ListofParticipants

RachelBarkenDepartmentofSociology,YorkUniversity,Toronto,ON,Canada

CAREERPLAN

IcurrentlyholdaSSHRCPostdoctoralFellowshipintheDepartmentofSociologyatYorkUniversity,where IworkwithDr.PatArmstrong. IamalsoaffiliatedwiththeTrentCentre forAgingandSociety atTrentUniversity, and theGilbreaCentre forStudies in Aging at McMaster University. I completed my doctoral degree atMcMasterUniversityin2015.AtMcMasterIwastheco-chairoftheGilbreaCentrefor Studies in Aging Student Group, and I have been involved with CanadianAssociationonGerontologyStudentConnection.IcompletedmyMAinSociologyin2011,andmyBA(h) inSocialAnthropologyandFrench in2009,bothatDalhousieUniversity.RESEARCHINTERESTS

My research interests include the sociology of aging, disability, and health andillness; formal and informal care arrangements; gender; and qualitativemethods.Theoretically, my research engages critical gerontology and feminist politicaleconomy.Mypostdoctoralresearchexaminestheintersectionsoffamilyandformalcareinlong-termresidentialcare,andtheskillsinvolvedincarework.Mydoctoralresearch explored how older people using home care negotiate the relationshipbetweenself-care, family/friendcaregiving,and formalhomecare. In the future, Ihope to combine data from both projects to develop a comparative analysis ofpublic/private boundaries in care relationships in home and residential caresettings.

CURRENTRESEARCHPROJECTS

I am a teammember on a SSHRC-fundedMajor Collaborative Research Initiativetitled‘Re-imaginingLong-termCare:AnInternationalStudyofPromisingPractices.’(PI Dr. Pat Armstrong). This international, interdisciplinary project involvesinterviews,observations, anddocumentanalysis in long-termcare facilities acrossCanada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and Germany. Mycontributions to the project focus on family involvement in long-term residentialcare, as well as understandings of skill and care work. I have also recently beeninvolved inprojectsonagingandhomelessness inCanada, andon task-shifting inhomecare.

PUBLICATIONS

Grenier,A.,Barken,R.,Sussman,T.,Rothwell,D.,Bourgeois-Guérin,V.A.,&Lavoie,J.P.(2016).Literaturereviewofhomelessnessandaging: Suggestionsforapolicyandpractice-relevantresearchagenda.CanadianJournalonAging,35(1),28-41.DOI:10.1017/S0714980815000616.Barken,R.,Denton,M.,Brookman,C.,Zeytinoglu,I.,&Plenderleith,J.(2016).Homecare workers’ skills in the context of task shifting: Complexities in care work.CanadianReviewofSociology52(3),289-309.DOI:10.1111/cars.12078Barken, R. (2014). Caregivers’ interpretations of time and biography: Theexperiences of caring for a spouse with Parkinson’s disease. Journal ofContemporary Ethnography, 43(6), 695-719.DOI:10.1177/0891241613514999.

Contacts

E-mail:

rbarken@yorku.ca

Phone:

416898-1926

Address:

359AYorkLanesYorkUniversity4700KeeleSt.

Toronto,ONM3J1P3

Maria Bilo La Sapienza, Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche,

Italy

CAREER PLAN

I completed a bachelor’s program in Social Sciences with main subjects in Economics and Demography at the University of Rostock, Germany, from 2010 until 2013. Afterwards, I completed a master’s program in Demography there from 2013 until 2015. In this time, I focused my studies on aging, quality of remaining life expectancy and morbidity. During my studies at the University of Rostock, I was recruited for 3 semesters to teach as a tutor for younger students. Furthermore, I worked at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic research for almost 3 years as a research assistant. In November 2015, I became a PhD in Demography at the Department of Statistical Sciences at La Sapienza, Università di Roma in Italy. I am currently enrolled in the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) which aims at providing high quality education in Demography with world-wide known teachers. RESEARCH INTERESTS

My main research interest focusses in the different aspects of aging. Particularly, I am interested in old ages and the quality of health in their remaining life. Furthermore, I want to examine the differentials in the aging process that still prevail in several countries. I am also attracted by the link between aging and the retirement process (decision to retire, retirement age) and the potential consequences on retirement systems. For instance, I believe that the participation of the elderly in the labor market and its impact on the development of countries, that experienced a rapid aging process, is a gap that should be filled in the research agenda. Therefore, I would like to focus my research in such questions.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

My Ph.D. research is composed of 3 different projects. In the current project I study the possible postponement of senescence in Germany between 1996 and 2008. I use data from the German Aging Survey (DEAS) and the Human Mortality Database (HMD) to analyze two dimensions of aging. Firstly, I focus on the social aspect, which measures if the respondent is socially disabled. Secondly, the health dimension of the project investigates if the respondent is physically disabled. Those dimensions were used to build an additive index and construct a dummy variable afterwards. I calculated 8 logistic regressions to capture the effect of the different socio- or economic-demographic variables on the dependent variables. These independent variables were chosen with the aim to examine the influence of the covariates on the prevalence rates of disability in the survey population. The margins were divided into age groups (65 – 69, 70 – 74, 75 – 79, 80 – 84). Eventually I calculated the disability-free temporary life expectancy with these probabilities. For this, I constructed prevalence life tables following the Sullivan’s method, using data from the HMD and calculated a social-life and physical temporary life expectancy for men and women aged 65 to 84 years in the years 1996 and 2008. For the calculation of the temporary life expectancy,

Contacts

E-mail:

maria.bilo.rostock@gmail.com

Phone:

+39 32 84 70 41 08

Address: Viale delle Provincie 74

00161 Roma Italy

I had to set an old age limit that should be, as far as possible, the oldest age with reliable information. The results of Sullivan’s method show an overall increase of the absolute temporary life years, as well as in the physical and social dimensions, independent of the gender, from 1996 to 2008. The increase of the Health Ratios combined with the decrease of disabled temporary life years indicate that there was an absolute compression of morbidity in Germany from 1996 to 2008 in the older age groups, both in the physical and in the social dimension. So the German population between 65 and 84 years became older but also healthier and fitter as measured by the used indicators. These results could be an important element for handling of consequences of the demographic transition in Germany. The elderly, government and companies would benefit from an older but healthier population. The final version of the paper will contain a comparison of the temporary (healthy) life years (adjusted vs. raw margins), confidence intervals as well as a comparison between the used methods with the use of a standard population. Conference Presentations

Population Association of America 2016: Postponement of senescence: When is the Entry into Old Age?

KarenCardwellQueen’sUniversityBelfast

CAREERPLANKarengraduatedfromQueen’sUniversityBelfastin2008witha2.1HonoursMaster

of Pharmacy. Since registering as a pharmacist in 2009 she has worked in the

communitypharmacysettingandisparticularly interestedinadvancingtheroleof

pharmacists in primary care. This fuelled Karen’s decision to undertake a

postgraduatecertificateinprescribing,andin2013shequalifiedasanIndependent

PharmacistPrescriber. InJanuary2014KarenstartedherPhDinpharmacy,which

focuses on medicines management and the quality of prescribing, particularly in

olderpeople.Karenisinterestedinsafeguardingtherights,safety,dignityandwell-

beingofresearchparticipantsandresearchers,andshesitsasanexpertmemberon

theOfficeforResearchEthicsCommittee inNorthern Ireland. She isalsothePhD

representativeontheGenderEqualitytoEnableScientificExcellence(GEESE)Group

committee.

RESEARCHINTERESTSKaren’sresearchfocusesonarangeofissuespertainingtotheuseofmedicinesin

those aged 80 years and older, the ‘oldest old’. This includes Potentially

Inappropriate Prescribing (PIP), medication burden and health-related outcomes,

such as cognitive function, physical function, falls, hospitalisation and all-cause

mortality. Future work has been planned on enhancing the role of community

pharmacistsinprimarycare.Thisworkhasbeensupportedbyaneducationalgrant

awardedby‘TheHaroldandMarjorieMossCharitableTrust’,anorganisationwhose

aimistorecogniseinnovativeresearchintheareaofcommunitypharmacy.

