ACRM Conference
October 29, 2015
Maintaining Cognitive Well-Being with Age: The Role of Social and Cognitive Engagement
2015
- Invited Speaker, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, Neuroscience Teaching Day, New Orleans, LA (March 2015)
- Invited Speaker, Coglunch talk, University of California at Riverside, Ontario, CA (March 2015)
- Invited Speaker, Innovations for Successful Aging, “Maintaining Cognitive Vitality with Age: The Synapse Project” and “Looking into the Aging Mind: What do Depositions of Plaques and Tangles Mean in Healthy Adults Studied in Vivo?”, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (February 2015)
- Invited Speaker, Callier Center of UT Dallas, “The Scaffolding Theory of the Aging Mind”, Dallas, TX (February 2015)
- Invited Speaker, Bent Tree Garden Club, “The Science of the Aging Mind: Predicting your Future From Your Present performance”, Dallas, TX (February 2015)
- Invited Speaker, Dallas Women’s Club, Mary Kay Craig Class, “Building a Healthy Mind for Life”, Dallas, TX (February 2015)
- Invited Speaker, Psychiatry Continuing Education, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, “Detecting Preclinical Dementia”, Dallas, TX (January 2015)
2014
- Invited Speaker, Mild Cognitive Impairment Symposium, "Beta Amyloid Deposition in Very Healthy Adults: Risk Factors and Cognitive Consequences", Miami, FL (January 2014)
- Invited Speaker, Center for Vital Longevity Science Symposium, “The Synapse Project: Does Sustained Engagement in Challenging Activities Improve Cognitive and Neural Function in Older Adults”, Dallas, TX (January 2014)
- Invited Speaker, "Fragile Minds: Protecting the Aging Mind with Neural Scaffolds", Rice University, Houston, TX (January 2014)
- Invited Speaker, Indo-US Workshop on Cognitive Reserve in Dementia and Aphasia, "The Adaptive Brain: Aging and Neurocognitive Scaffolding", Hyderabad, India (February 2014)
- Invited Speaker, International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium Conference, "Cultural Neuroscience of the Perceptual Brain”, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (April 2014)
- Invited Speaker, Multimodal Neuroimaging Training Program, “Brain Plasticity and the Scaffolding Theory”, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (June 2014)
- Invited Speaker, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2014, “Effects of in vivo amyloid burden on cognition in a healthy adults aged 30 to 89: Initial longitudinal results across 3.5 years from the Dallas Lifespan Brain Study”, Copenhagen, Denmark (July 2014)
- Invited Speaker, 2014 International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium Conference, “Culture Sculpts the Brain”, Washington, DC (September 2014)
- Invited Speaker, Leadership Richardson Alumni Association Leadership Series, The Dynamic Aging Mind, “New Thoughts about Old Minds: New Research Techniques Lead to New Ideas”, Richardson, TX (November 2014)
- Invited Speaker, “Reinventing Your Aging Mind: Results of the Synapse Project”, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (November 2014)
- Invited Keynote Speaker, Perceptual Expertise Network, “Aging and neural dedifferentiation of the ventral visual cortex.” Dallas, TX (December 2014)
- Invited Speaker, UTD Office of Research, “Responsible Conduct of Research”, Richardson, TX (December 2014)
2013
- Introductory Address, Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference, Dallas, TX (January 2013)
- Invited Speaker, Alzheimer’s Association MindShare Lecture, Dallas, TX (April 2013)
- Invited Speaker, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA (June 2013)
- Invited Speaker, Summer Institute in Cultural Neuroscience, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (July 2013)
- Invited Speaker, American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI (August 2013)
- Invited Speaker, International Normal Aging and Plasticity Imaging Center Workshop, Zurich, Switzerland (September 2013)
- Invited Speaker, Alzheimer’s Women’s Association for Resources and Education (A.W.A.R.E.), Dallas, TX (September 2013)
- Invited Speaker, APS Presents: Diabetes, Obesity and the Brain, Washington, DC (October 2013)
- Invited Speaker, Center for Neuroregenerative Medicine, Washington, DC (October 2013)
- Invited Speaker, Health Literacy Research Conference, Washington, DC (October 2013)
2012
- Keynote Address, Geriatric Psychiatry Meeting, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX (February 2012).
