-
Dr. Kenneth Watkin, director of the Center on Health, Aging, and Disability, and AHS Dean Tanya Gallagher (r) talk with University of Illinois Chancellor Phyllis Wise before the symposium gets underway.
-
More than 150 people attended the symposium.
-
Chancellor Phyllis Wise celebrated the composition of the audience...
-
...which represented the University, practitioners, and the community.
-
Dr. Susan Kohrt of the University of Colorado discussed factors that contribute to healthy aging.
-
Dr. Kenneth Wilund of the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health presented his research on advanced kidney disease, which he described as a model of accelerated aging.
-
Speech and Hearing Science professor Dr. Fatima Husain focuses on tinnitus in her research.
-
Chelsey Byers, an adult life and aging educator with University of Illinois Extension, talked about the Live Well, Be Well program, designed to optimize the quality of life for people with chronic illnesses.
-
Dr. Arthur Kramer, a professor of psychology and director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, discussed strategies for enhancing cognitive health in aging.
-
The symposium concluded with a poster session, Here, kinesiology graduate students Amanda Szabo and Thomas Wojcicki