CAPS Director of Research Karen Fingerman was quoted in a February 12, 2004 article in The New York Times ("Parents Are Highly Involved in Their Adult Children’s Lives, and Fine With It.") Dr. Fingerman studies adult development and aging with research focused on social and emotional processes across adulthood, health and well-being.

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Congratulations to CAPS Faculty Affiliates Lisa Neff and Marci Gleason on their NSF grant that is set to start in May titled: “The costs and benefits of an empty nest: A longitudinal study of couples." 

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New NIA Approved Concepts, Job Opportunities, Funding Opportunities, and More from NIA's Division of Behavioral and Social Research: February 2024

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Cognitive Aging Summit IV in Rockville, Maryland on March 20, 2024 - March 21, 2024. Convened by the National Institute on Aging and made possible by the McKnight Brain Research Foundation through a generous grant to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, the two-day meeting will feature presentations and discussions on promising areas of research investigating age-related brain and cognitive changes.

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IAPHS’ Upcoming Online Events

A People First Approach To Government And The Right To Health

March 7, 2024

12:00PM-1:00PM EST

Enhancing Productivity In Population Health Science

March 21, 2024

12:00PM-1:00PM EST

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The 35th REVES meeting May 22-24, 2024 at the Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia.

Hosted by the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and the Institute of Aging, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.

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2024 Annual Emotional Well-Being (EWB) Investigator Meeting on March 18, 2024. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) welcomes researchers and the public to attend the livestreamed open session to learn about six EWB research networks and their efforts to advance the science of EWB, and to discuss remaining research gaps and opportunities. In addition, Eric Garland, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, University of Utah will present the keynote titled, “Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement Builds Emotional Well-being by Restructuring Reward, Meaning, and Self.” The meeting allows ample time for participants to submit questions to the speakers.

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