Boston, Massachusetts | November 12-15, 2025
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GSA 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting
November 12, 2025 - November 15, 2025
Join us for the premier annual scientific meeting for cutting-edge scholarship, research, and networking relating to the fields of aging and gerontology. This year’s theme is “Innovative Horizons in Gerontology.”
Visit the USC Leonard Davis School exhibitor booth #403 to connect with us at the event.
Below is a table listing all presentations from USC Leonard Davis School and other USC schools and departments; for more details and the full conference program, please visit the meeting website.
| Date | Time | Session Title | Title | Category | Location | First Author(s) | Co-author(s) | Chair | Co-chair | Panelist | Discussant |
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| Wednesday, November 12 | 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET | Leveraging Cross-National Environmental Data: Lessons Learned From the Gateway to Global Aging Data | Symposium | Hynes - Room 202 | Emma Nichols, PhD MPH | ||||||
| Wednesday, November 12 | 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET | Unraveling Financial Exploitation in Older Adults: A Multidimensional Approach | Symposium | Hynes - Room 306 | Daisy Noriega-Makarskyy, M.S. | Duke Han, PhD, ABPP-CN | |||||
| Wednesday, November 12 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET | Adult Protection and Elder Abuse | 5 - Screening for Elder Mistreatment Risk in Caregivers: Clinician Perspectives on Barriers, Feasibility, & Response | Social Research, Policy, and Practice Paper | Hynes - Room 303 | Kelly Marnfeldt, PhD, MSG | Eleanor Batista-Malat; Zachary Gassoumis, PhD, FGSA; Bonnie J. Olsen, PhD; Laura Mosqueda, MD; Alexis Coulourides Kogan, PhD | ||||
| Wednesday, November 12 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET | Language, Immigration and Global Health: The Americas | Is Limited English Proficiency or Speaking Spanish Associated with Medicare Advantage Enrollment? | Paper | Hynes - Room 312 | Lilly Estenson, MSW | Mireille Jacobson, PhD | ||||
| Wednesday, November 12 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET | ESPO and Social Research, Policy, and Practice Section Symposium: Innovative Translational Research to Improve Home Environment and Activity Performance for Aging in Place | Symposium | Hynes - Room 207 | Mengzhao Yan, MA | ||||||
| Wednesday, November 12 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET | Policy Series: Current Research, Opportunities, and Recommendations for Diverse Health and Aging | Symposium | Hynes - Room 207 | Paul Nash, PhD, CPsychol | ||||||
| Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM ET | Late Breaking Poster Session I | 452 - Polygenic Nature of Cortical Aging Reveals Cytoskeletal Regulation as a Core Pathway of Resilience | Biological Sciences Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 452 | Ayati Mishra | |||||
| Wednesday, November 12 | 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM ET | Late Breaking Poster Session I | 368 - Classification Matters: Divergent Estimates of Dementia Risk Factors in the Health and Retirement Study | Behavioral and Social Sciences Poster | Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 368 | Gina E. Nam, PhD | |||||
| Wednesday, November 12 | 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM ET | Family Caregiving I | 182 - The Impact of Spousal Caregiving on Financial Well-Being: An Analysis of Subjective Financial Strain | Social Research, Policy, and Practice Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 182 | Susanna M. Mage, PhD, MA | Donna Benton, PhD, Kathleen H. Wilber, PhD, Yujun Zhu, PhD, Michael Hurlburt, PhD | ||||
| Thursday, November 13 | 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET | Reconciling Counterintuitive Findings and Quantifying Potential Sources of Bias in Cognitive Aging Research | Symposium | Hynes - Room 101 | Yezhen Li, PhD | Emma Nichols, Phd MPH | |||||
| Thursday, November 13 | 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET | ESPO and Behavioral and Social Sciences Section Symposium: Innovative Approaches to Advancing Environmental Justice in Aging Research | Symposium | Hynes - Room 102 | Hoda Abdel Magid, PhD, MHS | Eun Young Choi, PhD | |||||
| Thursday, November 13 | 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET | Presidential Symposium: Integrating Geroscience Across Scale | Symposium | Hynes - Room 311 | Eileen Crimmins, PhD | ||||||
| Thursday, November 13 | 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET | Assessing the Societal Costs of Cognitive Aging: Evidence From the US and Mexico | Symposium | Hynes - Room 203 | Emma Aguila, PhD | ||||||
| Thursday, November 13 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET | Environmental and Psychosocial Risks Across the Life Course: A public health perspective | 3 - Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Lung Function Among U.S. Older Adults | Biological and Social Sciences Paper | Hynes - Room 313 | Sung Eun Cho, MA | Eun Young Choi, PhD; Jennifer Ailshire, PhD | ||||
| Thursday, November 13 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET | Neighborhood and Environmental Context of Health and Aging: Mechanisms and Heterogeneity | Symposium | Hynes - Room 204 | Eun Young Choi, PhD | ||||||
| Thursday, November 13 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET | The History of Social and Behavioral Research in Gerontology | Symposium | Hynes - Room 305 | Kathleen Wilber, PhD | ||||||
| Thursday, November 13 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET | Psychosocial and Emotional Wellbeing of Older Adults With HIV | Symposium | Hynes - Room 308 | Paul Nash, PhD | ||||||
