The College of Social Work, Arnold School of Public Health, and the Office for the
Study of Aging are partnering for a two-day event that will promote collaborative
and statewide research, programming, and partnerships in aging and Alzheimer’s disease
and related dementias.
PRESS CONFERENCE | March 13 | 11 am Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center | Congaree Room | 1101 Lincoln St, Columbia, SC
Day 1:A press conference with community and state agency partners will be held to highlight
the 35th annual report of the South Carolina Alzheimer’s Disease Registry – the oldest
and most comprehensive registry in the United States.
LECTURE | March 14 | 10 am Pastides Alumni Center | Presidential Dining Room | 900 Senate St, Columbia, SC
Day 2:The second event will be a lecture sponsored by the Arnold School of Public Health
and a National Institute on Aging-funded conference grant (5R13AG074603-03). The lecture
will focus on the state of the science on Alzheimer’s disease and the impact of registry
data on the state, communities, and individuals and families affected by Alzheimer’s
disease.
Crystal M. Glover, Ph.D., is an applied social psychologist and mixed methodologist at the Rush Alzheimer’s
Disease Center and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (and)
Neurological Sciences in Rush Medical College.
Dr. Glover’s areas of interest include health equity and health disparities; structural
and psychosocial determinants of aging; intersectionality as a conceptual framework
and methodology; and social cognitive processes. She focuses her research and related efforts on examining and facilitating healthy
aging across all demographic groups, with a special concentration on collaborating
with members of communities inequitably included and understudied in aging research.
She has widely published her peer-reviewed work in several high-impact scientific
journals, including Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association,
CHEST, and Human Genetics. She continues to present her research at international
and national scientific meetings, and belongs to several professional groups, including
the Scientific Program Committee of the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.
Overall, Dr. Glover dedicates her work to eradicating health disparities and creating
health equity – globally, nationally, and locally.
Conference Session Recordings
If you missed our conference or want to revisit a particular conference presentation,
please see below for all of the recorded sessions that were part of the National
Conference on High-Impact Alzheimer's Disease Registry Research.
Speakers: Jo Pauling-Jones, MEd (AARP South Carolina); Lisa McGuire, PhD (Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention); Taylor Wilson, BA (South Carolina Alzheimer's
Association)
Speakers: Megan Byers, LMSW (University of South Carolina); Cheryl Dye, PhD (Clemson
University); Caitlin Torrence, MA, MS (Clemson University); Elizabeth Head, MPH (Georgia
Department of Public Health)
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