Innovations in Aging

Your host Jon Kevan is joined by Dr. Jeannie K Lee, Assistant Dean of Student Services and an Associate Professor in the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy at the University of Arizona. They discuss key challenges and opportunity for pharmacists working with older adults today, technology that can support older adults, and tips for professional communication. To learn more about the University of Arizona Innovations in Aging graduate program, visit innovationsinaging.uahs.arizona.edu.

Your host Jon Kevan, MEd, is joined by David Beyda, MD, chair and professor of the Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanism and director of Global Health Programs at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. They discuss ethics in the medical field and the importance of autonomy and personhood for people of all ages. To learn more about the University of Arizona Innovations in Aging graduate program, visit innovationsinaging.uahs.arizona.edu.

Your hosts Jon Kevan and Lauren Erdelyi sit down with Dr. Jennie Gubner, professor at the University of Arizona School of Music, and Dr. Yumi Shirai, professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Department of Family and Community Medicine, who together are leading the development of a graduate interdisciplinary program in applied intercultural arts research. This episode discusses intergenerational relationships, caregivers and their experience working with older adults, and the important connection between music and touch.  To learn more about the University of Arizona Innovations in Aging graduate program, visit innovationsinaging.uahs.arizona.edu.

Your hosts Jon Kevan and Lauren Erdelyi sit down with Dr. Lisa O'Neill, assistant professor in medicine and associate director of research in education at the University of Arizona Center on Aging to discuss elder abuse, adult protective services, organized crime, and common scams for older adults. To learn more about the University of Arizona Innovations in Aging graduate program, visit innovationsinaging.uahs.arizona.edu.

Your hosts Jon Kevan and Lauren Erdelyi sit down with Dr. Amanda Sokan, assistant professor for the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and Arizona Geriatric Society 2020 Gerontologist of the year, to discuss what it means to her to be a gerontologist. __ To learn more about the University of Arizona Innovations in Aging graduate program, visit innovationsinaging.uahs.arizona.edu.

Your hosts Jon Kevan and Lauren Erdelyi sit down with Dr. Linda Phillips, senior director of research and innovation at the Arizona Center on Aging and chair of the University of Arizona Innovations in Aging graduate program, to discuss topics ranging from youth culture and the retirement age, to demographic changes and the impacts of the global pandemic on older adults. __ To learn more about the University of Arizona Health Sciences Innovations in Aging graduate program, visit innovationsinaging.uahs.arizona.edu. This podcast is brought to you by University of Arizona Health Sciences Global and Online.