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RAND Conference Agenda
Demography, Epidemiology and Economics of Aging
July 13-15, 2001
RAND Headquarters
Santa Monica, California
Friday, July 13, 2001 | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AT RAND |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | OPENING REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS |
| SESSION I: HEALTH INEQUALITIES | |
| 9:30 - 10:45 | HEALTH AND
WEALTH Dan McFadden, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | BREAK |
| 11:15 - 12:30 | SOCIAL
INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH: DISENTANGLING THE UNDERLYING MECHANISMS Noreen Goldman, Ph.D. Princeton University |
| 12:30 - 2:00 | LUNCH AT RAND |
| SESSION II: AGING AND COGNITION | |
| 2:00 - 3:15 | THE AGING MIND Laura Carstensen, Ph.D. Stanford University |
| 3:15 - 3:45 | BREAK |
| 3:45 - 5:00 | COGNITION AND WEALTH: THE
IMPORTANCE OF PROBABILISTIC THINKING Bob Willis, Ph.D. University of Michigan |
| 6:15 - 7:15 | COCKTAIL HOUR |
| 7:30 | DINNER at MONSOON |
Saturday, July 14, 2001 | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AT RAND |
| SESSION III: HEALTHY AGING | |
9:00 - 10:15 |
THE
INTEGRATIVE SCIENCE OF HEALTHY AGING Carol Ryff, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | BREAK |
| 10:45 - 12:00 |
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE BURDEN OF AGE-RELATED
DISEASES Robert Fogel, Ph.D. University of Chicago |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | LUNCH AT RAND |
| SESSION IV: INEQUALITY AND HEALTH | |
| 1:30 - 2:45 | HEALTH,
INCOME, AND INCOME INEQUALITY Angus Deaton, Ph.D. Princeton University |
| 2:45 - 3:15 | BREAK |
| 3:15 - 4:30 | INEQUALITY
AND DIFFERENTIAL WELL-BEING: BIOCULTURAL PATHWAYS Carol Worthman, Ph.D. Emory University |
| EVENING ON YOUR OWN | |
Sunday, July 15, 2001 | |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AT RAND |
| SESSION V: SAVING | |
9:00 - 10:15 |
NEW DATA FOR
UNDERSTANDING SAVING Arie Kapteyn, Ph.D. RAND |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | BREAK |
| 10:45 - 12:00 | AGING WITH
GRACE. FINDINGS FROM THE NUN STUDY David Snowdon, Ph.D. University of Kentucky |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | CLOSING COMMENTS AND LUNCH AT RAND |
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