| Thursday, November 13 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET | Biological Sciences | Innovative Approaches to Emerging Geroscience Challenges | Biological Sciences Invited Symposium | Hynes - Room 311 | Cristal Hill, PhD | |||||
| Thursday, November 13 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET | Advancing Studies on Neighborhoods and Brain Health: New Methodologies and Underrepresented Groups | Symposium | Hynes - Room 309 | Hoda Abdel Magid, PhD, MHS | ||||||
| Thursday, November 13 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Disparities | 171 - The Role of Perceived Sleep Quality in Mental and Cognitive Health among Older Residents in Subsidized Housing | Behavioral and Social Sciences Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 171 | Yuri Jang, PhD, FGSA | |||||
| Thursday, November 13 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | End-of-life | 116 - Palliative Care Interventions Among Hispanic Inner-city Patients with Advanced Liver Disease | Social Research, Policy, and Practice Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 116 | Zachary Song | |||||
| Thursday, November 13 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Family Caregiving II | 233 - Exploring Characteristics of Caregivers Who are Financially Dependent on Their Care Receivers | Social Research, Policy, and Practice Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 233 | Eleanor Batista-Malat | |||||
| Thursday, November 13 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Late Breaking Poster Session II | 458 - Predicting Re-Institutionalization in a Sample of Older Adults With Severe Mental Illness | Behavioral and Social Sciences Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 458 | Deborah G. Finkel, Phd, FGSA | |||||
| Thursday, November 13 | 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM ET | Ageing in a Changing Climate: Risks, Adaptations, and Health Impacts | Symposium | Hynes - Room 102 | Kristina Van Dang, MPH, PhD | ||||||
| Thursday, November 13 | 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM ET | Long-Term Care Policy and Practice | Paper | Hynes - Room 111 | Amanda Chen, PhD | ||||||
| Friday, November 14 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Aging in Place | 59 - Dragon Grab Bars and Bamboo Canes: Exploring How Older Chinese Perceive Home Modifications and Assistive Devices | Social Research, Policy, and Practice Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 59 | Mengzhao Yan, MA | |||||
| Friday, November 14 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Aging in Place | 60 - Caregivers' Implementation of Home Modifications for Older Care Recipients | Social Research, Policy, and Practice Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 60 | Mengzhao Yan, MA | |||||
| Friday, November 14 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Late Breaking Poster Session III | 440 - Perceptions of Value and Adoption of ADRD Modifying Drugs Among Physicians Around the U.S. | Social Research, Policy, and Practice Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 440 | Dinithi Perera, LLM, Michelle Keller, PhD, MPH, Chanelle Mizrahi | |||||
| Friday, November 14 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Late Breaking Poster Session III | 421 - Limited Access to Post-Acute Rehabilitation Care at Skilled Nursing Facilities with Medicaid | Social Research, Policy, and Practice Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 421 | Lilly Estenson, MSW | |||||
| Friday, November 14 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Mental Health II | 249 - Perception Of Major Life Events And Depression In Mid To Later Life: Findings From A Swedish Longitudinal Study | Behavioral and Social Sciences Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 249 | Deborah G. Finkel, Phd, FGSA | |||||
| Friday, November 14 | 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET | GSA Journals Panel With the Editors-in-Chief: Recent Trends, Developments, and Opportunities | Symposium | Hynes - Room 309 | Duke Han, PhD, ABPP-CN | ||||||
| Friday, November 14 | 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET | Leveraging Data Science to Understand Aging Trajectories | Symposium | Hynes - Room 311 | Thalida Arpawong, PhD | ||||||
| Friday, November 14 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET | Psychological Sciences section of The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Featured 2024 Editor’s Choice Articles | Symposium | Hynes - Room 201 | Duke Han, PhD, ABPP-CN | ||||||
| Friday, November 14 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET | Aging Reprogrammed: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Health | 1 - Fasting Mimicking Diet Cycles, Regeneration, Biological Age, and Disease | Biological Sciences Invited Symposium | Hynes - Room 311 | Valter Longo, PhD | |||||
| Friday, November 14 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Sleep | 128 - The Mediating Role of Sleep Quality in the Association between Urinary Incontinence and Depressive Symptoms | Health Sciences Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 128 | Seo-Yun Choi, MA | |||||
| Friday, November 14 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Late Breaking Poster Session III | 459 - Spatial Heterogeneity of Social Vulnerabilities Associated with Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in California | Behavioral and Social Sciences Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 459 | Jinbo Niu, MS | |||||
| Friday, November 14 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Late Breaking Poster Session III | 471 - The Association of Divorce and Late-Life Brain Health in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Cohort of Older Adults | Behavioral and Social Sciences Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 471 | Suhani Amin | |||||
| Friday, November 14 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Social Isolation and Loneliness II | 260 - Identification of latent profiles of social isolation based on structural and functional aspects | Behavioral and Social Sciences Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 260 | Dokyung Yoon, MA | |||||
| Friday, November 14 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Late Breaking Poster Session III | 324 - Access and Use of Digital Devices are Associated with Less Loneliness Over Time Among Older Adults | Behavioral and Social Sciences Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 324 | Deborah G. Finkel, Phd, FGSA | |||||
| Friday, November 14 | 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM ET | Advancing Elder Mistreatment Research Through Theory: Exploring Mechanisms and Developing Models | Symposium | Hynes - Room 109 | Elizabeth Avent, PhD, Kelly Marnfeldt, PhD, MSG | Kelly Marnfeldt, PhD, MSG | Susanna Mage, PhD, MA | Kathleen Wilber, PhD | |||
| Friday, November 14 | 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM ET | Policy Series: Fifty Plus: Elder Abuse - Past, Present and Future | Symposium | Hynes - Room 207 | Laura Mosqueda, MD | ||||||
| Friday, November 14 | 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM ET | Novel Approaches to Understanding Education and Later-Life Cognitive Health | Symposium | Hynes - Room 306 | Emma Nichols, PhD MPH | ||||||
| Friday, November 14 | 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM ET | Transforming Gerontology: The Power of Minority Aging Research | Symposium | Hynes - Room 313 | María Aranda, PhD, MSW, MPA, LCSW | ||||||
| Friday, November 14 | 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM ET | Sex Differences and Aging | Symposium | Hynes - Room 311 | Constanza Cortes, PhD | ||||||
| Saturday, November 15 | 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET | Cognitive Aging Across the Life Course: Mechanisms, Measurement, and Contextual Influences | Paper | Hynes - Room 110 | Deborah Finkel, Phd, FGSA | ||||||
| Saturday, November 15 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET | Biological Sciences | Microbiome, Host-pathogen Interactions, and Aging | Biological Sciences Invited Symposium | Hynes - Room 311 | Cristal Hill, PhD | |||||
| Saturday, November 15 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET | Microbiome, Host-pathogen Interactions, and Aging | 4 - Serotonin Signaling in Host-Pathogen Responses | Biological Sciences Invited Symposium | Hynes - Room 311 | Sean P. Curran, PhD, FGSA | |||||
| Saturday, November 15 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET | Methodological Challenges and Opportunities in Population Aging Research | Symposium | Hynes - Room 205 | Eleanor Hayes-Larson, PhD, MPH, Emma Nichols, PhD MPH | Eleanor Hayes-Larson, PhD, MPH | |||||
| Saturday, November 15 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET | Biology of Aging: Animal and Human Models | More than a loading control:Studying the actin cytoskeleton for novel anti-aging mechanisms | Health Sciences Paper | Hynes - Room 111 | Ryo Higuchi-Sanabria, PhD | Maxim Averbukh; Naibedya Dutta, PhD; Daniel Hicks; Gilberto Garcia, PhD | Maria Shvedova, MD, PhD | |||
| Saturday, November 15 | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ET | Health Equity and Aging | 4 - How does Chronic Stress Impact Bioage and Inflammation among Older Black and White Adults? | Paper | Hynes - Room 305 | Lauren L. Brown, PhD, MPH | Calley Fisk, PhD; Cameron Brown, MS; Kenya Luna, MA | Lauren Brown, PhD, MPH | |||
| Saturday, November 15 | 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM ET | Measurement Challenges and Solutions in Cross-National Cognitive Aging Research | Symposium | Hynes - Room 208 | Emma Nichols, PhD MPH | ||||||
| Saturday, November 15 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Late Breaking Poster Session I | 475 - The Impact of Brain Age versus Chronological Age on Cognitive Fatigue: Novel Metrics and New Insights | Behavioral and Social Sciences Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 475 | Cristina AF Roman, PhD | |||||
| Saturday, November 15 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Late Breaking Poster Session IV | 343 - Cardiometabolic health, nativity status and cognition among Latinos in the Health and Retirement Study | Behavioral and Social Sciences Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 343 | Kenya Luna, MA | |||||
| Saturday, November 15 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Late Breaking Poster Session IV | 394 - Housing and Epigenetic Age Acceleration in the United States: Results From a Nationally Representative Sample | Behavioral and Social Sciences Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 394 | Tongyu Gu, MA | |||||
| Saturday, November 15 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Late Breaking Poster Session IV | 443 - Random Forest and SHAP Analysis on Social Vulnerability and Edentulism among US Adults 65 and Older | Health Sciences Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 443 | ||||||
| Saturday, November 15 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET | Late Breaking Poster Session IV | 388 - From Fear to Confidence: A Qualitative Study of Intergenerational Technology Support Among Low-Income Older Adults | Social Research, Policy, and Practice Poster | Hynes - Exhibit Hall C - Poster Board 388 | Andrew Shinho Kim, MA | John Kim, BS, Carissa Liu, BS, Mengzhao Yan, MA, Min-Kyoung Rhee, PhD |
