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GSA 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting
November 10, 2021, 8:00 am - November 13, 2021, 5:00 pm PST
The 2021 Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, taking place virtually this year, will feature symposia, posters and papers featuring expertise from USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology faculty, postdoctoral and student researchers. Below is a table listing USC Leonard Davis presenters; for more details and the full conference program, please visit the meeting website.
| Discussant/Chair | First Authors | Co-authors | Date | Time | Presentation Title | Presentation Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qiao Wu, MIPM | Eileen Crimmins | 11/10/2021 | 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM PDT | Age Differences in Becoming COVID Long-Haulers and in Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 | Paper/Symposium | |
| Stephanie P. Wladkowski | Susan Enguidanos | 11/10/2021 | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM PDT | Challenges in Implementing an Explicit Protocol for Live Discharge From Hospice | Paper/Symposium | |
| Tina K. Newsham | Karen Lincoln, Althea Pestine-Stevens, Natalie Moore-Bembry, Rona Karasik, Darren Liu | 11/10/2021 | 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT | Teaching Anti-Racism in Gerontology: An Interactive Program of Recognition, Self-Work, Pedagogy, and Action | Paper/Symposium | |
| Karen Lincoln | 11/10/2021 | 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT | The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House: The Role of Diversity in Anti-Racist Education | Paper/Symposium | ||
| Haena Lee | Jennifer Ailshire, Eileen Crimmins | 11/11/2021 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT | Neighborhood Characteristics and Accelerated Aging: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study | Paper | |
| Valeria Cardenas | Anna Rahman, Jenna Giulioni, Alexis Coulourides Kogan, Susan Enguidanos | 11/11/2021 | 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM PDT | Barriers to and Recommendations for Research Recruitment of Individuals Affected by Serious Illness | Paper/Symposium | |
| Elizabeth S. Avent | Elizabeth S. Avent, Jeanine Yonashiro-Cho, Roberta Peterson, Laura Mosqueda, Zachary Gassoumis | 11/11/2021 | 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM PDT | Childhood Adversity Across the Lifespan: Assessing the Relationship Between ACEs and Subjective Cognitive Decline | Paper/Symposium | |
| Alexis Coulourides Kogan | 11/11/2021 | 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM PDT | It’s Yet Another Thing: Barriers to and Recommendations for Physician Referrals to Home-Based Palliative Care | Paper/Symposium | ||
| Stephanie Wladkowski | Susan Enguidanos, Alexis Coulourides Kogan, Valeria Cardenas | 11/11/2021 | 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM PDT | Patient, Caregiver, and Physician Barriers to Home-Based Palliative Care: Findings From a Terminated Study | Paper/Symposium | |
| Valeria Cardenas | Anna Rahman, YUJUN J. ZHU, Susan Enguidanos | 11/11/2021 | 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM PDT | Reluctance to Accept Palliative Care and Recommendations for Improvement | Paper/Symposium | |
| Susan Enguidanos | Susan Enguidanos, Anna Rahman, Sindy Lomeli | 11/11/2021 | 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM PDT | Trials and Tribulations: Palliative Care Trial Recruitment Approaches and Challenges | Paper/Symposium | |
| Haley Gallo | 11/11/2021 | 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM PDT | Perceptions of the Government’s Response to the Pandemic: Voices From the COVID-19 Coping Study | Paper/Symposium | ||
| Paul Nash | 11/11/2021 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT | Failing to Plan Is Planning to Fail: Utilization of Advance Care Directives in Older Adults Living With HIV | Paper/Symposium | ||
| Karen Lincoln, Sung Park, Faika Zanjani | 11/11/2021 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT | Health Disparities in COVID-19: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice | Paper/Symposium | ||
| Karen Lincoln | 11/11/2021 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT | Racial and Age Group Disparities in the Effect of Social Distancing on Health Status | Paper/Symposium | ||
