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Webinar: COVID-19: Opportunities and Obstacles in Aging Research and Caregiving
August 6, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Join the Friends of the National Institute on Aging (FoNIA) and the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) for a webinar which will explore the nexus between the COVID-19 virus and older adults. Specifically, our three panelists will discuss:
- What does data around COVID-19 tells us about existing racial, economic and geographical health disparities
- How aging research can be more inclusive in light of COVID-19 exposed disparities
- Opportunities to study care needs of older adults and their caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic
- How aging impacts the effectiveness of potential COVID-19 treatments and vaccines
Panelists:
Professor, Health Behavior and Society
Johns Hopkins University
Research Professor, Institute for Social Research
Director, Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging
University of Michigan
Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Director, Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute
Director, UW Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging
University of Washington