Zahodne lab attends the 74th Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Annual Scientific Meeting Online hosted between November 10th and 13th, 2021.
Dr. Zahodne received the 2021 Margaret M. and Paul B. Baltes Award, a society-wide award that acknowledges outstanding early career contributions in behavioral and social gerontology.
On behalf of the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease (MCCFAD), Dr. Zahodne co-chaired a symposium showcasing work from four MCCFAD-funded scholars Dr. Erica Diminich, Dr. Elizabeth Munoz, Dr. Tiffany Kindratt, and Dr. Sandra Arevalo. The symposium was entitled, Stress, Cognition, and Minority Health, and it included primary and secondary data projects centered on Latinx, Arab American, and African American populations.
Graduate student Jordan Palms delivered an oral presentation, Links Between Early-Life Contextual Factors and Later-Life Cognition and the Role of Educational Attainment. Jordan’s master’s research used data from the Michigan Cognitive Aging Project to examine life course contributors to cognitive health among Black and White older adults living in Southeast Michigan.
Postdoctoral lab alum Dr. Neika Sharifian delivered an oral presentation, Depressive Symptoms, Leisure Activity Engagement, and Global Cognition in Non-Hispanic White and Black Older Adults, as part of an international symposium on moderators and mediators of links between older adults’ daily activities and well-being. Her project, recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, uses data from the Michigan Cognitive Aging Project to highlight modifiable contributors to racial disparities in late-life cognitive health.
Research Investigator Dr. Ketlyne Sol delivered two oral presentations, “Longitudinal Associations Between Loneliness and Self-Rated Health” and “Contextual Correlates of Cognitive Aging in Black Older Adults: Examining the Neighborhood,” each as part of two different symposia on health disparities in aging. The corresponding manuscript for the latter will be published in the upcoming, 2021 volume of the Annual Review of Geriatrics and Gerontology.