Seminar Series

Kelly Bennion, PhD Candidate in Psychology from Boston College

Kelly Bennion, PhD, Associate Professor, Cal Poly

The Office of the Provost at UMass Dartmouth has generously awarded funding to Gerontology Center Core Faculty to host a Gerontological Research Seminar Series. The series has been very well received.

The objectives of this interdisciplinary seminar series are to enhance scholarship in Gerontology on the UMass Dartmouth campus and provide a forum for faculty and students with interests in Gerontology to meet and learn about research as applied to health, diversity and diseases of aging. All are welcome.

 

Lisa Krinsky, Director, LGBT Aging Project

Panelists (L to R): Patricia Foster, Jennifer Heald, Barbara Meehan, Karen Melo and Brooke Patterson

 

 

 

 

Dr. Jacqueline Alfonso Barry, Assistant Professor of Psychology, keynote speaker at 2013 Psi Chi regional conference

Dr. Jacqueline Alfoso Barry (standing), Assistant Professor of Psychology at Emmanuel College, Boston, MA

 



Dr. Katherine Fox presenting

Katherine Fox, Ph.D. (left)
Director of Training in Developmental Disabilities & Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Vinfen, Cambridge, MA
Adjunct Faculty, University of Massachusetts Lowell

MIT Professor Daniel D. Dilks

Daniel Dilks, PhD, MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Professor Laura Forker

Laura Forker, PhD, Professor of Operations Management, Charlton College of Business, UMass Dartmouth

Jan Mutchler, PhD., Close up

Jan Mutchler, Ph.D., Professor, Gerontology, UMass Boston and Co-PI of the Rosalie Wolf Interdisciplinary Geriatric Healthcare Research Center, UMass Medical School

Profs. Revell and Ayotte presenting to TSH group

Associate Professors of Psychology, Brian Ayotte, PhD (standing), and Andrew Revell, PhD (seated, to left of Dr. Ayotte).

 

Speakers in the Gerontological Research Seminar Series have included

  • Daniel D. Dilks, Ph.D. , Research Fellow, McGovern Institute for Brain Research
    Massachussetts Institute of Technology
  • Laura Forker, Ph.D., Professor of Operations Management, Charlton College of Business
  • Clare M. Mehta,  Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, Emmanuel College, Children's Hospital, and
    Harvard Medical School
  • Jan Mutchler, PhD., Professor of Gerontology, UMass Boston, Co-PI Rosalie Wolf Interdisciplinary Geriatric Healthcare Research Center, UMass Medical School
  • Katja Holtta-Otto, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UMass Dartmouth
  • Justine A. Dunlap, J.D., Professor of Law, School of Law, UMass Dartmouth
  • Dawn DePasquale, MA LMHC, Founder, DePasquale Mental Health Associates, Swansea, MA
  • Anja Soldan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, UMass Dartmouth
  • Peter Engel, M.D., Staff Physician, VA Boston Healthcare System, Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Matthew Sylvain, Assistant Librarian, UMass Dartmouth Library
  • Jeffrey Burr, Ph.D., Professor of Gerontology, UMass Boston
  • Gerald Flaherty, V.P. for Medical and Scientific Programs & Susan Rowlett, LICSW, Alzheimer’s Association, MA/NH Chapter
  • Peter W. Ham, M.A., L.M.H.C., Alzheimer's Consultant, Professional Counseling Center, New Bedford, MA
  • Lester W. Cory, D.Sc., Director of UMass Dartmouth’s SHARE Program
  • Susan K. Whitbourne, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, UMass Amherst
  • Catherine Neto, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UMass Dartmouth
  • Robin Robinson, Ph.D., PsyD., Associate Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, UMass Dartmouth

Additional Presentations

Geriatric Depression: Diagnosis, Treatment and Advice for Caregivers
Dawn DePasquale, MA LMHC, Founder, DePasquale Mental Health Associates, Swansea, MA
Co-Sponsored with SouthCoast Compeer Program, UMass Dartmouth

Effects of Healthy Aging and Cognitive Reserve on Priming
Anja Soldan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, UMass Dartmouth
Presented in collaboration with UMass Dartmouth’s Psychology Brown Bag Seminar Series

Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia with Lewy Bodies and other Brain Maladies of Late Life: What Our Patients Teach us
Peter Engel, M.D., Staff Physician, VA Boston Healthcare System, Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

ICPSR Workshop: An Introduction to Resources and Finding Research Datasets
Matthew Sylvain, Assistant Librarian, UMass Dartmouth

Earlier Presentations

Residential Crowding and Home Ownership in Later Life: Comparing Hispanics and non-Hispanics in the US
Jeffrey Burr, Ph.D., Professor of Gerontology, UMass Boston

Implicit Memory in Young and Older Adults: Behavioral and Neural Findings
Anja Soldan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, UMass Dartmouth

Aging & Memory Loss: Implications for Clinical Careers & Research Outlook
Gerald Flaherty, V. P. for Medical and Scientific Programs & Susan Rowlett, LICSW, Alzheimer’s Association, MA/NH Chapter

We are all getting older...so, what are we going to do about it?
 Peter W. Ham, M.A., L.M.H.C., Alzheimer's Consultant and Director of Operations, Professional Counseling Center, New Bedford, MA

Independent Living for Individuals with Disabilities: Adapting Environments with Modern Technology
Lester W. Cory, D.Sc., Director of UMass Dartmouth’s SHARE Program

Pathways Through Midlife: Results of a 40-Year Study on Adult Development
Susan K. Whitbourne, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, UMass Amherst

Dietary Phytochemicals and Diseases of Aging
Catherine Neto, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UMass Dartmouth

Health, Disease, and Behavior in the Life Sciences Initiative: Genesis, Synthesis, and Implications for Research
 Robin Robinson, Ph.D., PsyD., Associate Professor of Sociology & Anthropology, UMass Dartmouth

Panel Discussion: The Implications for Research in Aging at UMass Dartmouth
Panelists:
Gail Russell, Ed.D., RN, NEA-BC, Associate Professor of Community Health, UMass Dartmouth
Andrew Revell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, Senior Research Fellow in Gerontology, UMass Dartmouth