CURRENTRESEARCHPROJECTSKaren is involved in a longitudinal study of aging entitled, Life and Living in

AdvancedAge:ACohortStudyinNewZealand(LiLACSNZ).TheaimofLiLACSNZis

to: establish the health status of olderMāori (the indigenous population of New

Zealand) and non-Māori individuals, enable people to prepare for later life and

contribute to the development of local and national policies that benefit older

people. Her involvement in this work is focused on prescribing appropriateness,

quantificationofmedicationburdenandevaluationofclinicaloutcomes.

PUBLICATIONS

Cardwell, K. (2015). Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in Māori

and non-Māori populations living in advanced age: a longitudinal study.

InternationalJournalofPharmacyPractice,23,35.

Cardwell,K.,Hughes,C.M.,Ryan,C.(2015).Theassociationbetweenanticholinergic

medication burden and health related outcomes in the ‘oldest old’: A systematic

review of the literature. Drugs Aging, 32(10), 835-48. Retrieved from doi:

10.1007/s40266-015-0310-9

Contacts

E-mail:kcardwell02@qub.ac.uk

Phone:

004490972033

(SchoolofPharmacy,QUB)

Address:

MedicalBiologyCentre

97LisburnRoad

Belfast,BT97BL

JulieCastonguayFaculté des lettres et sciences humaines, Université de Sherbrooke,Sherbrooke(Québec,Canada)CAREERPLANI am a social worker and a Ph.D. candidate in Gerontology at Université deSherbrooke (Québec, Canada). I hold a Master’s degree in Social Work and aBachelor’s degree in Psychology, obtained both from Université Laval (Québec,Canada).Mythesisisaboutbarriersandfacilitatorsofbaby-boomers’volunteeringinnon-profitorganizationsofferinghomesupport toolderadults.ByworkingasaresearchassistantattheCentred’excellencesurlevieillissementdeQuébec(CEVQ)from 2009 to 2013, then as a research professional from 2013, I was involved inseveral research projects on older adults’ social participation, notably onvolunteering in non-profit organizations offering home support to older adults inlossofautonomyorattheendoflife.Thus,Ihavegainedasolidexperienceintherealization of research protocols (writing of research grants, literature reviews,participant recruitment, data collection andanalysis, research reports and articleswriting), coordination of working committees, and organization of knowledgetransferandmobilizationactivities.RESEARCHINTERESTSMymainresearchinterestisvolunteeringinnon-profitorganizationsofferinghomesupport to older adults. The purpose ofmy previous researchworks, current andperhaps future is to better understand factors that facilitate and/or hindervolunteering (recruitment, welcoming and integration, training, support,recognition,andretainingofvolunteers) inthesenon-profitorganizations,andtheinteractions between them. By contributing to the development, transfer andmobilization of knowledge about volunteering in non-profit organizations offeringhomesupporttoolderadults,Itrytosupporttheseorganizationsinthevolunteercoordination and, consequently, to foster the initiation and continuation of thisformofsocialparticipation.CURRENTRESEARCHPROJECTSNon-profitorganizations, importantactors inthefieldofhomesupport,arefacingchallenges such as recruiting and retaining volunteers. In view of the ageingpopulation, this situation is worrisome: these organizations essentially rely onvolunteer action. The imminent wave of baby-boomers entering retirement mayimprove the situation.However, free time and volunteering are not synonymous.So,myPh.D.researchseeks:1)toidentifyindividualandorganizationalfactorsthatfacilitate and/or hinder baby-boomers’ volunteering in non-profit organizations;2)tobetterunderstandtheinteractionsbetweenthem;and3)tocreateamodelofbaby-boomers’volunteering.Asastudentmemberandaresearchprofessional, I’m involved inan internationalemergingpartnershiponolderadults’socialparticipation.PUBLICATIONS

1. Castonguay, J., Beaulieu, M., & Sévigny, A. (2015). Implantation des politiquessociales québécoises de soutien à domicile des aînés : Une analyse critique pourmieux comprendre les enjeux liés au bénévolat. Revue canadienne de politiquesociale,72/73,169-191.

Contacts

E-mail:julie.castonguay2@usherbrooke.ca

Phone:

1418317-4994

Address:106-1180,RoutedesRivières

Lévis(Québec,Canada)G7A2V4

2. Castonguay, J., Beaulieu,M.,&Sévigny,A. (2016).Bébé-boumeursbénévoles? Lesfreinsetlesleviersdeleurengagement.RetraiteetSociété(71),127-146.

3. Castonguay, J., Vézina, A., & Sévigny, A. (2014). Les facteurs favorisant oucontraignant l'engagement bénévole dans les organismes communautaires ensoutienàdomicileauprèsdesaînés.Revuecanadienneduvieillissement,33(1),15-25.

GuidoEdoardoD’AnielloCatholicUniversityoftheSacredHeart–Milan(Italy)

CAREERPLANOctober2015–PresentPhDStudentinPsychology–CatholicUniversityoftheSacredHeart,MilanResearcharea:NeuropsychologyofAgingApril2015–presentPsychologist, Clinical Psychology & Neuropsychology Unit, Ageing Research andTreatmentCentre–IRCSSItalianAuxologicalInstitute–Milan(MI)ItalyEducation:December2015Dipl. Psych., Federal Office of Public Health – Bern (Switzerland) + SwissPsychologistsRegister(Ticino-Switzerland)December2013StudiCognitivi-Post-GraduateCognitiveBehavioralPsychotherapySchool–Lugano(Switzerland)December2012Psychologist, Qualifying Examination to Italian Psychologists Register (Milano-BicoccaUniversity)March2011MasterDegreeinNeuropsychology,Milano-BicoccaUniversity,ItalyThesis in Neurophysiology: “Mental representation of action and sound: an ERPstudy”(Cognitive Electrophysiology Lab, Department of Psychology, Milano-BicoccaUniversity–Prof.AliceMadoProverbioandProf.G.Vallar).April2008Bachelor’sDegreeinPsychology,Milano-BicoccaUniversity,ItalyThesis in Clinical Psychology: “Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder andsuccessatwork”-Prof.LauraParolinRESEARCHINTERESTSMy educational and professional background is focused on neuropsychology andcognitivefunctions;duringthepastyears,Ihadresearchexperiencesinthefieldsofneurophysiology(ERPs)andinneurologicaldepartments,whereIhadthechancetoconduct researchonneurologicalpatients.Since then,mymain researchareahasbeen clinical neuropsychology, with a particular interests in cognitive impairment(executive functions & memory) during aging (Parkinson Disease and otherdementiaconditions).CURRENTRESEARCHPROJECTSMyPhDresearchconcernstheneuropsychologyofaging;specifically,I’minterestedin investigating the cognitive resources (and their impact on quality of life) ofpatientswhosuffer fromadvanceddementiaconditions. I’mworkingoncognitivestimulations protocols which involve the listening of individualizedmusic. At last,I’m also interested in the role of cognitive reserve in the course of cognitiveimpairmentanditsadvancedstages.PUBLICATIONSD’Aniello, G.E., Castelnuovo, G.,Scarpina, F. (2015) Could cognitive estimationability be a measure of cognitive reserve? Frontiers in Psychology – CognitiveScience

PLEASEINSERTAPHOTOHEREContacts

E-mail:

guido.daniello@unicatt.it

Phone:+393280326424Psychology-UCSC

Address:

ViaMilano10822100Como(CO)

Italy

D’Aniello, G.E., Scarpina, F., Castelnuovo, G., Molinari, E., Mauro, A. (2015)

Disentanglingtherelationshipbetweencognitiveestimationabilitiesandexecutive

functions:astudyonpatientswithParkinson’sdisease.NeurologicalSciences

D’Aniello,G.E.,Scarpina,F.,Mori,I.,Castelnuovo,G.,Mauro,A.,Molinari,E.(2014)

Characteristics of anxiety and psychological well-being in chronic post stroke

patients.JournalofNeurologicalSciences

GRAZIADANIELAFEMMINELLACentreforNeuroinflammationandNeurodegeneration–ImperialCollegeLondon,UK

CAREERPLANI am a Clinical Research Fellow at the Centre for Neuroinflammation and

NeurodegenerationatImperialCollegeLondon,UK.IgotmydegreeinMedicinein

2007attheUniversityofNaples“FedericoII”,Italy,whereIalsogotmyResidencyin

GeriatricMedicine in2012. Thereafter, I startedaPhD inClinical Pathophysiology

and Experimental Medicine at Naples University, working on the role of

neuroinflammationinAlzheimer’sdisease.In2013IjoinedImperialCollegeforthe

last year of my PhD to work on the clinical and diagnostic applications of

neuroimaging techniques (MRI, PET) for the evaluationof neuroinflammation and

neurodegeneration indementia. I gotmyPhD inMay2015and since then I have

been working at Imperial College London, mainly focusing on an interventional

clinicaltrialinpatientswithAlzheimer’sdisease.

