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The 18th Annual Research on Aging Showcase will be held on Friday, May 16, 2025.  A Journal Club will be held 11am – 12pm in the Powe Room (1-500Q in the 2024 E. Monument Street building) featuring an article co-authored by the keynote speaker. This year’s Keynote Speaker is Barbara Resnick, PhD, Professor of Gerontology in the School of Nursing at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, who will present on “Resilience and Aging.”  The keynote address will take place in Sheldon Hall (Room W1214), with a Zoom option, in the Wolfe St. building of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health from 12:15pm –1:20pm. A poster and networking session will follow in Feinstone Hall (Room E2030) from 1:30pm – 3:30pm.  

We hope you can join us for this free, student-driven public health summit for emerging gerontology researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, hosted by Johns Hopkins University with participation from the University of Maryland and the National Institute on Aging!

To register for the keynote address and/or the poster session, please visit the Registration page.

Qian-Li Xue, PhD, an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology as well as an Associate Professor in the Department (s) of Biostatistics and Epidemiology in the Bloomberg School of Public Health.  Dr. Xue’s primary area of statistical expertise is the development and application of statistical methods for disability, frailty and mortality.  He will present “Physical Resilience: Concepts, Measurement and Clinical Relevance” at the next Center on Aging & Health Scientific Seminar on Monday, April 7 at 3:30pm.  The seminar will take place at 2024 E. Monument Street, Powe Room 1-500Q.  We encourage you to join us in person.  You may also view via Zoom by registering at https://bit.ly/49tlGLF.  Light refreshments will be served.

Elizabeth Rose Mayeda, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of California Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health.  Dr. Mayeda is an expert in dementia epidemiology and epidemiologic methods.  Her research focuses on describing and identifying mechanisms contributing to disparities in late-life cognitive and brain health.  Dr. Mayeda’s seminar will be on Monday, March 3 from 3:30pm – 5:00pm and is entitled Toward Health Equity in Brain Aging: Epidemiologic Approaches for Better Evidence.  The seminar will take place at 2024 E. Monument Street, Powe Room 1-500Q.  We encourage you to attend in person; a Zoom option is also available by registration at https://bit.ly/49tIGLF