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2025 International Conference on Aging in the Americas (ICAA)

Thank you everyone for making the 2025 ICAA such a success!

Theme: Aging in the Americas: Growing Burdens and Emerging Solutions
Location: THesis Hotel Miami Coral Gables

Dates: December 3–5, 2025

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Objectives

Given the anticipated burden of chronic disease on private and public care resources, the objectives of the 2025 ICAA meeting are:

  1. Provide detailed information on the differences in health outcomes

  2. Address the social and economic challenges of living longer and the strains placed on institutions, including the health care system, the informal economy, and the labor force in the U.S. and Mexico

  3. Identify sources of vulnerability that exacerbate the consequences of chronic disease at the individual, family, community, and health-system levels

  4. Examine evidence-based recommendations of cost-effective solutions to treat chronic disease, including self-care management, healthcare, and non-medical care services

Program Overview

Conference Abstract

  • 1 Keynote Speaker

  • 12 Panel Presentations

  • Juried Poster Session for Emerging Scholars

  • Final-day Consensus Building Session

Conference Co-Organizers

Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge the support of our sponsors and institutional partners.

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Accommodations

As in past meetings, conference planners will accommodate special needs for assistance with physical mobility, childcare, and adult day care. All requests for rooms and services will be considered individually. Please send any accommodation requests to Sam Soltis at samantha.soltis@prc.utexas.edu

2025 Directory

Presenters:

Emma Aguila, University of Southern California – eaguilav@usc.edu
Flavia Andrade, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – fandrade@illinois.edu
Jacqueline Angel, University of Texas at Austin – jangel@austin.utexas.edu
Ronald Angel, University of Texas at Austin – rangel@austin.utexas.edu
Peter Berman, Harvard University – pberman@hsph.harvard.edu
Nicholas Bishop, University of Arizona – njbishop@arizona.edu
Phil Cantu, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston – phcantu@utmb.edu
Neil Charness, Florida State University – nec4009@med.cornell.edu
Mónica García-Pérez, Fayetteville State University – mgarciaperez@uncfsu.edu
Ángela Gutiérrez, Western University of Health Sciences – angelagutierrez@westernu.edu
David Lee, University of Miami – dlee@med.miami.edu
Mariana Lopez Ortega, National Institute of Geriatrics (INGER), Mexico – mlopez@inger.gob.mx
Octavio Martinez, University of Texas at Austin – octavio.martinez@austin.utexas.edu
Stipica Mudrazija, University of Washington – smudrazija@gmail.com
Veronica Montes De Oca, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) – vmoiis@gmail.com
Patricia Morsch, Pan American Health Organization – morschpat@paho.org
Willy Prado, University of Miami – gprado@med.miami.edu
Fernando Riosmena, University of Texas at San Antonio – fernando.riosmena@utsa.edu
Sunshine Rote, University of Louisville – sunshine.rote@louisville.edu
Rogelio Saenz, University of Texas at San Antonio – rogelio.saenz@utsa.edu
Michael Touchton, University of Miami – miketouchton@miami.edu
Fernando Torres-Gil, University of California, Los Angeles – torres@luskin.ucla.edu

Emerging Scholars:
Shane Burns, University of Michigan – shanebur@umich.edu
José Eduardo Cabrero Castro, University of Texas at El Paso – jecabrerocastr@utep.edu
Izabella Galindo, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston – izgalind@utmb.edu
Marissa Gonzalez, University of Texas at El Paso – mgonzalez130@miners.utep.edu
Alejandra Hurtado-Encalada, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja – athurtado@utpl.edu.ec
Esmeralda Melgoza, Stanford University –emelgoza@stanford.edu
Celina Morales, University of California, Irvine –celinm1@uci.edu
Stipica Mudrazija, University of Washington –smudrazi@uw.edu
Nhan D. Nguyen, University of Texas at San Antonio –nhan.nguyen3@my.utsa.edu
Julián Ponce, University of California, Los Angeles –julianponce@g.ucla.edu
Laura Prada, University of Southern California – pradamed@usc.edu
Nekehia T. Quashie, University of Rhode Island – nekehia_quashie@uri.edu
Alonso Rojas-Alvarez, University of Texas at El Paso –ajrojasalvarez@utep.edu
Emma Romaker, University of Miami –ekr40@miami.edu
Mayra Saenz, Universidad del Rosario –saenzmayra.a@gmail.com
Ashima Singh, University of Miami –ashsingh2202@gmail.com
Lizbeth Vera Murillo, Duke University –lcv11@duke.edu
Maria Cecilia Zavala-Guzmán, Duke University –cecilia.zavala@duke.edu