The Gerontological Society of America’s 67th Annual Scientific Meeting brings together more than 4,000 of the brightest minds in the field of aging. Washington University in St. Louis’ researchers in aging will be well represented at the meeting in Washington, D.C. with 28 posters and presentations (see full list below) and a workshop on Accelerating Translation of Knowledge to Community Practices for Older Adults.
Related Event: The Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging hosted a Global Aging Research Network breakfast on Friday, November 7, 2014 at 7:30 a.m. to connect faculty, staff and students from Washington University, McDonnell International Scholars Academy partner institutions, and other stakeholders interested in cross-national aging-related research and education.
Presentations
- Reducing Excessive Fear of Falling with Exposure Therapy Plus Exercise | Julie Wetherell, C. Caroline Merz, Andrew Petkus, Emily S. Bower
- Development of the In-Home Medication Management Performance Evaluation: A Validity Study | Molly Murphy, Susan Stark, Emily Somerville, Marian Keglovits
- Personal and Environmental Correlates of Physical Activity in China’s Older Adults | Dongmin Wang, Yu-Chih Chen, Ben Cooper, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Gong Chen
- Have We Underestimated Fall Rates? Using Tailored Approaches to Ascertain Fall Events | Susan Stark, John C. Morris, Emily Somerville
- Loneliness in a Senior Housing Community: A Pilot Project | Harry Taylor, Ian Ferguson, Stephanie Herbers, Nancy Morrow-Howell
- Psychological Well-Being among Older Adults in China: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Differences | Huajuan Chen, Ada Mui, Nan Jiang, Yuekang Li, Yalu Zhang
- Indicators of Successful Aging and Life Satisfaction: The Cohort Effect in China | Yu-Chih Chen, Nancy Morrow-Howell
- Effects of Community Age-Friendliness on Health Status of Older Adults in China: A Multilevel Perspective | Yi Wang
- Hearing Impairment, Cognition, and Brain Function: Insights from Epidemiologic and Clinical Studies | Jonathan E. Peelle
- Age-Related Improvements in Daily Emotion Regulation | Tammy English, Laura Carstensen
- Candidate Gene Resequencing to Identify Rare, Pedigree-Specific Variants Influencing Health Aging Phenotypes in the Long Life Family Study | Todd Druley, J.C. Wang, Kaare Christensen, Thomas T. Perls, Bharat Thyagarajan, Michael Province
- Activity Disengagement: Understanding Challenges and Opportunities for Re-engagement | Nancy Morrow-Howell, Stephanie Herbers, Krista Fox, Paula Plathe, Carolyn Baum
- The Age-Related Positivity Effect in Decision Making: Implications for Choice Quality | Andrew E. Reed, Tamara Sims, Tammy English, Laura L. Carstensen
- A Consumer Perspective on Demential Biomarkers, On-Line Dementia Resources, and Dementia Literacy | Brian D. Carpenter, Steven R. Sabat
- Disclosure of Biomarker Test Results to Cognitively Normal Research Participants | Jonathan Gooblar
- Psychological Effects of Online Screening for Dementia Risk | Caroline Merz, Brian D. Carpenter
- The Alzheimer’s Association Website Improves Knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease in a National Sample | Steve Balsis, Matthew L. Hughes, Deborah A. Lowe, Brian D. Carpenter
- Measuring Knowledge about Alzheimer’s Disease in Japan | Takashi Amano, Katsuo Yamanaka, Brian D. Carpenter
- “It’s in How You Present the Question:” Screening Older Drivers in Primary Care Settings | Marian E. Betz, Jacqueline Jones, Emma Genco, David B. Carr, Carolyn DiGuiseppi, Robert Schwartz
- Translation of Dance-Based Research into Practice | Jean Krampe, Gammon Earhart
- Predictors of Physician Safety Ratings of Medically Impaired Older Drivers | Thomas M. Meuser, Marla Berg-Weger, David B. Carr, Shaoxuan Julia Shi, S.D. Stewart
- Alzheimer’s Disease: Through the Tau Looking-Glass | Nupur Ghoshal
- Epigenetic Memory of Hydrogen Sulfide Declines with Age in C. elegans | Emily M. Fawcett, Dana L. Miller
- Late Life Volunteering across Countries: Definitional Differences | Huajuan Chen, Nancy Morrow-Howell
- Longitudinal Associations between Physical and Cognitive Function among Community-Dwelling Older Adults | Magdalena Tolea, John C. Morris, James Galvin
- A Week in the Life of Social Entrepreneurs in Their Encores | Cal Halvorsen, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Stephanie Berzin
- Neighborhoods. Does Place Matter for Volunteering in Later Life? | Ernest Gonzales, Huei-Wern Shen, Yi Wang, Julie Norstrand
- Cross-National Aging Research: An Example on Productive Activities in U.S., China, and Korea | Nancy Morrow-Howell, Tim McBride, Ben Cooper, Yu-Chih Chen, Yi Wang, Huajuan Chen, Dongmin Wang, Ching-Ying Lai