Healthy Aging
Friday, May 13, 2022, 9am-1:30pm Pacific – Zoom
All times are listed in Pacific Time.
Symposium Schedule
Morning (9:00-11:15am):
8:30-9:00am: Refreshments and goody bags available in Boyer Hall room 159
9-9:05am: Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:05-9:45am: Keynote address – Edna Kane Williams, M.A., Executive Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer, AARP. Do You Want to Live Until 100? + Q&A
9:45am-10:25am: Speaker – Becca Levy, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology and Psychology, Yale University. Breaking the Age Code: How Your Age Beliefs Determine How Long and Well You Live + Q&A
10:25-11:00am: Speaker – Alan Castel, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, UCLA. Focusing on Memory and Selectivity as we Age + Q&A
11:00-11:10am: Morning Concluding Comments
lunch break (11:10am-12:00pm)
Feel free to stop by for goody bags and refreshments in Boyer Hall room 159!
Graduate Student Data Blitz (12:00-12:45pm):
Julia Nolte
PhD Candidate, Cornell University
Does Susceptibility to Default Effects Differ By Age?
Mary Whatley
PhD Student, University of California, Los Angeles
Curiosity Across the Lifespan
Katie Burnett
PhD Student, Stony Brook University
Cognitive Offloading: A Strategy to Support Everyday Memory Performance in Older Adults
Shuying Yu
PhD Candidate, University of California Santa Barbara
The Role of Reproductive Aging on Navigation Strategy in Midlife Women
Afternoon (12:45-1:30pm):
12:45-1:25pm: Speaker – Ipsit Vahia, M.D., Director of Technology & Aging Lab and Associate Chief of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, McLean Hospital. Older Adults, Mental Health and COVID-19: Understanding the Lessons Learned + Q&A
1:25-1:30pm: Closing Remarks