| Paul Nash | 11/11/2021 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT | Stigma Impacts Health Disparities and Inequities in LGBTQ and People of Color Aging With HIV | Paper/Symposium | ||
| Molly Perkins | Paul Nash, Annie Nguyen, Mark Brennan-Ing | 11/11/2021 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT | The Silent Majority: Aging With HIV | Paper/Symposium | |
| Jeanine Yonashiro-Cho | Elizabeth S. Avent, Laura Mosqueda, Zachary Gassoumis | 11/11/2021 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDT | Feasibility and Considerations for Remote Interviewing of Persons Living With Dementia: Adaptations for COVID-19 | Paper/Symposium | |
| Haena Lee | Mark Lee, John Robert Warren | 11/12/2021 | 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT | Childhood Lead Exposure and Cognitive Functioning Among Older Adults: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study | Paper | |
| Eric Klopack | Kandauda Wickrama | 11/12/2021 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT | Stressful family contexts and health in divorced and married mothers | Paper | |
| Andrew J. Petkus | Andrew J. Petkus, Xinhui Wang, Diana Younan, Daniel P. Beavers, Mark A. Espeland, Joshua Millstein, Margaret Gatz, Jiu-Chiuan Chen | 11/12/2021 | 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT | Ambient Air Pollution and Increasing Depressive Symptoms in Older Women: The Mediating Role of The Prefrontal Cortex | Paper/Symposium | |
| Yang Li, Jan E. Mutchler, Edward A. Miller, Jing Jian Xiao, Reginald Tucker-Seeley | 11/12/2021 | 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM PDT | Space, Context, Human Capital: A Macro-Micro Perspective on Social Environment and Financial Literacy in Later Life | Paper/Symposium | ||
| Andrei Irimia | Alexander S. Maher, Kenneth A. Rostowsky, Nikhil N. Chaudhari, Nahian F. Chowdhury, Elliot B. Jacobs, David J. Robles, Ammar Dharani | 11/12/2021 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT | Early Prediction of Cognitive Deficits After Traumatic Brain Injury Based on AD-Like Patterns of Neurodegeneration | Paper/Symposium | |
| Kyra Thrush, Margarita Meer, Joseph Zullo, Andrei Irimia, Constanza Cortes | 11/12/2021 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT | Multiscale Brain Aging in the Context of Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's Disease | Paper/Symposium | ||
| Eileen Crimmins | Omar Staben, Elizabeth Munoz, Jennifer Piazza, Margarita Osuna | 11/12/2021 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT | Evaluating How and Why the Environmental Context Shapes the Course of Development Across the Adult Lifespan | Paper/Symposium | |
| Jennifer Ailshire | Yazhen Yang, Ginevra Floridi, Peiyi Lu, Stephanie Wilson | 11/12/2021 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT | Family and Aging in Cross-National Contexts | Paper/Symposium | |
| Margarita Osuna | Rachel Z. Wilkie, Jennifer Ailshire | 11/12/2021 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT | Impact of Housing and Neighborhood on Depression Among Older Adults in the Health and Retirement Study | Paper/Symposium | |
| Eileen Crimmins | William Chopik | 11/12/2021 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT | Margret M. and Paul B. Baltes Award Lecture: Optimism and Health: Resource or Delusion? | Paper/Symposium | |
| Yeon Jin Choi | Eileen Crimmins, Jennifer Ailshire | 11/13/2021 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT | Food Insecurity, Food Environments, and Disparities in Diet Quality and Obesity | Paper | |
| Yeon Jin Choi | 11/13/2021 | 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT | Home and Community Features, Perceived Age-Friendliness, and Intention Toward Aging in Place | Paper | ||
| Mateo Farina | 11/13/2021 | 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT | The Life course Origins of the Race Disparity in Cognitive Functioning in Brazil | Symposium | ||
| Margarita Osuna | 11/13/2021 | 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT | Health and aging disparities among Latin American older adults: Findings from studies in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico | Symposium | ||
| Margarita Osuna | Yujin Franco | Margarita Osuna, Jennifer Ailshire | 11/13/2021 | 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM PDT | The Relationship Between Place of Death and Immigrant Status | Paper/Symposium |
