The Parkin lectureship was endowed by a gift from the Retirement Research Foundation of Chicago, Illinois, in memory of Joe L. Parkin, a former president of the Foundation who attended The University of Iowa. The lecture focuses on aspects of research, practice, or policies that affect the elderly population.
Year |
Speaker |
Title |
| 2018 | Michael Merzenich, PhD Director, Brain Plasticity Institute Chief Scientific Officer and Board Chairman Posit Science Professor Emeritus, Departments of Otolaryngology and Physiology University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, California |
Stronger Brains in Older Citizens: New Strategies for Managing Organic Brain Health |
| 2017 | Christoph Englert, PhD Professor of Molecular Genetics Leibniz Institute on Aging Fritz Lipmann Institute and Friedrich-Schiller University |
A Short-Lived Fish as a New Model for Aging |
| 2016 | Brian Kennedy, PhD Buck Institute for Research on Aging |
The Age of Aging -- Can we Intervene? |
| 2015 | Philip A. Pizzo, MD Stanford University |
New Beginnings: A Role of Higher Education in Recalibrating the Life Journey |
| 2014 | Christine K. Cassel, MD President and CEO National Quality Forum |
Building a Bridge Across the Quality Chasm: Connecting Evidence-based Geriatric Care with Quality Indicators and Payment |
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Bernard Hammes, PhD |
Having Your Own Say: Getting the Right Care When It Matters Most |
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David B. Reuben, MD |
Health Care for Old People: Who is going to care for us and how? |
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Laura Carstensen, PhD |
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Diane E. Meier, MD, FACP |
Palliative Care in Hospitals |
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Cynthia J. Kenyon, PhD |
Genes and Cells that Control the Rate of Aging |
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Graham D. Rowles, PhD |
The Meaning of Home in Rural America |
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Stephen J. McPhee, MD |
Care at the End of Life: Addressing Needs of Patients and Families |
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2003 |
Leonard Hayflick, PhD |
The Biology of Human Aging and Longevity Determination |
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1999 |
Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH |
New Developments in the Care of Older Persons: Impact of Assisted Living on Nursing Homes |
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1998 |
Burton V. Reifler, MD, MPH |
Mental Health and Aging |
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1997 |
Richard J. Caselli, MD |
Focal & Asymmetric Cortical Degeneration Syndromes |
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1996 |
William R. Hazzard, MD |
Why Women Live Longer than Men: Social/Cultural versus Biomedical Mechanisms and Implications for Healthcare in Society in the 21st Century |