Director, Institute for Healthy Aging
University of North Georgia
Oakwood, Georgia, United States
Pamela Elfenbein, MSW, PhD, HS-BCP, FAGHE, is the Director of the University of North Georgia Institute for Healthy Aging where she develops and oversees academic programming and community initiatives designed to enhance quality of life for older adults in the Northeast Georgia Mountains region. She employs a holistic multidisciplinary and intergenerational approach to healthy aging, health promotion, and disease prevention and seeks new and creative ways to engage students and our community.
The Institute for Healthy Aging offers programming, events and research, including Symposia, Virtual Town Halls and Presentations, PEAKS, the Generation to Generation Project, and the annual Wisdom Project 2030 leadership educational series. The Institute for Healthy Aging is also the home of the UNG academic gerontology programs, offering a Nexus degree in Applied Gerontology, an undergraduate gerontology minor and both undergraduate and graduate certificates in gerontology.
Prior to moving to Georgia she spent many years as a Geriatric Social Worker, and then served as Director of Education and Training at The Center on Aging, at Florida International University.
Dr. Elfenbein has been awarded over $2 million in federal, state, and foundation funding for her applied program and service work with older adults and their communities. She has created many productive university-community partnerships including workforce development and programs with a focus on elder health promotion and disease prevention programs with funding sources that include USHUD, USAID, Health Foundation of South Florida, Hospice Foundation of America, and other public and private entities. Dr. Elfenbein has also designed and facilitated educator and service-provider training workshops in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
And, she wants us to know that she is most proud of the students she has mentored along the way…..
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Efforts to Improve Aging Services and Healthcare Provider Training and Delivery
Saturday, November 11, 2023
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
1 - Building a Strategic Partnership: Turning Challenges Into Opportunities
Saturday, November 11, 2023
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET