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 | Title | Category | Location | Chair | First Author(s) | Co-chair | Panelist | Discussant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | ||||
| 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 | Emma Nichols, Phd MPH | Yezhen Li, PhD | |||
| 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 | Eun Young Choi, PhD | Hoda Abdel Magid, PhD, MHS | |||
| 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 | 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 | Advancing Studies on Neighborhoods and Brain Health: New Methodologies and Underrepresented Groups | Symposium | Hynes - Room 309 | Hoda Abdel Magid, PhD, MHS | ||||
| 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 | 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 Editorâs Choice Articles | Symposium | Hynes - Room 201 | Duke Han, PhD, ABPP-CN | ||||
| 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 | Kelly Marnfeldt, PhD, MSG | Elizabeth Avent, PhD, 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 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET | Methodological Challenges and Opportunities in Population Aging Research | Symposium | Hynes - Room 205 | Eleanor Hayes-Larson, PhD, MPH | Eleanor Hayes-Larson, PhD, MPH, Emma Nichols, PhD MPH | |||
| Saturday, November 15 | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ET | Health Equity and Aging | Paper | Hynes - Room 305 | 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 |
