Gerontology Program
Past Events

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Fall 2007:

• "Gender and Aging Issues in Malaysia"
  Dr. Jariah Masud, University Putra, Malaysia
  December 12
  

• "The Situation and Housing of Elderly People in South Korea"
  Dr. Byungsun You
  November 28
  

• "Aging and Immunity"
  Dr. Calogero Caruso, University of Palermo, Italy
  October 29
  

• "The Effects of Aging on CD4 T-Cell Responses"
  Dr. Laura Haynes, Trudeau Research Institute, New York
  September 24

Spring 2007:

• "The Connection between Social Networks and Health in Older Adulthood"
  James Lubben (Boston College)
  March 21
  

• "Exercise and Influenza Immunity"
  Marian Kohut
  February 21

Fall 2006:

• "Goal Maintenance Theory and Cognitive Aging"
  Robert West
  Department of Psychology
  November 29
  

• "Partner Influence on Everyday Functioning in Later Life "
  Jennifer Margrett
  Department of Human Development and Family Studies
  October 25
  

• "LifeLong Links: Iowa's Aging and Disability Resource Center"
  Mack Shelley & Seongyeon Auh
  The Research Institute for Studies in Education (RISE)
  September 27

Spring 2006:

• "Exercise and Influenza Immunity: A Psychoneuroendocrine Model"
  M. Kohut
  Originator: Iowa State University
  April 26
  

• "Strength Training and the Prevention of Falls"
  Ken Mobily
  Originator: University of Iowa
  March 29
  

• "Health Status of Prison Inmates in the State of Iowa".
  Wendy Ringgenberg
  Originator: Des Moines University
  February 22
  

Fall 2005:

• "A Comparative Approach to the Study of Aging: Why Do Birds Live So Long?"
  Dr. Carol Vleck, Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
  November 30
  

• "Mental Health Risk and Resilience in Tsunami Affected Mothers and Children: A Study In a Sri Lankan Village"
  Dr. K.A.S. Wickrama, Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University
  October 26th
  

• "How Exercise Modulates Rate of Aging: Demographic Variation and Genetic Mechanisms"
  Anne Bronikowski, Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology , Iowa State University
  September 28th 
  

Spring 2005:

• "Changes in Death and Dying: Challenges for 21st Century Professionals"
  Professor Bern-Klug
  April 20
  

• "Aging in Rural Places: Does RURAL Matter?"
  Dr. John Krout, ISU Hilton LeBaron Chair 2004-2005
  February 9
  

• “Assessment of the Older Driver”
  by Sue Toale Knapp
  March 2

Fall 2004:

• "Iowa's Aging Farmland Owners"
  Dr. Michael Duffy
  December 1st
  

• “The Impact of an Intergenerational Program on Older Adults’ Well-being and Children’s Attitudes Towards Aging”
  Dr. Bronwyn S. Fees, Kansas State University
  November 5
  

• “Aging in Rural America: An Overview of Research and Service Issues.“
  Dr. John Krout, Helen LeBaron Hilton Chair for the 2004-2005
  September 30
  

Spring 2004:

• “Global Aging and the Study of Well-Being.”
  Barbara Hawkins, Director of Indiana University’s Center on Aging and the Aged
  February 12
  

• “Considering Custodial Grandparenting in the Broader Family Context.”
  Dr. Teresa Cooney, University of Missouri
  March 25
  

• "Adolescent-Parent Relationships in India: Images from a Collectivist Context"
  Dr. Shagufa Kapadia, Maharaja Sayajirao University in Baroda, India
  April 16
  

• “Advocating for Older Iowans.”
  Mark Haverland, Director of the Iowa Department of Elder Affairs
  April 30
  

Fall 2003:

• "Elder Abuse and Iowa's Response:  The Elder Abuse Initiative"
  Doug Shepard, Hawkeye Valley Area Agency On Aging
  Todd Savage, Iowa Department of Elder Affairs
  September 24
  

• "Rural Aging in Korea"
  Hyoung -Sil Lee, Chung-Ang University, Korea
  October 21, 2003
  

• Wednesday, November 19, 2003
  Paul Flakoll, Food Science and Human Nutrition
  "Targeted Nutrition to Impact Muscle Health and Functionality in the Elderly"

Spring 2003:

• May 7
  Student Presentations from Gerontology 600 Seminar

  • Pam Duffy: “Improving Functional Health in Homeless Adult Men.”

  • Bryce Duling: “The Impact of Fatigue and Support Systems on Depression.”

  • Joy Kozar: “Shopping Patterns of Rural Consumers in Early, Middle, and Late Adulthood: Comparison.”

  • Misty Skaff: “Impact of Social Support and Caregiver Burden on Physical and Mental Health.”
    

• "Learning to Be Old"
  Dr. Margaret Cruikshank, University of Maine
  April 18
  

• "Optimal Aging"
  Brian Kaskie, University of Iowa
  April 17
  

• "Vitamin D and Vitamin B12 Deficiencies in Older Adults: Functional Consequences and Prevention through Dietary Supplements and Fortified Foods"
  Dr. Mary Ann Johnson, University of Georgia
  March 25
  

• "Global Aging in the 21st. Century: Lessons from India."
  Dr. Peter Martin, Iowa State University
  February 19

Fall 2002:

• "Chemicals, Oxidative Stress, and Parkinson's Disease"
  Anumantha Kanthasamy
  November 13
  

• "The Third Age: Reinventing Old Age in the New Millennium"
  Waneen Spirduso
  October 17
  

• "Medicine, Healing, Art, and Laughter"
  A Panel Discussion: Laura Berkson, Dr. Robert Gitchell, Robert Thomas, Peter Martin, and Roberta Vicotor
  September 22
  

• "Transformation, Colonization, and Community: Metaphors for the Education of Women in Crisis"
  Deborah Kilgore
  September 18
  
  

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