- Invited Speaker, Institute for Successful Longevity Seminar, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (February 2012)
- Keynote Address, Leading Age Texas Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX (May 2012)
- Invited Speaker, Harvard Club of Dallas (Petroleum Club), Dallas, TX (May 2012)
- Keynote Address, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland (September 2012)
- Distinguished Lecture, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany (September 2012)
- Invited Speaker, LIFE Conference, University of Virginia Institute on Aging, Wintergreen, VA (October 2012)
- Invited Speaker, FPR-UCLA Conference on Culture, Mind, and Brain: Emerging Concepts, Methods, Applications, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (October 2012)
- Invited Speaker, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (November 2012)
2011
- Invited Speaker, The Communities Foundation of Texas, Dallas, TX (January 2011).
- Speaker at the Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference, Dallas, TX (February 2011).
- Invited Speaker, International Psychological Society, Boston, MA (February 2011).
- Invited Speaker, The American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C. (February 2011).
- Invited Speaker, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (March 2011).
- Invited Speaker, Executive Women International, Dallas Chapter, Arlington, TX (March 2011).
- Invited Speaker, The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, San Antonio, TX (March 2011).
- Invited Speaker, Retired Physicians of Dallas, Dallas, TX (March 2011).
- Invited Speaker, Susan M. Resnick Lab at the NIA, Baltimore, MD (April 2011).
- Invited Speaker, The Copper Institute, Dallas, TX (April 2011).
- Invited Speaker, National Institute of Health, Baltimore, MD (June 2011).
- Invited Speaker, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. MI (July 2011).
- Invited Speaker, American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C. (August 2011).
- Invited Speaker, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX (September 2011).
- Invited Speaker, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (September 2011).
- Invited Speaker,Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (October 2011).
- Invited Speaker, Society of Experimental and Social Psychology, Washington, D.C. (October 2011).
- Invited Speaker, Highland Park High School, Dallas, TX (October 2011).
- Invited Speaker, Morgan Stanley, Dallas, TX (November 2011).
- Invited Speaker, Alzheimer’s Association Dallas Chapter, Dallas, TX (November 2011).
- Invited Speaker, Addison Rotary Club, Addison, TX (November 2011).
- Invited Speaker, Bethesda Women’s Health Initiative, Bethesda, MD (November 2011).
- Invited Speaker, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (December 2011).
- Invited Speaker, The Cooper Institute, Dallas, TX (December 2011).
2000
- Human Factors Interventions for the Health Care of Older Adults, Destin, FL.
- Arthritis Foundation 2000 Advocacy Summit, Washington, D.C.
- Cognitive Aging Conference 2000, Atlanta, GA.
- Perspectives on Human Memory and Cognitive Aging – A Festschrift in Honor of Fergus Craik, Toronto, Canada.
- 108th Convention of the American Psychological Association. Washington, D.C.
- National Institutes of Health Behavioral and Social Sciences Seminar Series,
- Bethesda, MD.
2001
- New Frontiers in Cognitive Aging, Whistler, BC Canada.
- FAME 2001~Chicago Fibromyalgia Conference, Chicago, IL.
- Impact of Technology on Successful Aging, State College, PA.
- The Roybal Center Director’s Meeting, Miami, FL.
- 109th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association “Healthy Minds: Mental Vitality Across the Lifespan.” San Francisco, CA.
2002
- American Psychological Association 2002 Convention, Chicago, IL.
- University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
- 2002 Conference on “Following Your Doctor’s Instructions: Cognitive and Social
- Psychological Perspectives,” St. Petersburg, FL.
- Cognition in Context Workshop, Bethesda, MD.
- Symposium on Neuroscience, Aging & Cognition, San Francisco, CA.
- Cognitive Aging Conference 2002, Atlanta, GA.
- National Institute on Aging, Cognition in Context Workshop, Rockville, MD.
