This webinar will inform graduate students who are enthusiastic and interested in aging policy and research about the opportunities provided by the O’Neill and Hyer 2027 Summer Policy Internship. Aimed at emerging scholars, this professional development opportunity is named in memory of Kathryn Hyer, MPP, PhD, FGSA, FAGHE, and Greg O’Neill, PhD, who were policy scholars and long-time GSA members.

Dissemination and implementation science helps bridge the gap between research and real-world care by advancing equitable access to effective, evidence-based interventions. This interactive workshop introduces D&I methods for aging research and helps participants apply key principles to their own current or future projects.

Oral health is vital for the overall health and well-being of older adults. This workshop empowers interdisciplinary health professionals with tools and foundational knowledge to improve the oral health, outcomes, and quality of life of their patients.

Driving cessation is a complex and emotional transition that many older adults face without enough planning, support, or public discussion. This interactive workshop helps participants explore the personal, social, and safety impacts of stopping driving and consider collaborative, socially acceptable paths forward.

This interactive workshop introduces age-period-cohort analysis as a practical method for studying time-related change in aging research. Participants will learn core concepts, recent data and analytic advances, and strategies for applying APC methods to longitudinal and coordinated data analysis.

Sarcopenia remains underdiagnosed despite its links to falls, disability, functional decline, and reduced quality of life. This workshop offers practical guidance on diagnosis, screening, and management, including sarcopenic obesity and the impact of GLP-1 therapies on muscle health.

This panel explores “narrative” as a boundary object connecting critical gerontology, social theory, and literary age studies. Panelists examine narrative through (auto)fiction, literary aesthetics, and narrative practice, highlighting how interdisciplinary perspectives illuminate aging, identity, and storytelling. Hosted by the GSA Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Gerontology Advisory Panel.

The Monitoring the Future Longitudinal Panel study offers national life course data from more than 120,000 U.S. participants across 50 cohorts. This workshop introduces aging researchers to a valuable dataset for studying how health, education, work, family, and attitudes shape later-life outcomes.

This collaborative workshop brings aging services professionals together to define the digital care skills home care workers need for telehealth, remote monitoring, and connected care. Participants will help build real-world training scenarios and receive practical resources, including a scenario library and early access to SeniorX.Ai certification.

This interactive workshop explores how colleges and universities can build more age-inclusive campuses through the Age-Friendly University Global Network and the AIDHE framework. Participants will learn practical strategies to support age-diverse students, faculty, and staff while strengthening programs, practices, and partnerships.