Save the Date! PDHP Workshop Series: Applied Multilevel Models | Centers on Demography and Economics of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias)

You are invited to a participate in an Applied Multilevel Models workshop, held virtually on November 30th, 1-5pm EST. Given the NLCHDD’s focus this year on how multiple “layers” of geography (e.g., states, counties, neighborhoods) shape health and aging across the life course, the NLCHDD collaborated with the University of Michigan’s Population Dynamics and Health Program to provide this workshop.

Topics covered:

An overview of the multilevel model, including terminology and notation
Understanding the difference between fixed and random effects
How to include, interpret, and evaluate predictor variables across levels of analysis
Hands-on practice with multilevel models in Stata, SAS, SPSS, and R, using data from the American Community Survey

For more information and to register, visit the PDHP event page.

Is Aging a Luxury Good?
The Center for Aging and Policy Studies (CAPS) invites you to join us for our 2022 Conference Keynote Speaker, David Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University.

David Cutler is the Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, and holds a secondary appointment at the Harvard Kennedy School. Cutler is a health economist who seeks to understand how people are experiencing better health later in life than previous generations, and the impacts of medical care on the public sector, as well as the healthcare implications of racial and ethnic segregation. His work has earned him significant academic and public acclaim. Cutler served on the Council of Economic Advisers and the National Economic Council during the Clinton Administration, and advised the Presidential campaigns of Bill Bradley, John Kerry, and Barack Obama. He was a key advisor in the formulation of the cost control legislation in Massachusetts, and is one of the members of that state’s Health Policy Commission.

NORC at the University of Chicago NORC and the University of Chicago are hosting an upcoming all-day event on Thursday, October 20^th in Hyde Park at the Chicago Theological Seminary: The Symposium on Healthy Aging. Registration is free.

Drs. William Dale and Patricia Boyle will be keynote speakers, and there will also be three panels that cover cutting edge research on all things healthy aging. The topics discussed will span multidimensional factors in aging, such as physical activity, cognition, social connections, and cultural contexts. Those attending this event will have the opportunity to participate in optional health assessments—for example, sense of smell, walking speed, resilience, and more!

This event is made possible by a generous gift from Maurine Kornfeld—an alumna of the University of Chicago and many-time national swimming champion who celebrated her 100^th birthday in the pool last year. Event co-sponsors include: the Supporting Healthy Aging Resources & Education (SHARE) Network, the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, the Center on Healthy Aging Behaviors and Longitudinal Investigations (CHABLIS), the Institute for Translational Medicine, the University of Chicago Department of Sociology, and NORC at the University of Chicago.

To learn more about the event, please go to the event website. There, you can register to attend the Symposium either in-person (9AM-6PM) or online via Zoom (10AM-5PM CST). Note that in-person capacity is limited, so please register early!

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

Learn about the application process and ask the workshop leaders questions! The workshop is co-organized by the Hopkins’ Economics of Alzheimer’s Disease & Services (HEADS) Center, Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research (JHAD-RCMAR), & Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions (HCHDS).

Hopkin's Economics of Alzheimer's Disease & Service Center

CAPS Texas Center on Aging and Population Sciences Aging research increasingly relies on measures of physiological decline that reflect gradual deterioration across biological systems. As the field continues to integrate measures of biological aging, challenges to conceptualization, measurement, and health equity remain.

Join us for an expert discussion of this exciting area of research on aging.

Professor Greg Miller (Department of Psychology, Northwestern University) will discuss his foundational work on stress, health, and life course determinants of aging.

Professor Jessica Faul (Survey Research Center, University of Michigan) will discuss her work on the measurement of biological age, drawing on her expertise as co-Investigator of the Health and Retirement Study and Co-director of the Biospecimen Laboratory at the Institute for Social Research.

Professor Lauren Leigh Brown (Health Management & Policy, San Diego State University) will discuss biomarkers of aging in diverse populations as well as her innovative work in social genomics that has generally taken on themes of measurement, methods and sampling that more accurately depict the aging experience of Black older adults.

How your aging research, whether it is basic, clinical, translational or epidemiological, might benefit from/contribute to the NIA Aging Cell Repository
Organized by the Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN) and co-sponsored by the Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center, OAIC National Coordinating Center, and the AGING Initiative.

