Presentations

Researchers at the Roybal Institute present their findings on aging and health disparities at prominent events and conferences in the United States and across the world. A list of recent presentations follows below.

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William A. Vega, PhD

Vega, W.A. (2012, October). Future Directions in Health Equity: Approaches to Creating Solutions. Presented at the American Public Health Association: 140th Annual Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, California.

Vega, W.A. & Lloyd, D.A. (2012, June). Race-Ethnicity and Cumulative Life Stress Effects on Substance Dependence Patterns. Presented at the 13th International Conference on Social Stress Research, Dublin, Ireland.

Anderson, K., Vega, W.A., Thompson, M. & Tucker, P. (2012, April). Health Equity in the United States: Trends in Demographicsand Policies. Presented at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Roybal Campus, Atlanta, Georgia.

Vega, W.A. (2011, September). Health Disparities and the Immigrant Health Initiative. Presented at the first Immigrant Health Initiative (iHi) seminar at USC, Los Angeles, California.

Interian, A., Ang, A., Gara, M.A., Rodriguez, M.A. & Vega, W.A. (2011, September). The Long-term Trajectory of Depression among Latinos in Primary Care and its Relationship to Depression Care Disparities. Presented at the 15th World Congress of Psychiatry (WPA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Vega, W.A. (2011, April). Do Lifetime and Recent Exposures to Stressful Events Have Different Effects on Depressive Symptoms in Ethnically Diverse Older People? Presented at the What's Hot in Aging Research at USC conference, Los Angeles, California.

Vega, W.A. & Lloyd, D.A. (2011, March). Planning an International Collaborative Program on Sustainability of Aging Populations. Presented at the Fourth Conference on International Social Work, Los Angeles, California.

Vega, W.A. (2011, March). Challenges Facing Diverse Populations: Latinos. Presented at the Many Faces of Dementia conference, Los Angeles, California.

Vega, W.A. (2011, January). Addressing Health Care Disparities for Aging Low Income Seniors. Presented at the 16th Annual Lefeber Winter Series on Aging, Galveston, Texas.

Vega, W.A. (2011, January). Latinos 'Aging in Place': Issues and Potential Solutions. Presented at the 5th Annual Promising Practices Conference, Northridge, California.

Vega, W.A. (2010, December). Disability and Non-institutionalized Residential Living in the United States after Health Care Reform. Presented at the 4th Forum for the Development of Work in Disability in China, Beijing, China.

Vega, W.A. (2010, October). Enfermedades Mentales y Barreras de Tratamiento que Enfrentan los Latinos en los Estados Unidos. Presented at the World Psychiatric Association (WPA): Congreso Migración, Salud Mental y Transculturalidad en El Siglo XXI, Barcelona, Spain.

Vega, W.A. (2010, October). Social Pathways and Remedies to Health Disparities. Presented at the UCSF Fourth Annual Health Disparities Research Symposium, San Francisco, CA.

Vega, W.A. (2010, September). Latinos 'Aging in Place': Issues and Potential Solutions. Presented at the International Conference on Aging in the Americas, Austin, TX

Vega, W.A. (2010, July). Community Mental Health. Presented at the Latino Health and Faculty Development Conference, Stanford, CA.

Karen D. Lincoln, PhD

Lincoln, K.D. (2012, June). Socioeconomic Position, Obesity and Depression: Is There an Obesity-Depression Paradox? Presented at the 13th International Conference on Social Stress Research, Dublin, Ireland.

Lincoln, K.D. (2012, May). Changing Hues and the Baby Boom: Profiles of Our "Aging" Population. Presented at Alzheimer's Association's West Central Dementia Care Network Meeting, Saint John of God Retirement and Care Center, Los Angeles, CA.

Lincoln, K.D. (2012, May). Emerging Trends in Aging: Who Will Be Served and Who Will Serve Them? Presented at the Field Instructor Workshop, Shape your Future, Reshape the World. University of Southern California, School of Social Work, Los Angeles, CA.

Lincoln, K.D. (2012, April). Changing Hues and the Baby Boom: Profiles of Our "Aging" Population (Plenary Speaker). Presented at the California Wellness Foundation Conference on Healthy Aging, Glendale, CA.

Lincoln, K.D., Lloyd, D.A., & Ray, D. (2012, January). Profiles of Psychological Distress among Middle-aged and Older Adults: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. Presented at the Society for Social Work and Research, 16th Annual Conference, Research that Makes a Difference: Advancing Practice and Shaping Public Policy, Washington, DC.