RESEARCHINTERESTSAsaResidentinGeriatricsatUniversityofNaples,Ihavemainlyworkedontherole

ofsympatheticnervoussystemalterationsinheartfailureandaging,bothinclinical

and preclinical settings. In particular, my main interest has been focused on the

kinaseGRK2,whichisinvolvedintheadrenoceptorsignallingpathway.Then,Ihave

startedworkingonAlzheimer’sdiseasewiththreemainareasofinterest:

- TheroleofautonomicdysfunctioninADandotherdementias

- Imagingofneuroinflammation

- Interventionaltrialswithnewdrugs(GLP1analogues)

CURRENTRESEARCHPROJECTSI am currentlyworking on a large interventionalmulticentre trial, coordinated by

ImperialCollege,aimingatevaluating theeffectivenessof theGLP1 (glucagon-like

peptide 1) analogue liraglutide in patients with mild/moderate AD (ELAD trial,

NCT01843075). I am also working on different observational studies for the

identificationofneuroimagingmarkersofearlyADpathology(invivobrainamyloid

depositionandneuroinflammation),aimingat improvingthediagnosisofcognitive

impairmentandthestratificationofADpatients.

PUBLICATIONSFemminella GD, Ninan S, Atkinson R, Fan Z, Brooks DJ, Edison P. DoesMicroglial

Activation Influence Hippocampal Volume and Neuronal Function in Alzheimer's

DiseaseandParkinson'sDiseaseDementia?JAlzheimersDis.2016;51:1275-89.

Rengo G, Pagano G, Filardi PP, Femminella GD, Parisi V, Cannavo A, Liccardo D,Komici K, Gambino G, D'Amico ML, de Lucia C, Paolillo S, Trimarco B, Vitale DF,

FerraraN,KochWJ, LeoscoD.PrognosticValueof LymphocyteGProtein-Coupled

Receptor Kinase-2 Protein Levels in Patients With Heart Failure. Circ Res.

2016;118:1116-24.

Femminella GD, Edison P. Evaluation of neuroprotective effect of glucagon-likepeptide1analogsusingneuroimaging.AlzheimersDement.2014;10:S55-61.

Contacts

E-mail:g.femminella@imperial.ac.uk

Phone:

+44(0)2083831969

(NeurologyImagingUnit)

Address:

HammersmithHospital

DuCaneRoad

W120NN,London,UK

JESSICAFINLAYDepartmentofGeography,Environment,andSocietyCenteronAging,SchoolofPublicHealthUniversityofMinnesotaMinneapolis,USACAREERPLANJessica isan interdisciplinarydoctoral fellow inGeographyandGerontologyat the

University ofMinnesota (UMN). She received her B.A. (Honours) and B.Ed. in the

Concurrent Education program at Queen’s University. Jessica received

undergraduateawardsincludingthePrincipal’sScholarship,James&MaryAllardyce

Brough Prize, Dean’s Special Award, F.W. Minkler Award, Queen’s Medal in

Geography, and Canadian Association of Geographers Prize. Jessica received her

M.AasagraduatefellowatUMN,andwasawardedthePeterGouldMaster’sPaper

Award in recognition of her work in health geography and aging. Jessica has

collaboratedasaco-investigatoron interdisciplinaryresearchprojectsattheUMN

Center on Aging, Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, and City of Minneapolis

Department of Health and Family Support. Her graduate awards received include

the Gerald Bloedow Scholarship, Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholar

Award, Alfred Bader Fellowship, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship, Joseph-

KordellScholarship,TAoftheYear,andPresident’sStudentLeadershipandService

Award.Herdoctoral researchproject is currently fundedby theNational Sciences

FoundationGeographyandSpatialSciencesDivision.

RESEARCHINTERESTSJessica’sprimaryobjectiveistoadvancestrategiesforhealthyandinclusivelifelong

communities. During undergraduate studies, Jessica investigated and published a

studyexaminingcampussustainabilityprograms.InherPh.D.,Jessicaexploreshow

thebuiltenvironmentaffectshealthandwellbeinginlaterlife.Shebridgestheories

andmethodsofGeographyandGerontologythroughamulti-scalar,mixedmethods

approach. Jessica is particularly interested in the experiences and needs of low-

income, minority, and disabled older adults. Her research provides insight into

communityplanningandurbaninfrastructurethatbetteraccommodatestheneeds

ofdiverseagingpopulations.

CURRENTRESEARCHPROJECTSJessica’s doctoral research investigates personal, household, and neighbourhood-

level factors affecting the health andwellbeing of aging residents. She compares

multi-scalarfactorsacrossthreecasestudiesintheMinneapolis(MN)metropolitan

areawithdistinctbuiltenvironments(fromhigh-densitydowntowntocar-oriented

outersuburb)andresidentdemographics(race,age,socioeconomicstatus).Jessica

also collaborates on the “Evidence in Aging” UMN national study, and was a

researchteammemberfortheCIHR-funded“WalktheTalk”studyattheCentrefor

HipHealthandMobility. Inher currentposition, Jessica supervisesundergraduate

andgraduateresearchassistantsinfieldworkanddataanalysis.

PUBLICATIONSFinlay,J.,Frank,T.,Sims-Gould,J.,andH.McKay.(2015).Therapeutic

landscapes andwellbeing in later life: Impacts of blue and green spaces for older

adults.Health&Place34,97-106.Caddock,A.,Bennett,J.,Erdmann,J.,Finlay,J.,Johnson,D.,Matze,M.,Maze,

Contacts

E-mailandWebsite:finla039@umn.edu

www.jessicafinlay.com

Phone:

1-612-803-7087

Address:414SocialSciences

26719thAveS

Minneapolis,MN,55455

H.,Meyer, K.,Narayan,G.,O’Dell, Peterson,C.,& S. Savengseuksa. (2013).Above

the Falls Health Impact Assessment: Ensuring Health Equity in Decision-Making.

MinneapolisHealthDepartmentReport.Finlay,J.,&Massey,J.(2012).Eco-campus:Applyingtheecocitymodelto

develop green university and college campuses. International Journal ofSustainabilityinHigherEducation13(2),150-165.

TheaFrankePhDCandidate,InterdisciplinaryStudies,UniversityofBritishColumbia,Vancouver,CanadaCAREERPLANTheaisdedicatedtosurfacingopportunitiesforhealthyagingandthroughher

researchiscommittedtounderstandingthediverse,richandmeaningfulwaysin

whichagingisexperienced.Withafocusonolderadulthealth,mobilityandsocial

constructsofaging,Theahasplayedanintegralroleininterdisciplinaryandcross-

sectoralresearchpursuitsthathaveledtorealworldimpact.InherMA,Thea

developedatoolthatassessesbuiltenvironmentfeaturesthatfacilitatemobility

andindependenceincommunitydayprogramsforpersonswithdementia.Thetool

alongwithherdataisnowbeingusedbytheGovernmentofNovaScotia.Afterher

MA,sheworkedonstudieswiththeVancouverCoastalHealthandFraserHealth

Authoritiesonhipfracturerecovery,Aboriginalfallspreventionandanevaluationof

homecareworker’simplementationofamobilityprogram.Theimpactofthehip

fracturestudywasacliniciantoolkittosupportpatientsandfamiliespost-fracture.

