This public policy webinar, hosted by GSA’s 2023 Public Policy Advisory Panel, discusses the global prevalence of social isolation and loneliness as well as the policy interventions and programs that policymakers are implementing to address the causes and consequences of these societal issues. Advocates, policymakers, and others interested in social isolation and loneliness are invited to participate.

This webinar was developed by the GSA Public Policy Advisory Panel.

Presented by:

• Carla Perissinotto, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
• Louise Hawkley, PhD, Principal Research Scientist, The Bridge at NORC
• Roger O’Sullivan, PhD, FGSA, Director, Institute of Public Health Ireland 
• Andrew MacPherson, Founder and Board Chair, Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness (CESIL)