- 2002 Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
XXV International Congress of Applied Psychology, Singapore
2003
- Invited Award Address at the American Psychological Association for Distinguished Contributions to the Psychology of Aging, Toronto .
- Lecture on cultural psychology at Harvard University.
- Lecture on Cognitive Function and Aging at NIH Sleep Disorders Conference.
- Keynote Speaker; Albion College Student Research Conference.
- Lecture on Cognition and Fibromyalgia at NIH Chronic Fatigue Conference.
- Lecture on Culture and Cognition at NIH Executive Function Conference.
- Lecturer at the National Institute on Aging Summer Institute Conference for Young Scientists, Duluth, MN.
2004
- Keynote speaker, Minnesota Gerontological Society.
- Invited Lecture, University of Geneva.
- Invited Lecture, University of Zurich.
- Invited Lecture, the Rand Institute, Santa Monica, CA.
- State of the Art Lecture, The 28th International Congress of Psychology, Beijing.
- Invited Speaker, Social Structures Conference, State College, PA
- Invited Speaker, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
- Invited Speaker, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
- Invited Speaker, International Conference on Aging, Cognition and Neuroscience, Madrid, Spain.
2005
- Congressional Testimony on Consumer Warnings before Senate Committee on Aging.
- Invited Speaker, Duke University.
- Invited Speaker, Yale University.
- Invited Speaker, Stanford University.
- Invited Speaker, Rutgers University.
- Invited Address, American Psychological Association.
- Invited Speaker, Developing Cognitive Science, A*Star: Singapore .
2006
- Invited Speaker, Dartmouth College.
- Invited Speaker, Princeton University.
- Invited Speaker, University of Virginia.
- Invited Speaker, “Mind the Gap” Conference on Medicare D, Berkeley, CA.
- Invited Speaker, “Surgeon General’s Conference on Health Literacy,” Washington D.C.
- Invited Speaker, “Center for Brain Health,” Dallas, Texas.
- Invited Speaker, Posit Science, San Francisco, CA.
- Invited Speaker, American Psychological Society, New York, NY.
- Invited Speaker, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, Austria.
- Invited Speaker, Society for Psychophyisological Research, Vancouver, B.C.
- Invited Speaker, NIH Center for Scientific Review, Washington D.C.
- Invited Speaker, University of Iowa.
- Talks at Gerontological Society, Society for Neuroscience, Psychonomics Society.
2007
- Invited Speaker, Paul Baltes Memorial, Berlin, Germany.
- Invited Speaker, University of Virginia, Paul Baltes Memorial, Charlottesville, VA.
- Invited Speaker, St. Mary’s College, Marysville, MD.
- Invited Speaker, Center for Health Literacy, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL.
- Invited Speaker, Cognitive Aging Summit, Washington D.C.
2008
- Invited Speaker, University of Alberta in Edmonton.
- Invited Speaker, Culture and Cognition Seminar, University of Michigan.
- Keynote Speaker, Spanish Neuroscience Meeting in San Sebastian, Spain.
- Invited Speaker, 8th Annual Meeting of Women in Cognitive Science, Chicago, IL.
2009
- Invited Speaker, The Baycrest Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Canada.
- Invited Speaker, the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
- Invited Speaker, Berlin, Germany.
- Invited Speaker, The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Paris, France.
- Invited Speaker, Nathan Shock Brain Aging Conference, San Antonio, TX.
- Invited Speaker, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
- Invited Speaker, Alzheimer’s Association, Dallas, TX.
2010
- Speaker at the Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference, Dallas, TX (January 2010).
- Invited Speaker, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA (February 2010).
- Invited Speaker, The Exercise Institute, Dallas, TX (March 2010).
- Invited Speaker, Tsukuba International Congress Center, Tsukuba, Japan (March 2010).
- Invited Speaker, Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, MI (April 2010).
- Invited Speaker, The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (April 2010).
- Invited Speaker,The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC (April 2010).
- Invited Speaker, the University of Texas at Dallas School of Management Alumni at Maggianos, Dallas, TX (May 2010).
- Invited Speaker, The Summer Institute for Cultural Neuroscience, Ann Arbor, MI (July 2010).
