Investigators and Organizers Principal Investigator Jacqueline L. Angel, Ph.D. jangel@austin.utexas.edu Jacqueline L. Angel, Ph.D.(Rutgers) is Principal Investigator of the NIA/R13 Conference Series on Aging in the Americas: Mexico and the United States (CAA) and Wilbur J. Cohen Professor of Health and Social Policy and Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Angel’s research examines health and retirement issues, with a focus on older minorities, family, immigration processes, and bi-national policy of the Mexican-origin population in the U.S. and Mexico. Angel is author/co-author/editor of 90 journal articles, 30 book chapters and 14 books, including the recent publications Latinos in an Aging World, Challenges of Latino Aging in the Americas and Handbook of the Sociology of Aging. She is currently a Fellow of the Behavioral and Social Sciences section of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), Senior Fellow at the Sealy Center on Aging (UTMB School of Medicine), Deputy Editor of the journal of Demography, member of the Executive Council, Center for Aging and Population Sciences, IAGG Treasurer, and a Commissioner on Aging for the City of Austin representing District 10. Among her recognitions are the American Sociological Association Section on Aging Outstanding Mentor Award, Jackie Lelong Visionary Leader Award, Next Avenue’s Influencers in Aging, GSA Senior Service Scholar Award, and Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize, and is elected to the President’s Council at Family Eldercare. She also serves as an advisor to professional committees, non-governmental organizations and other agencies that provide basic services to older adults. Co-Investigators Kyriakos Markides, Ph.D. kmarkide@utmb.edu Dr. Markides received his Ph.D. in Sociology in 1976 from Louisiana State University. He is currently the Annie and John Gnitzinger Distinguished Professor of Aging and Director of the Division of Sociomedical Sciences, Department of Preventive Medicine and Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Dr. Markides is currently on the board of five professional journals, including Research on Aging and the Gerontologist. He is also Editor of the Journal of Aging and Health which he founded in 1989. Dr. Markides is the author or co-author of over 265 publications most of which are on aging and health issues in the Mexican American population as well as minority aging issues in general.He is currently Principal Investigator of the Hispanic EPESE (Established Population for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly), a longitudinal study of the health of 3,050 Mexican American elderly from the five Southwestern states. Dr. Markides is credited with coining the term ‘Hispanic Epidemiological Paradox’ (with J. Coreil) which is currently the leading theme in Hispanic health. He is also the editor of the Encyclopedia of Health and Aging published by SAGE Publications in April, 2007. The Institute for Scientific Information (ISA) has recently listed Dr. Markides among the most highly cited scientists in the world. Dr. Markides is the 2006 recipient of the Distinguished Mentorship Award of the Gerontological Society of America, Behavioral and Social Sciences section.y Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Dr. Markides is currently on the board of five professional journals, including Research on Aging and the Gerontologist. He is also Editor of the Journal of Aging and Health which he founded in 1989. Dr. Markides is the author or co-author of over 265 publications most of which are on aging and health issues in the Mexican American population as well as minority aging issues in general. Fernando Torres-Gil, Ph.D. torres@spa.ucla.edu Dr. Torres-Gil is the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, serves as Professor of Social Welfare and Public Policy, and is the Director of the Center for Policy Research on Aging. Previously, he was a Professor of Gerontology and Public Administration at the University of Southern California and continues as an Adjunct Professor of Gerontology at USC. Professor Torres-Gil is an expert in the fields of health and long-term care, the politics of aging, social policy, ethnicity, and disability. He is the author of four books and more than 80 articles and book chapters, including The New Aging: Politics and Change in America (1992). As Assistant Secretary for Aging in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), he played a key role in promoting the importance of aging, long-term care, and disability issues in consolidating federal programs for older persons and in helping the generation of baby boomers redefine retirement in a post-pension era. Dr. Torres-Gil has served as President of the American Society on Aging (1989-1992) and is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. Co-Organizers Jacqueline L. Angel, Ph.D. – Lead Organizer jangel@austin.utexas.edu Jacqueline L. Angel, Ph.D.(Rutgers) is Principal Investigator of the NIA/R13 Conference Series on Aging in the Americas: Mexico and the United States (CAA) and Wilbur J. Cohen Professor of Health and Social Policy and Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. David Lee, Ph.D. – Local Host djl230@miami.edu David Lee, Ph.D., has been a faculty member in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine since 1990. Dr. Lee is a chronic disease and occupational epidemiologist and has been continuously funded as Principal/Co-Principal Investigator on various grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since 1993. He also serves as Principal Investigator for the Florida Cancer Data System, which is the second largest state cancer registry in the United States. Dr. Lee is lead or co-author on over 275 peer-reviewed research articles. Additionally, students are active members of his research teams contributing to 50+ student-led publications in leading public health and biomedical journals. A strong emphasis on health disparity reduction is a crosscutting theme within his research portfolio. Dr. Lee’s current research interests include: public health applications of mind-body practices for the prevention and management of stress and living with chronic disease, enhancing the health of the US workforce, cancer surveillance and prevention, and sensory impairment surveillance. Daniel Jimenez, Ph.D. – Local host dej18@miami.edu Dr. Jimenez has dedicated his career to identifying health disparities affecting the nation’s racial/ethnic minority older adults and developing innovative strategies to reduce, and ultimately eliminate these disparities. Dr. Jimenez’s research interests include geriatric mental health services research, health promotion, multicultural mental health, and mental illness prevention. He has received multiple federal grants to design and implement culturally appropriate and novel approaches to preventing mental illness in racial/ethnic minority older adults. Emma Aguila, Ph.D. eaguilav@usc.edu Emma Aguila is an Associate Professor at the USC Sol Price School of Public of Policy. She was previously a Senior Economist and Director of the RAND Center for Latin American Social Policy (CLASP). Dr. Aguila earned her Bachelor’s Degree at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Mexico (ITAM) in Mexico City. She completed her master’s and Ph.D. in Economics at University College London in the United Kingdom. Her research focuses on interrelation between socioeconomic status and health and how social security and social insurance programs can help improve health and well-being for vulnerable middle-aged and older adults. Flavia Andrade, Ph.D. fandrade@illinois.edu Flavia Andrade is a Professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also holds appointments in the Sociology Department. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America.
