Lectures

November 4: Normal Aging in the 21st Century: Contributions from Lifespan Developmental Psychology and Implications for Public Health: Ilene C. Siegler, PhD, MPH, Duke University

10:00-11:30 am, Sims 3rd Floor Atrium

Free and open to the public. Light refreshments served.

Sponsored by the College of Human Ecology Research Center & the Family Issues Network, a group of SU faculty, staff, and students interested in teaching, research, service and policy development related to children and families.

Dr. Siegler is a Senior Research Scientist at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill's Institute on Aging and at the University of Georgia's Gerontology Center. She is Director of the UNC Alumni Heart Study, a prospective epidemiologic study of 5,000 individuals who attended UNC in the 1960s and have been followed to understand how they have aged from 40 to 60. Dr. Siegler's studies the role of personality in understanding health and disease at midlife, developmental psychology and behavioral epidemiology, and racial differences in emotional responses to caregiving.

For more information, College of Human Ecology Research Center, 315/443-9233. 

Classes

November 10: Lifelong Learning Institute class, Tapas Demonstration, Chef Mary Ann Kiernan.