| Description | Advancing Research on the Health and Well-Being of Sexual and Gender Minority Elders
Karen Fredriksen Goldsen, Professor and Director, Healthy Generations, UW School of Social Work LGBTQ elders are at a greater risk of health disparities and social isolation in later life. Professor Karen Fredriksen Goldsen explores the landmark longitudinal project, “Aging with Pride: National Health, Aging and Sexuality/Gender Study,” and how its research findings have encouraged the development of community evidence-based interventions and policy changes to address these issues. Such research can provide innovative solutions to complex social problems, promoting equity to create a future for all to reach their full age, health, and potential. Register HERE now. The full Future of Aging series is free to UWRA members and UWAA members, $7 to the general public.
The Future of Aging symposium begins with a keynote address by Eileen Crimmins, AARP Chair in Gerontology and specialist in the demography of older populations, University of Southern California, and continues with these additional presentations:
- Eric Larson, Senior Investigator in Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Clinical Professor in the UW School of Public Health, and Associate Director, Administrative Core, ADRC, will focus on the links between environmental factors, such as air pollution and brain injury, and genetic factors that increase the risk of brain disease, with the goal of finding ways to help communities delay or avoid dementia. Tuesday, November 17, 1:30 pm.
- Sara Curran, Professor and Director of the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, will speak on recent research focused on the growing diversity of the older generation in King County and the impact of demographic factors on the experience of aging. Thursday, November 19, 1:30 pm.
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