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Shari M. Ling, MD is Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) serving in the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ).  Dr. Ling’s focus is on meaningful health outcomes through high quality care with a special interest in persons with multiple chronic conditions and functional limitations and reducing health disparities.  Dr. Ling will present Evolving toward High Value Care on Monday, December 1 from 3:30pm – 5:00pm.  The seminar will take place in the Powe Room, 1-500Q at 2024 E. Monument Street and on Zoom. You can register for Zoom access at https://bit.ly/4m7YZmH.

This event is sponsored by: The Matthew Tayback, Sc.D., Memorial Lecture Fund; Center on Aging & Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology; Johns Hopkins Older Americans Independence Center; Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging Training Program.

We are excited to share a comprehensive list of Johns Hopkins University (JHU)-affiliated presenters at the upcoming 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA).  JHU faculty, staff, fellows, and students, including many from the Center on Aging & Health, will lead symposia, papers, and poster presentations.

• A full list of all JHU presentations is available here for download and/or to print out (Excel file)
• A selected list of sessions led by COAH members is also available here (PDF file)

We wish everyone a great experience at 2025 GSA Annual Meeting in Boston, MA from November 12-15, 2025!

Bryan James, PhD is an Epidemiologist at the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center (RADC) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Rush University Medical Center. Dr. James’ research focuses on identifying social, psychological, behavioral and medical determinants of Alzheimer’s, dementia, and cognitive decline. Dr. James will present Investigating determinants and timely diagnosis of dementia using Medicare claims linked to cohort data on Monday, October 6 from 3:30pm – 5:00pm.  The seminar will take place at 2024 E. Monument Street, Powe Room 1-500Q.  We encourage you to attend in person.  Light refreshments will be served.

Zoom option is available by registration at https://bit.ly/4m7YZmH

This event is sponsored by: The Matthew Tayback, Sc.D., Memorial Lecture Fund; Center on Aging & Health; Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology; Johns Hopkins Older Americans Independence Center; Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging Training Program.