- Invited Speaker, The University of Texas at Dallas School of Management (September 2010).
- Invited Speaker, C.C. Young Retirement Community, Dallas, TX (September 2010).
- Invited Speaker, Texas Instruments Talk at The Plano Centre, Plano, TX (September 2010).
- Invited Speaker, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX (September 2010).
- Invited Speaker, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (October 2010).
- Invited Speaker, The Dallas Gerontological Society , Dallas, TX (October 2010).
- Invited Speaker, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (October 2010).
- Invited Speaker, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX ( November 2010).
1990
- The Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
- International Congress of Applied Psychology, Kyoto, Japan.
- Gerontology Society, Athens, GA.
1991
- Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA.
- APA Science Directorate Congressional Breakfast, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
- The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
1992
- The National Institute on Aging Summer Research Institute, Warrenton, VA.
- The National Institute on Aging Conference on Applied Gerontology, Bethesda, MD.
- Presidential Address: The American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
1993
- Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
- Key note speaker for Georgia Meeting of Occupational Therapists, Jekyll Island, GA.
- World Congress of Gerontology, Budapest, Hungary.
- Invited Speaker, American Bar Association, New York, NY.
- American Psychological Association Conference, Toronto, Canada.
- 37th Annual Meeting of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, October 1993, Seattle, Washington.
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
1994
- Meeting of the Regents Committee on Psychology, Atlanta, GA.
- The Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology, Biennial Symposium Series, Washington, D.C.
- The Third Practical Aspects of Memory Conference, College Park, MD.
- Conference on Societal Mechanisms for Maintaining Competence in Old Age,
- The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
1995
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
- Keynote speaker, The Southeastern Workers in Memory (SWIM), Southeastern Psychological Association, Savannah, GA.
- The National Conference on Prescription Medicine Information and Education,
- Washington, D.C.
- The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
- Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI.
- The APA Presidential Symposium. American Psychological Association. New York.
- Prospective Memory. Athens, GA.
1996
- The Center for Aging, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
- Dissertation opponent for Oke Wahlin, The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
- Albion College, Albion, MI.
- The University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
- The Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
- Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.
- American Association for the Advancement of Science. Baltimore, MD.
- International Conference on Memory. Padua, Italy.
104th Meeting of the American Psychological Association. Toronto, Canada
1997
- Conference on Aging, Cognition, and Survey Responses, Ann Arbor, MI.
- The Destin Conference on Aging and Medical Information Processing, Destin, FL.
- The Rottman Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
- Keynote Address at the Technical Assistant Workshop on Aging Research for Emerging Investigators and Students, The National Institute on Aging.
- Gerontological Society of America, Cincinnati, OH.
- 1997 World Congress of Gerontology, Adelaide, Australia.
1998
- New York University, New York, NY.
- School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Conference on Public Health in the 21st Century, American Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.
- Eleventh Annual Continuing Education Conference on Aging, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
- Workshop on Aging for Emerging Investigators sponsored by the National Institute on Aging, San Francisco, CA.
- The International Congress of Applied Psychology, San Francisco, CA (multiple talks).
- German-American Academic Council Foundation, Frankfurt, Germany.
- Co-convener and dicussant. 15th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development. Berne, Switzerland.
- A Presentation in the Symposium: Effective aging: Perspectives from several psychological domains. 24th International Congress of Applied Psychology, San Francisco, CA.
- Participant. 24th International Congress of Applied Psychology. San Francisco, CA.
- A presentation in the Symposium: Applied Gerontology: Progress and prospects for Edward R. Roybal Centers. 1998 American Psychological Association Convention. San Francisco, CA.
- Discussant. 1998 American Psychological Association Convention. San Francisco, CA.
1999
- The American Heart Association, Boston, MA.
- Conference on Aging and Communication, German-American Academic Council, Ann Arbor, MI.
- The Decade of the Brain Conference, The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Conference on Old Memories, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor,
- New York.
- American College of Rheumatology, Boston, MA.
- National Institute on Aging Workshop 1999, San Francisco, CA.
- Psychology Department, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
- Discussant. Gerontological Society of America Convention. San Francisco, CA.