The 15th Annual RAND Summer Institute Video

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The RAND Summer Institute (RSI) consists of conferences addressing critical issues facing our aging population. The primary aim of the RSI is to expose scholars interested in the study of aging to a wide range of research being conducted in fields beyond their own specialties. The videos here are of select sessions from the 15th Annual RAND Summer Institute, held July 7-10, 2008 in Santa Monica, California.

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Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists
Aging Research: What and When Will Be the Impact on Society? Now Playing

Aging Research: What and When Will Be the Impact on Society?

David Sinclair

Associate Professor/Director, Harvard Medical School

01:46:09

Cancer and Aging: Rival Demons? Now Playing

Cancer and Aging: Rival Demons?

Judith Campisi

University of California, Berkeley

01:37:39

Evolution of the Human Lifespan: The Role of Nutrition and Immunity Now Playing

Evolution of the Human Lifespan: The Role of Nutrition and Immunity

Caleb Finch

University of Southern California

01:32:07

Building a Better Brain for Old Age: Role of Psychosocial and Experiential Factors Now Playing

Building a Better Brain for Old Age: Role of Psychosocial and Experiential Factors

David Bennett

Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center

01:29:39

Calorie Restriction and the Modulation of Aging: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? Now Playing

Calorie Restriction and the Modulation of Aging: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?

Steven N. Austad

Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies

01:34:48

Demography, Economics, and Epidemiology of Aging
Macroeconomic Consequences of the Demographic Transition and Population Aging Now Playing

Macroeconomic Consequences of the Demographic Transition and Population Aging

Ronald Lee

University of California, Berkeley

01:45:16

Recent Developments in the Economics of Retirement Now Playing

Recent Developments in the Economics of Retirement

David Blau

The Ohio State University

01:38:06

Household Saving and Financial Decision-Making: The Importance of Financial Literacy Now Playing

Household Saving and Financial Decision-Making: The Importance of Financial Literacy

Annamaria Lusardi

Dartmouth College and NBER

01:17:33

Retirement Saving: Psychology, Behavior, and Institutions Now Playing

Retirement Saving: Psychology, Behavior, and Institutions

David Laibson

Harvard University and NBER

01:23:43

Using International Comparisons to Study Ageing: Evidence on Health, Disability and Retirement in the US and England Now Playing

Using International Comparisons to Study Ageing: Evidence on Health, Disability and Retirement in the US and England

James Banks

University College London and Institute for Fiscal Studies

01:29:07

Aging-related Changes in Decision Making Now Playing

Aging-related Changes in Decision Making

Ellen Peters

Decision Research

01:35:52

Vignettes in the Social Sciences Now Playing

Vignettes in the Social Sciences

James P. Smith

RAND Chair in Labor Markets and Demographic Studies

01:15:00

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