This webinar will:

Introduce the NIA Aging Cell Repository at Coriell and explain how to request/obtain and donate cells
Provide a general introduction to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)
Report on the use of human cells for aging research in longitudinal studies

Presenters and contributors:
Kathryn H. Driesbaugh, PhD
Director of Repository Operations
Principal Investigator, NIA Aging Cell Repository
Coriell Institute for Medical Research

Giovanna Fantoni, PhD
Staff Scientist, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation
Clinical Research Core and Biorepository
National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, NIH

Dimitrios Tsitsipatis, PhD
Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow, RNA Regulation Section
Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics
National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, NIH

Kathleen Cagney, University of Michigan
Atheendar Venkataramani, University of Pennsylvania
Steven Woolf, Virginia Commonwealth University

Moderator: Robert Hummer, University of North Carolina

Center on Healthy Aging Behaviors and Longitudinal Investigations Collaborative for Innovation in Data & Measurement in Aging (CIDMA) Institute
Apply by June 1, 2022
In person September 15-16, 2022
The Rubenstein Forum at the University of Chicago
1201 E 60th Street, Chicago 60637
No registration fee for accepted participants
Limited to 40 attendees
Travel stipends available for early career researchers

Researchers at the University of Chicago and Duke invite you to apply for the first annual Collaborative for Innovation in Data & Measurement in Aging (CIDMA) Institute, held at UChicago, September 15-16, 2022. The goal of CIDMA is to identify, design, conduct and assess innovations in data collection and measurement within longitudinal research on aging and disseminate the findings of these assessments broadly.

The Inaugural CIDMA Institute will bring together researchers and data collection professionals for a two-day interactive workshop focused on identifying ongoing challenges in data collection and measurement and brainstorming potential innovations to address these challenges. In addition, researchers leading the initial CIDMA assessment projects will present preliminary results and lead a discussion on opportunities for future applications. Participants are encouraged to bring challenges from their own research to share with the group. Learn more about the Institute and apply to attend here.

NIA is holding a virtual workshop on Gaps and Opportunities for Real-World Data Infrastructure.

Full agenda (PDF) | List of speakers (PDF)

Please follow this link to register for the workshop

On behalf of the Center for Advancing Sociodemographic and Economic Study of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (CeASES ADRD)

CAPS Texas Center on Aging and Population Sciences Virtual: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/97689476438
Please have your camera on. Do not share the Zoom link via social media – we want to avoid unwanted visitors.

Karen Fredriksen Goldsen, Professor and Director of the Goldsen Institute at the School of Social Work, University of Washington

LGBTQ+ older adults are emerging from the margins resilient and facing multiple inequities in our society. As a leading national and international expert on health and aging in underserved communities, Dr. Fredriksen Goldsen is the Principal Investigator of Aging with Pride: National Health, Aging and Sexuality/Gender Study (NHAS) and Aging with Pride: Innovations in Dementia Empowerment and Action (IDEA). Highlighting important new directions for the field, Professor Fredriksen Goldsen will address the health, aging, and well-being of LGBTQ+ older adults and findings from the longitudinal study, Aging with Pride, that is following 2,450 demographically diverse LGBTQ+ older adults over time. Despite the adversity in their lives or perhaps because of it, LGBTQ+ older adults display remarkable resilience —yet many remain at high risk of health and aging challenges and other economic and social disparities. This presentation will illuminate important lessons learned about health and aging from these landmark projects, including ways in which challenges and community engagement have shaped their lives. As we move forward, it is imperative to respond and promote well-being for this largely invisible population by developing and implementing innovative and accessible practices, services, and policies tailored to their distinct needs. The development of culturally responsive practices and policies are necessary to promote well-being in our increasingly diverse and aging society.

Objectives:

After attending this session, participants will be able to specify disparities in health among LGBTQ+ older adults.
After attending this session, participants will be able to identify key risk and protective factors impacting the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ older adults.
After attending this session, participants will be able to characterize key components of inclusive care when serving LGBTQ+ older adults and their families.

Karen Fredriksen Goldsen, PhD, is a professor and director of the Goldsen Institute at the School of Social Work, University of Washington. She is a nationally and internationally recognized scholar addressing issues of health equity, disparities, resilience, longevity, and well-being among resilient yet underserved populations. She is the principal investigator of many landmark studies, including National Health, Aging, and Sexuality/Gender Study (NHAS): Aging with Pride (R01), the first federally funded longitudinal study of LGBTQ midlife and older adults; Innovations in Dementia Empowerment and Action (IIDEA, R01), the first randomly controlled trial (RCT) for LGBTQ+ older adults living with memory loss and their care partners; as well as other funded studies that identify factors accounting for health trajectories and longevity in underserved communities. Based on the findings of this research, she is developing and testing innovative solutions to complex social problems. Dr. Fredriksen Goldsen is author of five books and special issues and more than 100 publications in leading journals. Her research has been cited by top news sources such as the New York Times, Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, CNN, NBC News, Forbes, and more than 50 international news outlets. Based on the ground-breaking nature of her work, she has received many awards, including the inaugural National Institutes of Health’s Sexual & Gender Minority Distinguished Investigator Award, PBS’s Next Avenue’s inaugural Top 50 Influencers in Aging, Gerontological Society of America’s Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Healthy Aging, and the UW-wide Distinguished Teaching Award. She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.