The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Center for Equity in Aging brings a wide range of activities aimed at advancing research in areas across the life course.  

Working Groups and Seminars

• Intervention Working Group

• The Issue Is…Seminar Series

• Contextual Factors Working Group

• Palliative Care Working Group

• Caregiving Research, Policy, and Practice Group

• Collaborative on Caregiving Science Across the Lifecourse (CSAL) 

Intervention Working Group
During monthly intervention working group sessions, a convener presents key issues related to their own intervention development and receives feedback from the group. Issues such as ways to effectively partner with community groups, novel study designs, and ways of developing intervention protocols are examples of topics that have been covered. Faculty and pre and post-doctoral and from other institutions are welcome to participate.
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
When: Third Thursday of the Month
Contact: agingcenter@jhu.edu

Leaders: Quincy Samus and Kelly Gleason

The Issue Is…Seminar Series
Our monthly “Issue Is… “ seminar series provides a forum for high-level and engaging discussions on research across the life course. Each month, a convener articulates a key issue related to aging, palliative care or health equity and leads the discussion. Participants include faculty and pre- and post-doctoral fellows from various disciplines.
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
When: Third Tuesday of the month. 
Contact: [email protected]

Leaders: Laura Samuel and Janiece Taylor

Contextual Factors Working Group (in conjunction with Lipitz Center and HEADS)  
The Contextual Factors in aging and long term services and supports research working group shares use of neighborhood level, composite deprivation indices, or other contextual data in the study of aging research. Researchers and trainees share current projects and new methods and data sources to advance research activities and build collaboration across Johns Hopkins and with researchers in other institutions.
Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM
When: First Thursday of the Month
Contact: [email protected]

Palliative Care Working Group
The Palliative Care Working Group is a space for Doctoral Students and Faculty to nurture academic partnerships, develop creative solutions to research challenges, and collaboratively contribute to the science of palliative care through publications and professional events.
Time: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM
When: Third Thursday of the Month
Contact: [email protected]

Leaders: Rebecca Wright and Soo Hyun Kim

Caregiving Research, Policy, and Practice Group
The Caregiving Research, Policy, and Practice Group is a monthly working group convened in partnership with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The goal of the group is to build community around caregiving research focused on policy and practice.
When: Thursday afternoons
Contact: [email protected]

Collaborative on Caregiving Science Across the Lifecourse (CSAL) 

Collaborative on Caregiving Science Across the Lifecourse (CSAL) 
In partnership with the Family Caregiving Collaborative at the University of Utah, our goal of CSAL is to foster high quality and innovative research on caregiving across the lifecourse by promoting new research partnerships and helping to train the next generation of caregiving researchers. Our current main activities are monthly speaker series with leading scholars in caregiving science. Faculty and pre and post-doctoral who are interested in caregiving science are welcome to participate. 
Time: TBD
When: TBD
Contact: [email protected]

Consultative Assistance

Data Analyst Support

Need assistance with data analysis for a project or paper you are working on? Reach out to [email protected].

Human-Centered Design

Interested in learning more about how you can incorporate human-centered design practices into your work? All Johns Hopkins Nursing School affiliates are welcome to schedule 1:1 appointments with the Design Strategy Manager, Kennedy McDaniel. 

Podcasts 

Dr. Sarah Szanton and Dr. Deidra Crews talk with scientists, policy experts, entrepreneurs, and advocates, seeking to understand aging across the lifespan and health inequities with aging. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

 

 

Hosted by Dr. Bonnielin Swenor and Dr. Nicholas Reed, the Included Podcast delves deep into issues of disability equity. Included looks at disability issues, like voting and healthcare, from personal, advocacy, and research perspectives. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.