Thea’sresearchpursuitsarealsoframedwithaKnowledgeTranslation(KT)focus.

TheawonacompetitivepositioninaKTtrainingprogramwhereshelearnedthe

fundamentalsformovingknowledgetoaction.ShewentontodevelopaKTTraining

PathwaysToolkitincollaborationwiththeMichaelSmithFoundationforHealth

Research.Alongsideherdoctoralstudies,TheaholdsaProjectManagerpositionat

UBC’sCentreforHipHealth&MobilitywheresheoverseesresearchandKT

initiativesofalargemulti-disciplinaryresearchteam(CIHRfunded)focusedonthe

interactionbetweenthebuiltenvironment,mobilityandhealthyaging.

RESEARCHINTERESTS“Thegreatestwealthishealth”.Compelledbyapassionforolderadults’health,

Theaisdrivenbyresearchquestionsrelatedtoaging,mobility,physicalactivity,

socialconnectedness,environmentaldesignandbroaderculturalvaluesandnorms.

Priortoherdoctoralwork,TheacompletedherMastersinGerontologyinwhichshe

specializedincommunitybaseddesignfordementiacare.Theanowfocuseson

utilizinga‘holisticand’integratedapproachtohealthinordertoexplorethe

complexityofinteractionsbetweenphysiological,intrapersonalandphysicaland

socialenvironmentfactors.Hermaingoalistoviewhealthandthehealth

experienceasa‘whole’ratherthanasumofparts.Workingwithmulti-disciplinary,

multi-sectoralteamsofresearchers,communityandindustryleaderssheaimsto

mobilizeresearchevidenceforeffectiveandsustainablechange.

CURRENTRESEARCHPROJECTSEmbracingperspectivesofsociology,gerontology,transportationpublichealthand

KT,Thea’sdoctoralstudiesexploredominantconceptionsofolderadult’smobility,

inordertoshednewinsightintoexistingresearchfields,aswellastouncover

alternativeperspectivesandunnoticedrelationshipsinregardstobarriersand

facilitatorstomobilityforcommunitydwellingolderadults.[Thekeyquestionsheis

exploringis:Howdoolderadultslived(objectiveandsubjective)mobility

experiencesinfluencetheirphysicaland/orspatialmovement?)]Quantitativeand

qualitativemethodsthatplacethevoicesandvisionsofolderpeoplecentrestage

driveherpractice.

Contacts

E-mail:Thea.Franke@hiphealth.ca

Phone:

1-604-876-4111

(ext.7942)

Address:2635LaurelStreet

Vancouver,BC.V5Z1M9

PUBLICATIONS

Finlay,J.,Franke,T.,McKay,H.,&Sims-Gould,J.(2015).Therapeuticlandscapes

acrossthelifecourse:Anexplorationoftheimpactsofblueandgreenspacesfor

olderadults.Health&Place.34,97–106.Doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.05.001

Franke,T.,Tong,C.,Ashe,M.C.,McKay,H.,Sims-Gould,J.(2013).Thesecretsof

highlyactiveolderadults.JournalofAgingStudies.27(4),298-409.

doi:10.1016/j.jaging.2013.09.003

Winters,M.,Sims-Gould,J.,Franke,T.,McKay,H.(2014).“Igrewuponabike”:

Cyclingandolderadults.JournalofTransportandHealth.Doi:

10.1016/j.jth.2014.06.001

MoritzHessMannheimCentreforEuropeanSocialResearch(MZES),Mannheim,

Germany

CAREERPLAN

I receivedaB.A inSociologyandPsychologyat theUniversityofMannheim. Ialso

hold aM.A in Sociology (Free University Berlin) and aM.Sc in Gerontology (Free

University Amsterdam). I worked as a research assistant at the Social Science

Research Centre Berlin (WZB) and the German Institute for Economic Research

(DIW).In2012IcametobacktoMannheimtostartmyPhDattheGraduateSchool

ofEconomicandSocialSciences(GESS)andtoworkattheMZES.ThereIampartof

an international project that investigates retirement transitions in changing

institutional context. After handing in my PhD thesis in August 2016 I will start

working at the Institute of Gerontology (IfG) at the Technical University of

Dortmund.

RESEARCHINTERESTS

Myprimarilyresearch interest lieswiththeDemographicChangeandtheAgingof

Societies and the resulting consequences for Social Security Systems as well as

enterprisesandindividuals.

CURRENTRESEARCHPROJECTS

MyPhDthesisresearchesexpectedandpreferredretirementagesinGermanyand

Europe.Iamcurrentlyworkinginaninternationalprojectonretirementtransitions

at theMZESandwill coordinate anotherprojecton inequalities in the retirement

processattheIfG.IamalsomemberoftheCOSTactionAGEISMandparticipatein

theUKprojectExtendingWorkingLife.

PUBLICATIONS

Hess,Moritz: Expected and Preferred Retirement Age in Germany. [Accepted for

PublicationinGermanJournalofGerontologyandGeriatrics]

Hofaecker;Dirk;Hess,Moritz&König,Stefanie:DelayingRetirement:Progressand

ChallengesofActiveAgeing in Europe, theUnited States and Japan [Accepted for

PublicationbyPalgraveMacmillanasanEditedVolume]

Hofaecker, Dirk; Hess, Moritz & Naumann, Elias (2015): Changing retirement

transitionsintimesofparadigmaticpoliticalchange:Towardsgrowinginequalities?

In: Torp, Cornelius: Challenges of Aging: Retirement, Pensions, and

IntergenerationalJustice.Houndmills:PalgraveMacmillan,205-226

Contacts

E-mail:

moritz-hess@gmx.de

Phone:

+4917663176750

Address:

Buchenweg83

55128Mainz

Germany

DanHolmanDepartmentofSociologicalStudies,UniversityofSheffield,UK

CAREERPLAN

IcompletedmyPhDinsociologyattheUniversityofEssexinOctober2012onthe

topic of social class and talking treatments for commonmental health problems.

Whilst writing up, I took up a Research Associate post in the public health

departmentattheUniversityofCambridge,whichwascentredaroundalarge-scale

randomised controlled trial of peer support for type 2 diabetes (RAPSID). Since

November2014IhavebeenworkingwithAlanWalkerattheUniversityofSheffield

on ageing and social policy-related projects. My overarching interest is in health

inequalities, and social inequalities more broadly, and my main approach is

quantitative surveyanalysis (though I also conductqualitativework). The fieldof

ageingresearchisrelativelynewtome,andIhopethissummerschoolwillgiveme

to the opportunity to learn more about it. In terms of my career plan, in the

immediate future Iwill continueworkingonvariousageingprojectsandmyother

interests (see below). I am also currently applying for funding and fellowships

centredonintersectionalitiesandhealthinequalities.Akeypartofmycareerplan

sofarhasbeencollaborationwithothersfromawiderangeofotherdisciplines,and

Ihopetocontinuewiththis inthefuture. Inthe long-termIwould liketobelieve

that the researchprofile I establishwill helpme to secureapermanentacademic

post.

RESEARCHINTERESTS

My main interest is in health inequalities. I am particularly interested in

socioeconomic inequalities,but lately Iamtakenbythe ideaof intersectionalities;

themultiplicativeeffectsof the combinationof various socio-demographic factors

(e.g. class/age/gender). Recently, Ihavebeen focussingonadvancedquantitative

techniques and issues of research design. This seems to be a key challenge in

ageingresearchintermsofseparatingage/period/cohorteffects,andmakingcausal

inferences with respect to recent policy changes. Substantively, I am currently

focussing on the links between social conditions (social quality), social policies

(retirementchanges),andhealthoutcomes(self-ratedhealth/mentalhealth).

CURRENTRESEARCHPROJECTS

Atpresentmywork is centredaroundvariousageingprojects: SIforAGE,MOPACT

andmost recently EXTEND,which is on inequalities in extendingworking lives. I

haveanumberofpapers indevelopment, both relating to theseprojects andmy

wider research interests. These include:amultilevelanalysisof socialqualityand

health in England and the EU; a panel data paper on working conditions and

retirement outcomes; an intersectionalities paper on the health effects of raising

retirement ages; a review paper of health literacy in relation to ageing, and; a

networkanalysisofthehealthbehaviourinterventionfield.

PUBLICATIONS

Simmons,D.,Prevost,A.T.,Bunn,C.,Holman,D.,Parker,R.A.,Cohn,S.,...&Graffy,

J. (2015). Impact of community based peer support in type 2 diabetes: a cluster

randomisedcontrolledtrialofindividualand/orgroupapproaches.PloSone,10(3),

e0120277.

Contacts

E-mail:

daniel.holman@sheffield.ac.uk

Phone:

+447411573555

Address:

Dept.SociologicalStudies,

NorthumberlandRoad,

Sheffield,UKS102TU

Holman, D. (2015). Exploring the relationship between social class,mental illnessstigmaandmentalhealthliteracyusingBritishnationalsurveydata.Health:,19(4),413-429.Holman,D. (2014). ‘What help can you get talking to somebody?’Explaining classdifferencesintheuseoftalkingtreatments.Sociologyofhealth&illness,36(4),531-548.

LillianHungSchoolofNursing,UniversityofBritishColumbia,Vancouver,Canada

CAREERPLAN

Havingaclinicalbackground ingerontologicalnursing,mymaincareerobjective istobecomeanursescientistandplayaleadingroletoadvancepracticeandproduceresearch to contribute to the field in caring for older adultswith complex needs.Currently I work as a clinical nurse specialist in Gerontology at the VancouverGeneral Hospital. With my doctoral training, I want to expand my research andleadershipcapacity to lead large-scaleprojects inordertomakebigger impacts toservetheolderpopulation.RESEARCHINTERESTS

My research focusesonenvironmental impacts (bothphysical and social aspects)oncareexperiencesofolderpatientswithdementiaandfamiliesinthesettingsofacutecareandlong-termcarefacilities.MyrecentworkincludesprojectsofleadingGentlePersuasiveApproachandP.I.E.C.E.S.,diningexperiencesandperson-centredcare,aswellasartintransitionalcare.

CURRENTRESEARCHPROJECTS

My PhD dissertation aims to create practical solutions to improve care of olderpatients with dementia in acute care. I use action research approach to engagepatients, families, staff and leaders to co-design and co-produce practical andrelevant strategies to improve the environment for patients with dementia. Forexample, colour and art, social places, care approaches have been identified keyaspectsforpromotecomfort,supportrehabilitationandmaintainfunctions.Otherprojects:1. PIUsingP.I.E.C.E.Stoadvancepractice inolderadulttertiarymentalhealth:A

knowledgetranslationstudy2. Co-IMakingArtforMakingPlaceinaTransitionalCareEnvironment3. Co-IEffectsofdiningroomrenovationsPUBLICATIONS

1. HungL,LeeP,Au-YeungA.HarringanM.UsingAppreciativeInquirytoFacilitateKnowledgeTranslationinOlderAdultTertiaryMentalHealth.JournalofPsychosocialNursingandMentalHealth,(inpress)

2. ChaudhuryH,HungL,RustT,WuS.(2016).Dophysicalenvironmentalchangesmakeadifference?SupportingPerson-CentredCareatMealtimes.Dementia,publishedonlinedoi:10.1177/1471301215622839

3. HungL,ChaudhuryH,RustT.(2015).TheEffectofDiningRoomPhysicalEnvironmentalRenovationsonPerson-CenteredCarePracticeandResidents’DiningExperiencesinLong-TermCareFacilities.JournalofAppliedGerontology,publishedonlinedoi:10.1177/0733464815574094

Contacts

E-mail:

Lillian.Hung@vch.ca

Phone:

778-870-2839(SchoolofNursing,UBC)

Address:

5491WoodpeckerDr,Richmond,BC,Canada

V7E5P4

@nurselillian

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BRUNALUCHESIDepartmentofNursing,FederalUniversityofSãoCarlos,SãoCarlos-SP,Brazil

CAREERPLANEducation

Undergraduate:Nursing–FederalUniversityofSãoCarlos,Brazil(2005-2008)

MasterdegreeinNursing-FederalUniversityofSãoCarlos,Brazil(2009-2011)

PhD inNursing – Ribeirão Preto School ofNursing,University of São Paulo, Brazil

(2012-2015)

Post-doctoralfellowinNursing–FederalUniversityofSãoCarlos,Brazil(current)

Positions

Substitute teacher at the Department of Gerontology- Federal University of São

Carlos,Brazil(2011-2012)

Substitute teacher at the Department of Gerontology- Federal University of São

Carlos,Brazil(current)

RESEARCHINTERESTSMyresearchinterestsincludethestudyofelderlyindividualsandthefamilycontext.

Specifically, I am interested in studying the informal caregivers and the elderly

caregivers (peoplewho are 60 years and older and care for another person).My

previous research were developed with older people living in community and

attended by primary health care centres. Recently, I am studying the cognitive

processingandemotionrecognition. Iamalso interested inevaluatepsychological

variables of the caregivers that can influence the care context. I usually use

quantitativemethods,butIconsiderqualitativeandmixedmethodsimportanttoo.

CURRENTRESEARCHPROJECTSMy post-doctoral research aims to evaluate the cognitive processing and the

emotional recognition in a group of elderly caregivers that care for another

dependentolderperson.Iwillalsohaveacontrolgroupofolderpeoplewhoarenot

caregivers to compare the results of the evaluations. This is big project of my

research group and we are continuing a previous research named “Cognition

associatedvariablesinelderlycaregivers”.

PUBLICATIONSOliveira, N.A., Luchesi, B.M., Inouye, K., Barham, E.J. & Pavarini, S.C.I. (2015).

Assessmentoftheattitudestowardagingamongchildrenwholivewiththeelderly.

ActaPaulistadeEnfermagem,28,87-94.Luchesi, B.M., Degani, G.C., Brigola, A.G., Pavarini, S.C.I & Marques, S. (2015).

Evaluation of depressive symptoms in older caregivers. Archives of ClinicalPsychiatry,42,45-51.Luchesi,B.M.,Pavarini,S.C.I.,Viana,A.S.(2012).Cognitivealterationsoftheelderlyin home settings and the attitude of children toward aging.Revista da Escola deEnfermagemdaUSP,46,335-341.

Contacts

E-mail:bruna_luchesi@yahoo.com.br

Phone:

+5516991186518

Address:

30,AntonioGuarantini

Street,VilaNery,São

Carlos-SP,ZIP:13567-470

VictoriaMichalowskiUniversityofBritishColumbia

CAREERPLAN

I completed my BA in Psychology at UBC, and stayed on at UBC to do graduate

studies inHealthPsychology,under thesupervisionofDr.ChristianeHoppmann. I

completedtheMAportionofmyprogramin2015,andamnowworkingonmyPhD.

RESEARCHINTERESTS

I am broadly interested in healthy aging, with a focus on the role of daily life

experiences and social influences. My Master’s work addressed the role of

perceivedspousalsupportindyadiccovariationsofdailyaffectinoldercouples.For

myPhD, Iwould like to furtherexplorehowspousaldynamicsmaybe involved in

daily cognitive performance, physical activity engagement, emotional well-being,

diseaserisk,andstress.

CURRENTRESEARCHPROJECTS

Iamcurrentlycompilingandanalysingdatafromarecentstudyonhealthdynamics

in couples aged 60+, while further collecting follow up data from these same

couples togather informationon long termoutcomes. Iwillbeworkingwithdata

from a recent physical activity intervention study for older men this summer, in

order to determinewhich key psychosocial ingredientsmay bemost effective for

positiveinterventionoutcomes.Iamalsocurrentlyinvolvedinplanningastudyon

healthbehaviour(physicalactivity,fruitandvegetableconsumption)engagementof

post-strokepatientsandtheirspouses.

PUBLICATIONS

Michalowski, V. I., Hoppmann, C. A., & Gerstorf, D. (2014) Associations Between

PerceivedSupportinOlderAdultMarriagesandDyadicCo-variationsinMomentary

AffectandAches.TheJournalsofGerontology,SeriesB:PsychologicalSciencesandSocialSciences.

Hoppmann,C.A.,Michalowski,V.I.,&Gerstorf,D.(inpress)Spousalinterrelations

inphysicalandmentalhealthacrossadulthood:Alifespanpsychologicalperspective

on underlying mechanisms. In preparation for Bookwala, J. (Ed.), Couplerelationshipsinmidandlatelife:Currentperspectives.

Hoppmann, C. A., & Michalowski, V. I. (accepted) History of Biomarkers in

Geropsychology. In preparation for Pachana, N. A. (Ed.), Encyclopedia ofgeropsychology.Springer.

Contacts

E-mail:

vimic@psych.ubc.ca

Phone:

1-604-773-1814

Address:

307–950DrakeStreet,

Vancouver,BC,Canada,V6Z

2B9

CHARLOTTA NILSEN Karolinska Institutet (Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Aging Research Center (KI/SU), Stockholm, Sweden) CAREER PLAN Academic degrees 2012: Master of Science with a major in Gerontology, School of health sciences, Jönköping University. 2010: BSc, Public health science with health economics, university of Gothenburg. Current position PhD student, Aging Research Center (ARC), Karolinska Institutet (KI)/Stockholm University (SU). Previous positions 2013: Research assistant, Aging Research Center (KI/SU). Professional activities

2016: Steering committee of the doctoral education program in public health science at KI, Organizer of the PhD Network in Public Health Science in the doctoral program of Public Health Science at KI. Oral presentation at Vision, County department Stockholm, Reviewer at The Journals of Gerontology, Coordinator of Journal Clubs at ARC in the social gerontology group, Program committee for the Open House at the House of Aging Research, Poster presentation at Forte Talks. 2015: Oral presentation at ARC, Oral presentations at Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies (SLLS): 'Life Courses in Cross-National Comparison: Similarities and Differences', Dublin, Ireland, Poster presentation at the international conference Horizons for Comparative and Integrative Research on Ageing and Health. 2014: Oral presentation at The 4th IMS/CHESS Workshop: Social Determinants of Health. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oral presentation at Folkhälsovetenskapliga föreningen i Göteborg (the society of Public Health), in Gothenburg, Poster presentation at Forte Talks. 2013: Poster presentation at The 66th Annual Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America. New Orleans, Lousiana, USA. 2012: An evaluation of Prima Liv –a senior center. “Better life to the years” A project regarding health in old age in Norrahammar, Sweden. 2010: Trainee, Epidemiological Field Laboratory, Hanoi, Vietnam.

RESEARCH INTERESTS My main research interests are in social gerontology and public health science, more specific, work stress, sense of coherence, and late-life health. I have mostly conducted quantitative epidemiological research, observational studies based on large Swedish surveys with nationally representative samples. Future objectives: I would like to continue in stress research, e.g., intervention studies on stress and yoga, and/or in aging research, e.g., look more closely into the subjective perception of time in a life course perspective, or to combine my interest in music and culture with aging research.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS My PhD project is about the role of midlife work stressors in aging and health. Study I: Associations between midlife work stressors, educational attainment and late-life severe/complex health problems (mobility, cognition, and diseases/symptoms). Study II: Associations between midlife work stressors and late-life physical functioning (self-reported mobility and tests of physical

Contacts

E-mail: charlotta.nilsen@ki.se

Phone:

46-76-776-0115 (Social gerontology, ARC)

Address:

Gävlegatan 16, 113 30 Stockholm, Sweden

performance and lung function). Study III: If associations between midlife work stressors and mortality are modified by sense of coherence. Study IV: Explore if active jobs (high demands/high control) are associated with life satisfaction in old age. Keywords: work stressors, job strain model, work-life balance, sense of coherence, gender, socioeconomic position, older adults PUBLICATIONS Nilsen, C., Agahi, N., Kåreholt, I. (2016). Work stressors in late midlife and physical functioning in old age. Journal of Aging and Health. Accepted (in press.) Sindi, S., Hagman, G., Håkansson, H., Kulmala, J., Nilsen, C., Kåreholt, I., Soininen, H., Solomon, A., Kivipelto, M. (2016). Midlife work-related stress increases dementia risk in later life: The CAIDE 30-year study. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. Accepted (in press.) Nilsen, C., Andel, R., Fors, S., Meinow, B., Darin Mattsson, A., Kåreholt, I. (2014). Associations between work-related stress in late midlife, educational attainment, and serious health problems in old age: a longitudinal study with over 20 years of follow-up. BMC Public Health, 14(1), 1.

ANNA NORLANDER Dept. of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden CAREER PLAN I am a physiotherapist by training with a clinical background in specialized rehabilitation (mainly stroke rehabilitation but also other neurological, cardiovascular and orthopedic diseases). I have a master degree in Health Sciences (Work environment and health) from Lund University. In 2013, I was accepted as a PhD candidate at the department of Health Sciences, where I am now employed full-time within the research group “Active and healthy ageing” with Susanne Iwarsson as main supervisor. I am currently a little more than half way through my doctoral studies and did my mid-review in October last year. RESEARCH INTERESTS My main research interests concerns the long-term life situation of people who are ageing with stroke, with a special focus on how to promote activity and participation in important areas of life over time. CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS My ongoing PhD project is largely based on longitudinal data collected over a 10-year period with 145 Swedish stroke survivors. Making use of quantitative as well as qualitative methodology, the overarching aim is to gain knowledge and understanding about how stroke survivors can be enabled to participate in desired activities throughout life. To clarify and refine analyzes, the ICF (International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health) has been used as a conceptual framework. Two of the studies focus specifically on participation in social and leisure-related activities. After having identified long-term predictors of activity frequency, our next step is to try to understand the individual processes that affect participation over time by means of in-depth interviews with a sub-sample of the participants. PUBLICATIONS

1. Norlander A, Jönsson A, Ståhl A, Lindgren A, Iwarsson S. Activity among long-term stroke survivors. A study based on an ICF-oriented analysis of two established ADL and social activity instruments. Disability and Rehabilitation. E-publ. 05 Jan 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2015.1111437

2. Norlander A, Carlstedt E, Jönsson A, Lexell EM, Ståhl A, Lindgren A, Iwarsson S. Long-term predictors of social and leisure activity 10 years after stroke. PLoS ONE 11(2): e0149395. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149395 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0149395

Contacts

E-mail: anna.norlander@med.lu.se

Phone:

+46 (0)725-774488

Address: Box 157/Baravägen 3

SE-22100 Lund SWEDEN

ANDREAE.SCHMIDTEuropeanCentreforSocialWelfarePolicyandResearch(UN-affiliated),Vienna,AustriaCAREERPLANInmycurrentjobasaresearcherandpolicyanalystmyinterdisciplinarybackground

in socio-economics, public policy analysis (MSc Maastricht University, the

Netherlands)andhumanities(Magistraphilosophiae,Karl-FranzensUniversityGraz,

Austria) has allowed me to highlight different perspectives on designing,

implementing and evaluating social welfare policies in theory and practice.More

specifically,inthispositionIamconcernedwithtwomajortasks:

(i) developingasoundtheoreticalandempiricalunderstandingofsocialpolicy

concepts (in particular related tohealth and long-term care) usingqualitative

andquantitativemethods

(ii) providing advice about evaluation and design of social welfare policies inclosecollaborationwithpublicofficials,policy-makersandpractitioners in the

UN-ECE region (Europe and North America), and (more recently) in EU

candidate countries and beyond. My work has a strong cross-country

comparative focus, and is mainly based on multi-country survey data, or

alternativelyonathoroughanalysisofcountries’goodpractices.

