Past Seminars - 2006

Month

Date

Speaker

Stigma as a Barrier to Sexually Transmitted Infections Care in Older African Americans
Bronwen Lichtenstein, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
College of Arts and Sciences
The University of Alabama
 

The Differential Impact of Race/Ethnicity on Hospice Discharge Patterns
Jullet A. Davis, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Management and Marketing
Culverhouse College of Commerce and
Business Administration
The University of Alabama
 

Identifying the Special Needs of Aging Prisoners:
A New Frontier for Research and Practice
Ronald H. Aday, PhD
Interim Department Chair
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
College of Liberal Arts
Middle Tennessee State University
 

The Alabama REACH Demonstration Project: Helping Families Living with Alzheimer’s Disease
Louis D. Burgio, PhD
Distinguished Research Professor
Center for Mental Health and Aging
Bettina Schmid, MS
Department of Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
The University of Alabama
 

Strategies for Promoting Cultural Competence in Research and Clinical Practice with Older Adults
Martha Crowther, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Behavior
School of Public Health
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
 

The Role of the Home Environment in Supporting Well-being in Functionally Vulnerable Older Adults: Results from a Randomized Trial
Laura N. Gitlin, PhD
Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy
Director, Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health
Jefferson College of Health Professions
Thomas Jefferson University
 

The Family Matters Project: Racial/Ethnic Differences in End-of-Life Decision Making Between Patients and their Proxies
Rebecca S. Allen, PhD
Associate Professor
Co-Director, Administrative Core
Center for Mental Health and Aging
for Bettina Schmid, PhD
Department of Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
The University of Alabama
 

Cooperative Pain Assessment Intervention (CPAIN) Pilot: Outcomes and Process Evaluation
A. Lynn Snow, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Recruitment Core
Center for Mental Health and Aging
Department of Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
The University of Alabama
 

Impact of Respite Care on the Sleep of People with Dementia and their Primary Caregivers
Kevin Morgan, PhD
Professor of Gerontology
Department of Human Sciences,
Sleep Research Center
Loughborough University
United Kingdom
 

End-of-Life Issues (TBA)
Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Palliative Care
Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
 

Cognitive Functioning and Late-Life Transitions: Implications for Public Health
Lisa McGuire, PhD
Health Scientist
Division of Adult and Community Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 

A Longitudinal Study of Quality of Care and Financial Performance of Florida Nursing Homes
Robert Weech-Maldonado, MBA,  PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Health Services
Research, Management, and Policy
College of Public Health and Health Professions
University of Florida