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Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation��Spring Assembly 2022

May 23, 2022

Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation

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Welcome!

Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation

Welcome and overview of the academic year for CHAI

12:30 – 12:50

Address Fall Assembly feedback

12:50 – 1:00

Highlight scholarship recipients

1:00 – 1:15

1:15 – 1:55

Community Partner/Member match exercise

1:55 – 2:00

Wrap-up and thank you!

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Academic Year Overview

Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation

  • Strategic Plan: 2021-2026
    • Available here
  • 2020-2021 Annual Report
    • Available here
  • Incredible Center growth (as of 5/18/22)
    • 133 Members
      • Representing 61 programs/centers
    • 94 Community Partners/Ambassadors
      • Representing 62 organizations
  • Expansion of Center Cores
    • Policy
    • Clinical Science & Practice
      • In partnership with School of Nursing

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Fall 2021 Assembly Feedback

  • CHAI Check In includes requested information such as research opportunities and aging-related funding opportunities
  • We are currently in the process of identifying topics for the 2022-2023 workshop series with suggestions from members.
  • Celebrated Careers in Aging Week on campus in April and plan on offering more opportunities for students interested in aging research.

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Fall 2021 Assembly Feedback

  • We are expanding CHAI’s reach on social media! Now you can connect with us on LinkedIn and on Twitter @UMNCHAI.
  • We will be highlighting the work of one CHAI member per month as part of a Spotlight Campaign on our website, our monthly newsletters and social media starting in May 2022.
  • We are identifying additional opportunities for the three CHAI cores to collaborate.

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Shelley Joseph-Kordell Memorial Scholarship Recipients

Madeleine Howard

MD Student

Janette Romero Saenz

MPH Student, Administration and Policy

Michelle Berning

MD Student

Heather Ferguson

MSW Student

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Goodman Group/CHAI Scholarship Winner

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Hannah Garrett

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Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT) Program

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Presentation Title: "GeriLand": A Fall-Risk Education Board Game

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Introducing Special Interest Groups

Description of SIGs:

  • Special Interest Groups bring together individuals with shared interests in a topic or a research method, with the ultimate goal of fostering scholarly collaboration.

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Purpose of Activity:

  • To confirm areas of shared interest between CHAI Community Partners and Members and agree on ways you will communicate moving forward.

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Community Partner/Member Match Exercise

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  • Equity in Long Term Services and Supports
  • Rural Aging
  • LGBTQ Aging
  • AD/ADRD Special Interest Group
  • Aging and Chronic Disease Management: Preserving Heart Health and Brain Health
  • Transportation*
  • Finance*

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Stay Connected!

Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation

  • Email
    • chai@umn.edu
  • Website
    • https://sph.umn.edu/chai
  • Twitter
    • @UMNCHAI
  • LinkedIn
    • https://bit.ly/CHAI-Linkedin