Associate Professor
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Dr. Perkins is a social gerontologist and medical sociologist with research interests in social determinants of health and disparities, aging in minority and vulnerable populations, functional wellness, and long-term care. She is a National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities Scholar and a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. A primary focus of her work is on addressing social, behavioral, and environmental aspects of chronic disease management. Dr. Perkins co-directs the NIH Roybal Center for Dementia Caregiving Mastery at Emory University and is director of the Emory NIH Center for AIDS Research HIV and Aging Research Cluster. In addition to her primary appointment as an associate professor in the Emory School of Medicine, Dr. Perkins is a member of the graduate faculty in the Emory Department of Sociology. She also has a joint appointment as a research health scientist at the Atlanta VA Medical Center where she is the Atlanta Site Director for Research for the Birmingham/Atlanta VA Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC). Recent grant funding as Principal Investigator includes a 5-year longitudinal study funded by the National Institute on Aging focused on investigating informal caregiver involvement in end-of-life care of persons with advanced dementia in assisted living.
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Friday, November 10, 2023
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET