UNC Aging Research Retreat

Disciplinary Depth; Multidisciplinary Breadth; Interdisciplinary Linkages

Presentations made at the Retreat

Panel 1: Overview of Aging Research on the Campus

Health Services and Health System Research: Sheryl Zimmerman, School of Social Work, and Phil Sloane, Department of Family Medicine; Co-Directors, Program on Aging, Disability and Long Term Care, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

Clinical Sciences Research: Jan Busby-Whitehead, School of Medicine, and Mary Palmer, School of Nursing

Basic Science Research: Ned Sharpless, Departments of Medicine and Genetics, and Jack Griffith, Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, and Biochemistry

Behavioral and Social Sciences, Humanities and Related Research from Professional Schools: Victor Marshall, Department of Sociology and Institute on Aging, and Edward Norton, Department of Health Policy and Administration

• Also see the Full paper for the Behavioral and Social Science Research presentation

Culture, Diversity, and Community-Engaged Research: Mary Altpeter, Institute on Aging, and Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Dept. of Health Policy and Administration and Center for Aging and Diversity

Business and Aging Research: Jim Johnson, School of Business

Panel 2: Environmental Constraints and Opportunities: What we need to know if we wish to advance aging research on this campus

Karen Regan, Director of the Office of Federal Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jesse White, Director, Office of Economic and Business Development

Tim Carey, Director, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research

Alice Ammerman, Director, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Terry Magnuson, Chair, Department of Genetics