of the National Institute of Health (NIH), USA. She previously served as the Richard E. Wilson Professor of Surgery in the field of surgical oncology at Harvard Medical School, a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a member of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Treatment and Sarcoma Centers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Bertagnolli is the Founding Chair of the minimal Common Oncology Data Elements (mCODE) executive committee and has held multiple positions nationally, including being Past President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Chair of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. In 2021, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, having previously served on the National Academies National Cancer Policy Forum.