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St. Louis Times Geriatrics Symposium
Healthy Aging: Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
The 2011 St. Louis Times Geriatrics Symposium is scheduled for Friday, January 7, 2011 at Washington University, George Warren Brown School of Social Work. With a terrific keynote speaker and panel members, networking, sponsors, endorsers and food, this is a great event to start your year off on the right foot. Please mark your calendars now to attend and click Registration to register. If interested in getting additional information for Sponsoring this event please click Sponsorship. To find out more about the event please call John Rothbarth at the St. Louis Times at 636-225-2442.
Event Host: Washington University - George Warren Brown School of Social Work
Event Location: Washington University - George Warren Brown School of Social Work
Lecture Hall - Room 100. Lunch will be held in Brown Lounge (2nd Floor).
Event Parking: For directions and parking click Directions & Parking
Date & Time: Friday, January 7, 2011 from 7:30 am (Registration) to 1:00 pm
Registration Fees: Early Registration Online - $45.00 (Seniors 65+ $10) / Students - $10.00 / Walk-In $50.00. Registration fee includes event registration, parking, morning refreshments, lunch and networking.
CEU’s: FREE 3.0 - CEU’s available for Social Workers, courtesy of George Warren Brown School of Social Work (CEU's not available for students)
EVENT SPONSORS - SOLD OUT DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS
Brentmoor Retirement Community
Continuum
Medical West
Personal Care Products, Inc.
Stryker Orthopaedics
Visiting Angels
Visiting Physicians Association
Washington University - George Warren Brown School of Social Work
HEALTHY AGING: HEALTH PROMOTION & DISEASE PREVENTION
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Keynote Speaker - CLICK HERE TO VIEW PRESENTATION Lynda Anderson, Ph.D. is the Director of the Healthy Aging Program, Division of Adult and Community Health in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. The Healthy Aging Program serves as the focal point for older adult health at CDC. Dr. Anderson is responsible for leading innovative projects to facilitate the translation of research to practice to improve the lives of older adults.
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Panelist #1 – Social Dimension of Healthy Aging - CLICK HERE TO VIEW PRESENTATION Nancy Morrow-Howell, Ph.D.has been on the faculty of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work since 1987 and was named the Ralph and Muriel Pumphrey Professor of Social Work in 2003. At the Brown School, she has held many leadership positions, including directing the Master’s level gerontology curriculum and chairing the Ph.D. program. |
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Panelist #2 – Physical Dimension of Healthy Aging - CLICK HERE TO VIEW PRESENTATION Dr. Ellen F. Binder is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Occupational Therapy at Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science. She sees patients in the Older Adult Assessment Program at the Washington University Center for Advanced Medicine and is an attending physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, where she is an active participant in the training of health professionals at Washington University School of Medicine. |
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Panelist #3 – Spiritual Dimension of Healthy Aging - CLICK HERE TO VIEW PRESENTATION Gary Behrman, Ph.D., LCSW, M.Div. is a Gero-Ed Center Expert Trainer with the Council Social Work Education. His research and publications focus on how and why people flourish following a crisis and the functions of religion and spirituality in this process. He is a frequent speaker at national and local conferences and currently teaches at Lindenwood University and is the Department Chair and BSW Program Director. |
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Panelist #4 – Cognitive Dimension of Healthy Aging - CLICK HERE TO VIEW PRESENTATION Jan Duchek, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research examines the mechanisms that underlie the cognitive deficits seen in healthy aging and early stage Alzheimer’s disease. She and her colleagues are conducting a large scale longitudinal study examining how performance on attention and memory tasks is predictive of the very early onset of Alzheimer’s disease. |
EVENT SCHEDULE
| 7:30 – 8:10 am | Registration / Morning Refreshments |
| 8:15 – 8:30 | Opening Remarks - Edward F. Lawlor, Ph.D. - Dean of Washington University, George Warren Brown School of Social Work
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| 8:30 – 9:30 | Keynote Speaker - Lynda Anderson, Ph.D. |
| 9:30 – 9:55 | Panelist #1 -Nancy Morrow-Howell, Ph.D. - Social Dimension of Healthy Aging |
| 9:55 – 10:25 | INTERMISSION
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| 10:30 – 10:55 | Panelist #2 – Dr. Ellen Binder - Physical Dimension of Healthy Aging |
| 10:55 – 11:20 | Panelist #3 –Gary Behrman, Ph.D., LCSW, M.Div.- Spiritual Dimension of Healthy Aging |
| 11:20 – 11:45 | Panelist #4 –Jan Duchek, Ph.D. - Cognitive Dimension of Healthy Aging |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Summary Responses - Lynda Anderson, Ph.D. / Edward F. Lawlor, Ph.D. |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch / Networking |
To register now for the event click Registration or to sponsor the event click Sponsorship.
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