Colloquium & Professional Development Series
Colloquia are free and open to students, professionals, and the public.
Sessions are held at the Merrill-Palmer Institute (Freer House, next door to the IOG)
71 E. Ferry St., 2nd floor, Conference Room (Hoobler Room)
Tuesdays, 9:30 am to 10:30 am (unless otherwise noted)
2008 Winter/Spring
Jan. 15: Interagency Problems in Assisting Elder Abuse Victims
Mary Cay Sengstock, Ph.D., Professor, Sociology, WSU
Jan. 22: Comparing Conversations about Menopause: How Do Women Discuss Hot Flashes on the Phone and in Person?
Heather Dillaway, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Sociology, WSU
Jan. 29: Professional Development Conducting Effective Library Searches
Monique Andrews, M.S.L.S., Annette Healy, Ph.D., and Nancy Wilmes, M.S.L.S., University Librarians, WSU
Feb. 5: Effects of Aging on Voice and Swallowing
Ozlem Tulunay, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, WSU
Feb 12: Why and How We Age…..And Is That Process Modifiable?
Robert Arking, Ph.D., Professor, Biological Sciences, WSU
Feb. 19: Aging Brain: Findings in Normal Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
Randy Buckner, Ph.D., Professor, Psychology, Harvard University
Feb. 26: Professional Development: Taming the Media Beast
Cheryl Deep, M.A., Media Relations, Institute of Gerontology, WSU
Mar. 4: Managed Care and Older Adults
Gail Jensen, Ph.D., Professor, Institute of Gerontology/Economics, WSU
Mar. 11: SPRING BREAK – No Colloquium
Mar. 18: Family Communication about Cancer History: Can the Family Network Promote Cancer Prevention?
Heather Orom, Ph.D. Karmanos Cancer Institute/IOG, WSU
Mar. 25: Professional Development: Publishing
Hector Gonzalez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Institute of Gerontology, WSU
Apr. 1: Basic Research on Perceived Social Support: Implications for Intervention
Brian Lakey, Ph.D., Professor, Psychology, Grand’ Valley State University
Apr. 8: The Triadic Relation among Aging, Dopamine, and Cognition: Recent Empirical and Computational Evidence
Shu-Chen Li, Ph.D., Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
Apr. 15: Measuring Physical Fitness in the Elderly for Independent Living
Katerina Machacova, Ph.D. student and Visiting Scholar, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Apr. 22: Professional Development: Working with the Community to Develop Solutions to Health Disparities through Research
Olivia Washington, Ph.D., Professor, Institute of Gerontology/Nursing, WSU
Please attend!
Presented courtesy of the Mary Thompson Foundation
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