McCaskill holds roundtable discussion on aging at Washington University

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Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., held a roundtable discussion with experts on retirement security, elder justice and healthy aging March 31 at the Brown School’s Goldfarb Hall. Among the seven Washington University representatives on the panel was Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.
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As part of her series of Senior Listening Sessions across Missouri, Sen. Claire McCaskill held a roundtable discussion with experts on retirement security, elder justice and healthy aging March 31 at the Brown School’s Goldfarb Hall.

Among the roundtable participants were seven from Washington University in St. Louis. They were:

  • Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton;
  • Carolyn M. Baum, PhD, professor and the Elias Michael Executive Director of the Program in Occupational Therapy;
  • Christopher R. Carpenter, MD, associate professor and director of Evidence Based Medicine in the Division of Emergency Medicine;
  • David B. Carr, MD, the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Geriatric Medicine and clinical director of the Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science;
  • Randy Larsen, PhD, the William R. Stuckenberg Professor of Human Values and Moral Development and professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences;
  • John C. Morris, MD, the Harvey A. and Dorismae Hacker Friedman Distinguished Professor of Neurology and director and principal investigator of the Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center; and
  • Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, the Bettie Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor of Social Policy at the Brown School and director of the Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging, part of the Institute for Public Health.

The other institutions represented at the roundtable were Saint Louis University; the University of Missouri-St. Louis; the Mid-East Area Agency on Aging; the St. Louis Area Agency on Aging; AARP; Lutheran Senior Services; and the OASIS Institute.

“It was very exciting and energizing to host Sen. McCaskill,” said Morrow-Howell, who also is the faculty director of productive aging research at the Center for Social Development. “In her lead role on the Senate Special Committee on Aging, she can gain so much from the expertise we have here in the St. Louis area.

“I was struck by all the knowledge and experience brought to this briefing by the aging experts from all around Washington University, as well as our institutional and community partners,” Morrow-Howell said.

To view the roundtable discussion, visit the Brown School media site.