Lincoln, K.D. (2011, November). Who will be served? Who will serve them? Presented at the California Association of Area Agencies on Aging, "Centers of Today...Investing in Tomorrow, Senior Center Stakeholder Forum," Los Angeles, CA.

Lincoln, K.D. (2011, October). Race, Socioeconomic Position and Comorbid Depression and Obesity: Is There an Obesity-Depression Paradox? Presented at the Emotional Health & Wellness Conference, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA.

Lincoln, K.D. (2011, September). Race and Sociodemographic Differences in Comorbid Depression and Obesity among Black and White Americans. Presented at the 15th World Congress of Psychiatry (WPA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Aranda, M.P., Chae, D.H., Lincoln, K.D., Taylor, R.J., Chatters, L.M. & Toler Woodward, A. (2011, September). Lifetime and 12-month Prevalence of DSM-IV Major Depressive Disorder among Older African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and non-Hispanic Whites: Results from the National Survey of American Life. Presented at the 15th World Congress of Psychiatry (WPA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Lincoln, K.D., Lloyd, D.A. & Ray, D. (2011, April). Profiles of Psychological Distress among Middle-aged and Older Adults: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. Presented at the What's Hot in Aging Research at USC conference, Los Angeles, California.

Chae, D.H., Lincoln, K.D., & Arriola, K.R. (2010, April). Racial Discrimination and Cardiovascular Disease Among African Americans: The Role of Mood Disorders. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Seattle, Washington.

Lincoln, K.D. (2010, April). Mental Health Disparities: More Questions than Answers. Presented at the 8th Annual Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (SIRC) Research Conference, Health Disparities: A Global Challenge, a Local Response, Phoenix, AZ.

Lincoln, K.D. & Chae, D.H. (2010, March). Stress, Marital Satisfaction, and Psychological Distress Among African Americans. Presented at the Social Determinants of Health: A Discussion of the Relationship between Marriage and Health Outcomes in African American Communities, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.

Maria P. Aranda, PhD

Aranda, M.P. (2011, May). Manual Development of the Programa Mano Amiga Program for Depression Care. Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association of Hispanic Psychiatry, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Aranda, M.P. (2011, March). Training of Non-Graduate Interventionists in the Provision of Psychosocial Care to Depressed Latino Consumers. Presented at the 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatrists, San Antonio, TX.

Aranda, M.P., Ray, L.A., Soham, A.S., Ottenbacher, K.J., & Markides, K.S. (2010, November). The Protective Effect of Neighborhood Composition on Increasing Frailty among Older Mexican Americans. Presented at the 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), New Orleans, Louisiana.

Donald A. Lloyd, PhD

Lloyd, D.A. (2012, August). Quantity and Form of Lifetime Stress Accumulation as Predictors of Current Mental Health. Presented at the 2012 American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.

Lloyd, D.A. (2012, June). Beyond Counting Events: A Look at Latent Growth Trajectory Classes to Assess Lifetime Stress Accumulation. Presented at the 13th International Conference on Social Stress Research, Dublin, Ireland.

Lloyd, D.A. (2011, September). Does a Retrospective Lifetime Measure of Major Events have a Half-life? Presented at the 15th World Congress of Psychiatry (WPA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Lloyd, D.A. (2010, December) Co-occurrence of Mental Health Problems with Physical Disability. Presented at the 4th Forum for the Development of Work in Disability in China, Beijing, China.

Lloyd, D.A. (2010, December). How Demographic Status Predicts Your Life Stress. Presented at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China.

Lloyd, D.A. (2010, November). Is the Life Course Trajectory of Stress Exposure Influenced by Sociodemographic Status? Presented at the 12th International Conference on Social Stress Research, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Lloyd, D.A. (2010, August). Life-course Profiles of Exposure to Major Life Events among Adults With and Without a History of Substance Use Disorder. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), Atlanta, GA.

Iris Chi, PhD

Chi, I. (2012, July). Active and Dignified Aging in Asia. Presented at the 2012 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development, Stockholm, Sweden.

Vern Bengtson, PhD

Bengtson, V.L. (2012, May). Does Religiosity Increase with Age? Aging and Cohort Effects in a 35-Year Study. Presented at Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, Oxford, United Kingdom.