| Seoyoun Kim | Hyunwoo Yoon, Yuri Jang | 11/13/2021 | 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM PDT | Longitudinal Effects of Coping Strategies on Mental Health of Older Adults Living Alone During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Paper/Symposium | |
| Julie Overton | Jon Pynoos, Emily B. Nabors, Damon Terzaghi, Elizabeth Blair, Traci L. Wilson, Bernard A. Steinman, Suzanne R. Kunkel | 11/13/2021 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT | Advancing State and Local Home Modification Practice and Policy: Findings From Aging Network Surveys | Paper/Symposium | |
| Catherine Garcia, Jennifer Ailshire | 11/13/2021 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT | Changes in Sociodemographic and Disease Prevalence Among Five Birth Cohorts of Older Latinos | Paper/Symposium | ||
| Jennifer Ailshire | Yin Liu, Mengling Cheng, Jinmyoung Cho, Emma Nichols | 11/13/2021 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT | Cross-National Perspectives on Health and Well-Being in Later Life | Paper/Symposium | |
| Maria Aranda | Lauren Parker, Manka Nkimbeng, Elma Johnson | 11/13/2021 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT | Cultural Adaptations to Recruitment Strategies and Community-Based Interventions for Dementia Caregivers | Paper/Symposium | |
| Yeon Jin Choi | 11/13/2021 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PDT | Food Insecurity, Food Environments, and Disparities in Diet Quality and Obesity | Paper/Symposium | ||
| Tara L. Gruenewald | Catalina Zavala, Molli Grossman, Thalida Arpawong, Jennifer Manly, Susan Lapham, Margaret Gatz, Carol Prescott | 11/13/2021 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT | Greater Adolescent Cognitive Ability Is Linked to Lower Risk of Cognitive Impairment in Later Life | Paper/Symposium | |
| Yujin Franco | Joseph Saenz, Yuri Jang, Jessica Y. Ho | 11/13/2021 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT | Differences in Self-Rated Memory by Race/Ethnicity | Paper/Symposium | |
| Jeanine Yonashiro-Cho | Elizabeth S. Avent, Zachary Gassoumis, Laura Mosqueda | 11/13/2021 | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM PDT | Exploring the Experiences of Persons Living With Dementia and Their Care Partners During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Paper/Symposium | |
| YUJUN J. ZHU | Susan Enguidanos | 11/13/2021 | 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT | Advance Directive Completion and Hospital Out-of-Pocket Expenditures | Paper/Symposium | |
| Margarita Osuna | Margarita Osuna, Sadaf Milani, Mateo Farina, Connor Sheehan, Elkin Garcia-Cifuentes | 11/13/2021 | 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT | Health and Aging Disparities Among Latin American Older Adults: Findings From Studies in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico | Paper/Symposium | |
| Yeon Jin Choi | 11/13/2021 | 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT | Home and Community Features, Perceived Age-Friendliness, and Intention Toward Aging in Place | Paper/Symposium | ||
| Margarita Osuna | Piedad Suarez, Jennifer Ailshire | 11/13/2021 | 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM PDT | Oral health-related quality of life in Colombian Older Adults | Paper/Symposium | |
| Joseph Saenz | On demand | On demand | Measurement Invariance of a Latent Dementia Index by Gender in the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study | Poster | ||
| Nicholas Resciniti | On demand | On demand | Are Drugs that Cause Dysbiosis Longitudinally Associated with Cognitive Scores, Cognitive Impairment, & Dementia? | Poster | ||
| Nicholas Resciniti | On demand | On demand | Time-Varying Insomnia Symptoms and Incidence of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia among Older US Adults | Poster | ||
| Theresa Andrasfay | On demand | On demand | Mismatch Between Physical Health and Job Demands among Older Workers by Full Retirement Age | Poster | ||
| Yeon Jin Choi | On demand | On demand | Adverse Neighborhood Environments and Health Behaviors among Older Americans | Poster | ||
| Yeon Jin Choi | On demand | On demand | Perceived Neighborhood Disorder, Social Cohesion, and Depressive Symptoms among Spousal Caregivers | Paper | ||
| Eric Klopack | On demand | On demand | Adverse Childhood Experiences Associated with Epigenetic Age and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults | Poster | ||
