Presidential Campaigns and Implications for Aging Policy
Fernando Torres-Gil, M.S.W., Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
The Mexican Physiological Revolution: Putting Mexico in an International Perspective
Eileen Crimmins, Ph.D.
University of Southern California (USC)
The Hispanic Community Health Study – Study of Latinos: Opportunities for Collaboration
Larissa Avilés-Santa, M.D., M.P.H.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Links between Socio-Economic Circumstances and Changes in Smoking Behavior in the Mexican Population: 2002-2010
Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Measuring Economic Need among Latino Elders
Steve P. Wallace, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Social Determinants of Health and Functional Status in Mexico. Socio-Medical Research on Old Age and Aging at the Instituto Nacional de Geriatría.
Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo, M.D., Ph.D.
Instituto Nacional de Geriatría México
Chronic Disease Prevention in Latin America: Examples from the Use of the Coronary Heart Disease Policy Model
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) – School of Medicine
Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Research on Depression in Older Latinos: Results from the Men’s Health and Aging Study
Ladson Hinton, M.D.
University of California, Davis (UCD) – Medical School
United States Migration Experience and Depressive Symptoms among Older Mexicans: Evidence from the Mexican Health and Aging Study
Emily M. Agree, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
New Estimates of Race/Ethnic Life Expectancy with Functional Loss and Chronic Morbidity
Mark D. Hayward, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin
Estimating Period Life Tables for U.S. Hispanic Sub-Populations
Elizabeth Arias, Ph.D.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Border Health in the Shadow of the Hispanic Paradox: Issues in the Conceptualization of Health Disparities in Older Mexican Americans Living in the Southwest
Jennifer J. Salinas, Ph.D.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
After Babel: Language and the Fundamental Challenges of Comparative Research
Ronald J. Angel, Ph.D.
The University of Texas at Austin
Emerging Scholars Presentations
Mexican-American Enclaves: Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in the Southwestern US
Joseph L. Sáenz, Ph.D.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB)
Measurement Bias in Neuropsychological Tests due to Socioeconomic, Race/Ethnic Differences, and Chronic Health Conditions among Spanish and English-speaking Populations
Frances M. Yang, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School
Childhood Poverty and Depressive Symptoms among Older Mexican Adults: A Life-course Analysis
Jacqueline Torres, M.P.H., M.A.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)