Interdisciplinary
Joseph Gaugler, PhD, FGSA (he/him/his)
Professor and Robert L. Kane Endowed Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging
School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Lisa McGuire, PhD, FAPA, FGSA
Alzheimer's Lead
Alzheimer's Disease
CDC
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Fayron Epps, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor
Nursing
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Joseph Gaugler, PhD, FGSA (he/him/his)
Professor and Robert L. Kane Endowed Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging
School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Matthew Baumgart
Vice President, Health Policy
Care & Support/Public Policy
Alzheimer's Association
New York, New York, United States
Joshua Chodosh, MD, MSHS (he/him/his)
Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care
Medicine
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York , New York, United States
Stephanie Monroe, JD (she/her/hers)
Vice President and Senior Advisor, Health Equity
Health Equity
UsAgainstAlzheimer's
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and its Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion define social determinants of health (SDOHs) as "the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks." Featuring presenters from the three national Building our Largest Dementia Infrastructure (BOLD) Public Health Centers of Excellence as well as other Centers of Disease Control and Prevention Healthy Brain Initiative programs, this symposium will examine how dementia influences, and is influenced by, SDOHs. Specifically, issues that require critical public health action, including prevention, early detection, and family caregiving will be examined within a SDOH framework. Transcending these concerns, this symposium will also feature a presentation that considers the complex associations between health equity, SDOHs, and dementia. We anticipate that this symposium and its presentations will facilitate and advance gerontology's understanding of dementia as a public health imperative, and as importantly, begin to identify how public health at the local, tribal, state, and federal levels can mobilize to address the challenges and opportunities of dementia.
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Joseph E. Gaugler, PhD, FGSA (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Matthew Baumgart – Alzheimer's Association
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Joshua Chodosh, MD, MSHS (he/him/his) – NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Stephanie Monroe, JD (she/her/hers) – UsAgainstAlzheimer's