Please join us for a two-day online symposium examining aging from a positive health perspective, with a particular focus on social and psychological well-being in aging. Expert speakers will discuss our current understanding of the social and environmental factors likely to support healthy aging, the roles happiness and positive mental health may play in physical health and longevity, promising interventions and policy approaches, and ideas for a future research agenda.
The symposium is co-hosted by the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies.
A Positive Health Perspective on Aging: Social Assets
Wednesday, October 21, 2-3:30pm ET, Online over Zoom
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| Welcoming Remarks | Vish Viswanath, Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness |
| Keynote Address | Sandro Galea, Boston University School of Public Health |
| Panel Discussion | Panelist: Sandro Galea, Boston University School of Public Health Panelist: Tara Gruenewald, Chapman University Panelist: Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald, Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness Moderator: Laura Kubzansky, Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness |
| Closing Remarks | Michelle A. Williams, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
A Positive Health Perspective on Aging: Psychological Assets
Tuesday, November 10, 11:30am-1pm ET, Online over Zoom
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| Welcoming Remarks | Vish Viswanath, Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness |
| Keynote Address | Laura Carstensen, Stanford Center on Longevity |
| Panel Discussion | Panelist: Laura Carstensen, Stanford Center on Longevity Panelist: Anthony Ong, Cornell University Panelist: Robert Waldinger, Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital Co-Moderator: Lilian Cheung, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Co-Moderator: Vish Viswanath, Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness |
| Closing Remarks | Laura Kubzansky, Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness |