| When | Where | Speaker | Presentation/Activities |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 24, 2025: 12:30-1:25 pm Eastern | STEW 209 and via Zoom | Natasha Jaiswal, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health and Kinesiology | Topic: Colloquium: Role of Skeletal Muscle Specific AKT Signaling in the Maintenance of Neuromuscular Junction |
| March 7, 2025: 12:30-1:25 pm Eastern | STEW 209 and via Zoom | Igor Fernandes, PhD, Assistant Professor of Exercise Physiology, Purdue University | Topic: Colloquium: The Amazing Human Brain – With Great Power Comes Greater Dependence on Perfusion and Oxygen Supply |
| March 27, 2025: 10 am - 1 pm Eastern | STEW 202 and via Zoom | Keynote: Deborah Carr, PhD, A&S Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Boston University. Plus presentations by Gerontology Graduate Students | Topic: Scholars in the Spotlight/Spring Luncheon Keynote: Beyond the “One Marriage for Life” Model: Older Adults' Complex Family Lives in the 21st Century |
| April 18, 2025: 12:30 pm - 1:25 pm Eastern | STEW 209 and via Zoom | Erin Dunn, ScD, Professor of Sociology | Topic: Colloquium: TBD |
In Fall 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CALC held a virtual panel discussion in lieu of the annual symposium.
To view video of the Fall Panel Discussion, click here.
| Date | Theme | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 September 11 |
Protecting Vulnerable Older Adults from COVID-19: Lessons Learned? | Kathleen Abrahamson, Greg Arling, Tetyana Shippee, Kathleen Unroe |
The Center on Aging and the Life Course sponsors an annual symposium, typically during fall, and monthly colloquia during the academic year. Prior speakers at the annual symposia are listed below.
For CALC symposium videos, please visit our Symposium Video Play List
Center on Aging and the Life Course Symposia, 1999-Present
| Date | Theme | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 October 20 |
The Nexus of Nutrition and Physical Activity for Optimal Aging | Roger Fielding, Libby Richards, Chad Carroll, Bruno Roseguini, Wayne Campbell |
| 2022 September 9 |
Elder Mistreatment: Prevention, Complexities, and Future Directions | Pamela Teaster, Peter Lichtenberg, James Appleby |
| 2021 September 10 |
Changes in Well-Being and Health After a Transition to Family Caregiving | William Haley |
| 2019 September 27 |
Age and Social Connectedness | Benjamin Cornwell, Karen Rook |
| 2018 September 28 |
Technological Innovations for Optimal Aging | Wendy Rogers, Denise McAllister Wilder, Brandon Pitts, Jacob Monroe, Satyajit Ambike, Thomas Siegmund |
| 2017 September 15 |
Health Across Generations | Mary Beth Terry, Jonathon Wells |
| 2016 September 16 |
Time Horizons and Optimal Aging | Laura Carstensen, David Ekerdt |
| 2015 October 2 |
Optimizing Functional Ability in Later Life | Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, Sarah L. Szanton |
| 2014 September 5 |
Avenues to Optimal Longevity | S. Jay Olshansky, Rafael de Cabo |
| 2013 September 20 |
Aging Families and Health: Social Influences on Health Lifestyle Choices in Later Life | Deborah S. Carr, Karen Hooker, Alex Zautra |
| 2012 September 21 |
Health and Aging in Diverse Contexts: From Research to Policy | Kyriakos S. Markides, Toni P. Miles, Douglas K. Miller |
| 2011 September 23 |
Comparative Longevity: From Cells to Societies | Steven Austad, Eileen Crimmins |
| 2010 October 1 |
Relationships and Resilience in Later Life: Mechanisms for Optimal Aging | Toni Antonucci, Rosemary Blieszner, Brant Burleson, Karl Pillemer |
| 2009 September 11 |
The Aging Brain | David J. Madden, Mark Mattson, Naftali Raz |
| 2008 September 26 |
Family Relations and Late Life Health | Cynthia Berg, Lynne Martire |
| 2007 September 21 |
Interdisciplinary Intersections: Inter-personal Relations Over the Life Course | Susan Charles, Mary Lee Hummert, Katherine Newman |
| 2006 September 25 |
Tenth Anniversary Symposium: The Legacy of Longevity | Toni Antonucci, Thomas Perls, Sidney Stahl, Kenneth Ferraro, David Waters |
| 2005 September 22 |
Aging and Stress: Behavioral and Biological Perspectives | Monika Fleshner, Linda K. George |
| 2004 September 23 |
Early Origins of Adult Health: Social and Behavioral Processes | Linda Burton, Richard Settersten, William Graziano |
| 2003 September 18 |
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Health | Vincent Felitti, Kristine Springer, Robert Hauser, Laura P. Sands |
| 2002 September 19 |
Aging as the Link between History and Biography | Glen Elder, Jr., Cheryl Elman, Keith Whitfield |
| 2002 February 19 |
Why Do Minority Men Earn Less? Evidence from the Highly Educated | Dan Black |
| 2001 November 27 |
Life Course Inequality: Antecedents and Consequences | Chad Boult, Felicia LeClere, Angela O’Rand |
| 2001 April 14 |
Mechanisms and Consequences of Aging (biological) | Frank Bellino, Robert Floyd, Leonard Hayflick, Arlan Richardson, David Waters |
| 1999 November 5 |
Calorie Intake, Oxidative Stress, and Aging | Richard Weindruch |