Interdisciplinary
George Taffet, FGSA (he/him/his)
Professor
Huffington Center on Aging
Houston Methodist Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
Brian Lindberg, MMHS (he/him/his)
Public Policy Advisor
Policy
The Gerontological Society of America
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Carol Shively, PhD
Pathology/Comparative Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston Salem, North Carolina, United States
Roger O'Sullivan, PhD, FGSA, MFPH
Director
Ageing
Institute of Public Health
Belfast/Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Joann Montepare, PhD, FGSA, FAGHE (she/her/hers)
Professor of Psychology, Director Fuss Research Center
Psychology
Lasell University
Newton, Massachusetts, United States
.jpg "Kexin Yu, PhD, MSW (she/her/hers) photo")
Kexin Yu, PhD, MSW (she/her/hers)
Postdoc Fellow
Department of Neurology
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon, United States
.jpg "Raya Kheirbek, MD, MPH, FGSA (she/her/hers) photo")
Raya Kheirbek, MD, MPH, FGSA (she/her/hers)
Professor of Medicine, Division Head Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine
Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Max Zubatsky, PhD, LMFT (he/him/his)
Associate Professor
Family and Community Medicine
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
This interactive session is an interdisciplinary look at the impact of social isolation and loneliness policy issues as we age. This session, organized by the GSA Public Policy Committee, will provide both GSA section leadership and attendees an opportunity to have an open dialogue on important public policy issues of significance in the field of aging. The panelists represent the six sections of GSA: ESPO, BS, BSS, SRPP, HS, and AGHE.