Also, IamworkingonmyPhDthesisonthetopicof inequalitiesofaccessto long-

termcareservicesinacash-for-carescheme(focusingonAustria).

After finalising (foreseen 10/2016) Iwould like to remain in applied research and

further developmyprofile as a (senior) researcher, possibly also guidingothers. I

wouldliketocontinuetoworkonprojectacquisitionandbuildingnetworkswithin

the research and policy community. At the same time, I am interested in the

interdependencies between different areas of social policy analysis, such as the

social,economicandhealthimplicationsofageing.

RESEARCHINTERESTS1) Long-termcareIaminterestedintheinterplayoffamily,stateandmarketparticularlyinlong-term

care:- Market mechanisms in care policies, and cross-country comparative

analyses(macrolevel);

- Interactions of market-oriented care policies with shifting responsibilities

backtothefamily/private(mesolevel);

- Impact of these policies on balance between paid and unpaid work and

inequalities(microlevel).

2) HealthcareAlso, I would like to learn more about the meaning of migration of health care

professionals within and beyond European countries, including the social and

economicimpactthesemovementshaveforthesendingandreceivingcountries.

CURRENTRESEARCHPROJECTSMyPhD thesisdealswith inequalities in access to care services, andhowmarket-

oriented policies (especially cash-for-care schemes) influence this access for

differentgroupsofolderpeople.Ifocusonintersectinggenderandsocio-economic

inequalitiesintheuseofcareinthecommunity.

In addition, one of my current research projects aims to highlight inequalities in

ageing experiences for older people, by comparing different indicators commonly

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HEREContacts

E-mail:andrea.e.schmidt@gmail.com

Phone:

0043-650-9119053(EuropeanCentreforSocial

WelfarePolicyandResearch,

Health&CareDepartment)

Address:

Berggasse17,A-1090Vienna

usedtomeasure‘activeageing’andcomplementingtheanalysiswithabreakdownby socio-economic status and gender, aswell aswith a life course perspective. Alarge-scale previous EU project (FP-7) I participated in focused on cross-bordermovementsofhealthandsocialcareprofessionalswithinEuropeancountries.PUBLICATIONS- Schmidt,A.E.(2016).Analysingtheimportanceofolderpeople’sresourcesfortheuseofhomecareinacash-for-carescheme:EvidencefromVienna.HealthandSocialCareintheCommunity,DOI:10.1111/hsc.12334(earlyview)- Schmidt,A.E.,Winkelmann,J.,Leichsenring,K.&Rodrigues,R.(2016).Lessonsforregulatinginformalmarketsandimplicationsforqualityassurance–thecaseofmigrantcareworkersinAustria.Ageing&Society,36(4),741-763.- Zaidi, A., Gasior, K., Zolyomi, E., Schmidt, A, Rodrigues, R. & Marin, B.(forthcoming).MeasuringactiveageinginEurope.JournalofEuropeanSocialPolicy(acceptedforpublication).

LinneaSjöbergAgingResearchCenter,DepartmentofNeurobiology,CareSciencesandSociety,KarolinskaInstitutetandStockholmUniversityCAREERPLANIhaveobtainedaMasterofMedicalSciencewithaMajor inPublicHealthSciencewith Health Economics from University of Gothenburg in 2010. I am currentlyemployed as a PhD student at the Aging Research Center (ARC) at KarolinskaInstitutet and StockholmUniversity. I havepreviously beenworking as a researchassistant at the Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Research Unit (EPINEP) at theDepartmentofPsychiatryandNeurochemistry,UniversityofGothenburg.RESEARCHINTERESTSMy primary research interests involve psychiatric epidemiology. In detail, I aminterestedtostudythedevelopmentandprogressionofdepressioninoldage. CURRENTRESEARCHPROJECTSThe title of my doctoral project is: “Using a life-course approach to betterunderstanddepression inolderage”.Theoverall aimof thisdoctoralproject is toestimate the prevalence of depression in old age, and identify risk factors,consequences and secular changes of depression in late adulthood from a life-course perspective. I have also been involved in a national research project onsuicidalthoughtsinlate-lifeandaresearchprojectondepressiontreatmentinolderadults.Inaddition,Iamalsoinvolvedinresearchprojectsondepressivesymptomsand risk of cognitive decline, the impact of BDNF on global cognition in late-lifedepression,andonsleepandriskofdementia.PUBLICATIONSSjöberg,L.,Östling,S.,Falk,H.,Sundh,V.,Waern,M.,Skoog,I.

Secular changes in the relationbetween social factors anddepression.A studyoftwobirth cohortsof Swedish septuagenarians followed for5 years. JAffectDisor,150(2),245.-52.

Contacts

E-mail:linnea.sjoberg@ki.se

Address:AgingResearchCenter

(ARC)Gävlegatan16

11330Stockholm

Davide Liborio, VETRANO - Dept. of Geriatrics, Neurosciences and Orthopaedics. Catholic University

of Rome, Italy.

- Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

CAREER PLAN - 08/2015-Now: PhD student in Geriatric Epidemiology at Karolinska Institute – Stockholm – Sweden. - 07/2011-2016: Fellow in Geriatric Medicine. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC) – Rome, Italy. - 03/2011 Joined the Italian Medical Board (N° AG 4301). - 07/2010 Graduation in Medicine (110\110 cum laude) UCSC – Rome. - 07/2004 Scientific High School (98\100). RESEARCH INTERESTS Geriatrics, Geriatric Syndromes, Multimorbidity, Frailty, Functional decline of elderly, Multidimensional assessment instruments, Sarcopenia and body composition, Pharmaco-epidemiology, Echocardiography, Non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS (max. 100 words) The title of my current PhD project is “Occurrence And Impact Of Cardiovascular And Neuro-Psychiatric Multimorbidity In Older Adults”. Multimorbidity - the occurrence of two or more diseases in the same person - is the most common condition in the elderly (3 out of 4 individuals). Chronic diseases do not occur randomly but according to specific patters, and the cardiovascular and the neuro-psychiatric patterns have been shown to be the most frequent ones. The overall goal of the project is to better characterize the cardiovascular and neuro-psychiatric multimorbidity (2+ cardiovascular or 2+ neuro-psychiatric diseases), by exploring their occurrence, development, and prognosis in the elderly population. In the past I took part to studies about polypharmacy in nursing home, sarcopenia and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson disease (please, see the link below for more details). PUBLICATIONS Vetrano DL, Pisciotta MS, Lo Monaco MR, Onder G, Laudisio A, Brandi V, La Carpia D, Guglielmo M, Nacchia A, Fusco D, Ricciardi D, Bentivoglio AR, Bernabei R, Zuccalà G. Association of depressive symptoms with circadian blood pressure alterations in Parkinson's disease. J Neurol. 2015 Nov;262(11):2564-71. Vetrano DL, Landi F, Volpato S, Corsonello A, Meloni E, Bernabei R, Onder G. Association of sarcopenia with short- and long-term mortality in older adults admitted to acute care wards: results from the CRIME study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2014 Sep;69(9):1154-61. Vetrano DL, Tosato M, Colloca G, Topinkova E, Fialova D, Gindin J, van der Roest HG, Landi F, Liperoti R, Bernabei R, Onder G; SHELTER Study. Polypharmacy in nursing home residents with severe cognitive impairment: results from the SHELTER Study. Alzheimers Dement. 2013 Sep;9(5):587-93. Complete list at: http://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.proxy.kib.ki.se/pubmed/?term=vetrano+dl

Contacts

E-mail: davidevetrano@gmail.com

Phone:

+39 349 2855767

Address:

Vetegatan, 4

lgh 1003

118 59 Stockholm

LindsayWallace DalhousieUniversity

CAREERPLANIhavehadtheprivilegeofdiverseexperiences inresearch,whichhave fuelledmypassion and narrowed my focus as my research interests have evolved. As anundergraduate(BScPsychology,DalhousieUniversity) Icompletedan independentresearch study investigating frailty as a moderating factor betweenneuropathological features of Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive performance in atransgenicmousemodel ofAlzheimer’s. After graduating I continued in the samelab as a research assistant and had the opportunity to work on various projectsinvestigating thecontributionsof frailty, social vulnerability,andother risk factorstoadversehealthoutcomes,suchascardiovasculardisease,depression,dementia,andmortality.Duringthistime,Ialsoworkedasaclinicaldatacollectiontechnicianat theCanadianLongitudinalStudyonAging.There Ihad theopportunity toworkdirectlywitholderadults,helpingmebetterunderstandhowindividualsexperiencethe emotional, behavioural, and clinical aspects of aging. As I became moreinterestedintechniquestoassessthedevelopmentandprogressionofAlzheimer’sdisease, I began a Master’s degree in Neuroscience at McGill where my thesisproject was a functional neuroimaging study (fMRI) investigating the impact offamilyhistoryofAlzheimer’sdiseaseonneuralcorrelatesofcontextmemory.Thisproject ledme todeeply considerhowpeoplemove through trajectoriesof brainchangesthateventuallyleadtoAlzheimer’sdiseaseandtherefore,IshapedmyPhD(Neuroscience,Epidemiology,DalhousieUniversity )projectaroundunderstandingthecomplexityofneurodegenerativediseaseandinvestigatingthedevelopmentofAlzheimer’sinthecontextoffrailty.RESEARCHINTERESTSGenerally, I am interested in understanding how modifiable risk factors such asfrailtymayplayaroleindementiaexpressionamongolderadults.Thisisfascinatingfromascientificandacademicperspective,butequallyasmotivatingistheprospectofincreasingqualityoflifeforthosewhosufferfromdementiaandtheirfamilies.Ifwecanimproveunderstandingofhowdementia,specificallyAlzheimer’sdiseaseasthemost common form of dementia, arises and develops, we can adjust care toimprovelengthandqualityoflife.CURRENTRESEARCHPROJECTSMy doctoral study will revolve around understanding the relationship betweenfrailtyandneuropathology inthecontextofdementiaexpression.The logic isthatdementia arises in advanced age and this cannot be ignored when trying tounderstand the mechanisms of development. The research aims to meet threeobjectives: 1) to review the literature on the relationship between frailty andAlzheimer’sdisease,2)touseexistinglongitudinaldatatoinvestigatethetemporalrelationship between frailty, biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease and cognitivedecline, and 3) to improve assessment of frailty in older adults with cognitiveimpairment.

PUBLICATIONSWallace L, Howlett S. Commentary: Age-related neurodegenerative diseaseresearchneedsagingmodels.FrontiersinAgingNeuroscience,2016(Inpress).

Wallace L, Theou O, Pena F, Rockwood K, Andrew M. Social vulnerability as apredictor of mortality and disability: Cross-country differences in the Survey of

Contacts

E-mail:lindsay.wallace@dal.ca

Phone:

1-902-473-6866(Medicine,Dalhousie)

Address:

5955VeteransMemoriallnHalifax,NS.B3H2E1

Health,Aging, andRetirement inEurope (SHARE).AgingClinicalandExperimentalResearch,2014,1-8,doi:10.1007/s40520-014-0271-6

WallaceL,TheouO,RockwoodM,KirklandS,ShimboD,DavidsonK,RockwoodK.The accumulation of non-traditional risk factors predicts coronary heart diseaseevents.PLOSONE2014,doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090475

AstriddeWindVUUniversityMedicalCenter,DepartmentofPublicandOccupationalHealth,Amsterdam,TheNetherlandsCAREERPLANAstrid de Wind was born on May 30th, 1984 in Leiden (The Netherlands). ShecompletedhersecondaryeducationatStedelijkGymnasiumLeidenin2002.In2003AstridstartedstudyingPsychologyattheErasmusUniversityRotterdam,wheresheobtained a master’s degree in Industrial- and Organizational Psychology in 2008.After earning this degree she followed the Advanced Research Program at theFaculty of Social Sciences of the Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2009-2010. In2011AstridstartedherPhDprojectattheDepartmentofPublicandOccupationalHealthoftheVUUniversityMedicalCenterandtheDepartmentWork,HealthandCare of the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO. Shedefended her thesis in April 2016. During her PhD project she followed thePostgraduateEpidemiologyProgramatEpidM,VUUniversityMedicalCenter,wheresheobtainedamaster’sdegreeinEpidemiologyin2014.Inaddition,Astridfollowedthe University Teaching Programme at the VU University, where she obtained aUniversityTeachingQualificationin2015.DuringherPhDprojectAstridgaveseveralguest lectures at the master course Work and Health (Work and OrganizationalPsychology,VUUniversity)andthebachelorcourseHealth@Work(HealthSciences,VUUniversity).In2014AstridvisitedtheNationalResearchCentrefortheWorkingEnvironment in Copenhagen (Denmark) several times to work on a study aboutwork,healthandretirement.AsofSeptember2015AstridworksasapostdoctoralresearcherattheVUUniversityMedicalCenterwithintheDepartmentofPublicandOccupationalHealth.Herresearchfocusesontherelationbetweenhealthandworkparticipation.RESEARCHINTERESTSAstrid is interested in questions on the intersection of work and health, with aspecialinterestinageingworkers.Herresearchmainlyfocusesondeterminantsandconsequences of workforce participation. In future, Astrid wants to continue herresearch on the relation between work and health in changing labour marketconditions and in ageing societies. Astrid is intrigued by questionswith regard todeterminants and consequences of prolonged working. She worries aboutvulnerablegroupsofworkers thatwill arise inageing societies,especiallyworkerswithchronicdiseasesandworkerswhoneedtocombineworkwith informalcare.Astridbelievesthatamulti-andinterdisciplinaryperspectiveisessential.CURRENTRESEARCHPROJECTSInherPhDprojectAstridstudieddeterminantsofandmechanismsunderlyingearlyretirementandworkingbeyond retirement.Her thesis showed that the transitionfrom work to early retirement is influenced by various domains, i.e. health, jobcharacteristics,skillsandknowledge,andsocialandfinancialfactors.Inherpostdocprojectshecontinuesherresearchbyfocusingonworkforceparticipationofolderworkerswithchronicdiseases.PUBLICATIONSDeWind,A,Geuskens,GA,Ybema,JF,Bongers,PM,&VanderBeek,AJ(2015).Theroleofability,motivation,andopportunity towork in the transition fromwork toearlyretirement�TestingandoptimizingtheEarlyRetirementModel.ScandinavianJournalofWork,Environment&Health.41(1):24�35

Contacts

E-mail:a.dewind@vumc.nl

Phone:

+31(0)204449644(Dept.ofPublicand

OccupationalHealth,VUUniversityMedicalCenter)

Address:

VanderBoechorststraat71081BTAmsterdamTheNetherlands

DeWind,A,Geuskens,GA,Ybema,JF,Blatter,BM,Burdorf,A,Bongers,PM,&Van

derBeek,AJ(2014).Health,jobcharacteristics,skills,andsocialandfinancialfactors

in relation to early retirement � Results from a longitudinal study in the

Netherlands.ScandinavianJournalofWork,Environment&Health.40(2):186�194

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DeWind,A,Geuskens,GA, Reeuwijk, KG,Westerman,MJ, Ybema, JF, Burdorf, A,

Bongers,PM,&VanderBeek,AJ(2013).Pathwaysthroughwhichhealthinfluences

earlyretirement:aqualitativestudy.BMCPublicHealth,13:292;doi:10.1186/1471-

2458-13-292.