| Eric Klopack | On demand | On demand | Epigenetic Signature of Childhood Adversity in Older Adults | Poster | ||
| Erfei Zhao | On demand | On demand | Hypertension Diagnosis, Treatment, and Control among Older Chinese: Trends in the Hypertension Care Cascade | Poster | ||
| Tongtong Li | Aileen Zhang, Ruotong Liu, Iris Chi | On demand | On demand | A Case Study On Anticipated End-of-Life Caregiving Among The Millennial American Born Chinese | Poster | |
| Gillian Fennell | Elaine Wethington, M. Carrington Reid, Erica Sluys, Kelsey Donovan, Valeria Cardenas, Elizabeth Zelinski, Susan Enguidanos | On demand | On demand | Age Differences in the Use/Efficacy of Emotion Coping Strategies among Adults with Chronic Pain: A Scoping Review | Poster | |
| David J. Robles | Ammar Dharani, Nikhil N. Chaudhari, Kenneth A. Rostowsky, Layal Wehbe, Michelle Y. Ha, Van Ngo, Andrei Irimia | On demand | On demand | Age, Sex, and Cerebral Microbleeds Affect White Matter Integrity Across Adulthood After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury | Poster | |
| Mekiayla Singleton | On demand | On demand | Care Experiences and Expectations of Older Sexual Minority Adults | Poster | ||
| Kelly A. Marnfeldt | On demand | On demand | Caregiving and COVID-19: Perspectives from a Care Coach | Poster | ||
| Shania H. Wang | Nahian F. Chowdhury, Sean O. Mahoney, Andrei Irimia | On demand | On demand | Comparing Cortical Demyelination in Geriatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Alzheimer’s Disease | Poster | |
| Narae Kim | Mireille Jacobson | On demand | On demand | Comparison of Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenditures in the US and South Korea | Poster | |
| Maria P. Aranda | On demand | On demand | Focus Group Findings of Trial Participants in a Caregiver Psychosocial Intervention: Savvy Caregiver Program | Poster | ||
| Eunyoung Choi | Hee Lee, Hyunjin Noh, Lewis Lee | On demand | On demand | Knowledge of Hospice Care among Korean American Immigrants in Deep South | Poster | |
| Nan Sook Park | Yuri Jang, Soondool Chung, David A. Chiriboga, William E. Haley | On demand | On demand | Living/Eating Arrangement, Loneliness, and Mental Distress among Older Korean Immigrants: Gender Difference | Poster | |
| Cassandra J. McGill | On demand | On demand | Protection against APOE4-associated aging phenotypes with a longevity-promoting intervention | Poster | ||
| Andrei Irimia | Kenneth A. Rostowsky | On demand | On demand | Quantification of Similar Neurodegeneration Across Geriatric Concussions and Alzheimer’s Disease | Poster | |
| Yuri Jang | Eunyoung Choi, Yujin Franco, Nan Sook Park, David A. Chiriboga, Miyong T. Kim | On demand | On demand | Racial and Ethnic Diversities in Cognitive Health Appraisals: Findings from the HCAP | Poster | |
| Yujin Franco | Jessica Y. Ho | On demand | On demand | Rising Geographic Variation in Alzheimer's Disease Mortality | Poster | |
| Anar Amgalan | Alexander S. Mayer, Michelle Y. Ha, Andrei Irimia | On demand | On demand | Sex and Age Differences in Default Mode Network Functional Correlation After Traumatic Brain Injury | Poster | |
| Eunyoung Choi | Elizabeth Zelinski, Jennifer Ailshire | On demand | On demand | Subjective Aging in Context: Neighborhood Social Environment and Self-perceptions of Aging among Older Adults | Poster | |
| Erik Blanco | On demand | On demand | The Effects of Social Support on the Psychological Well-Being of Older Parents: A Longitudinal Study | Poster | ||
| Matthew C. Lohman | Nicholas Resciniti, Morgan Fuller, Joshua Sellner | On demand | On demand | Timeline of COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality among Residents and Staff of South Carolina Long-term Care Facilities | Poster | |
| Mengzhao Yan | Kathleen Wilber, Jon Pynoos | On demand | On demand | Understanding Multidisciplinary-team Practice in Developing Home Assessment Tools: A Systematic Review | Poster | |
| Nicholas Resciniti | On demand | On demand | Vaccine access shrinks disparities between long-term care and community rates of COVID-19 mortality. | Poster | ||
| Andrei Irimia | Nahian F. Chowdhury, Shania H. Wang, Sean O. Mahoney, Van Ngo, Kenneth A. Rostowsky, Benjamin Hacker, Nikhil N. Chaudhari | On demand | On demand | Widespread Cortical Demyelination in Geriatric Cases of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and in Alzheimer’s Disease | Poster |
