OVERVIEW OF THE RESILIENCE WORLD – STATE OF SCIENCE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Symposia

  • Date:
  • Time: 2:45pm - 3:45pm
  • Track: Research
  • CME/CE: 1.0
  • Type: In-Person

Co-Moderators: Heather E. Whitson, MD, MHS & Peter M. Abadir, MD
Learning Objectives: (1) discuss the relevance of “resilience” to stress or challenges, in the context of aging health; (2) describe how different fields have conceptualized resilience in looking for opportunities to optimize the response to stressors across physical health, cognitive health, and psychosocial health; and (3) identify biological and social factors that contribute to a person’s ability to respond adaptively to a variety of stressors.

COVID as a Natural Resilience Experiment: The COVID-19 Virus (and Vaccine) as Stressor
Kenneth Schmader, MD
Cognitive Reserve and Resilience
Andrea R. Zammit, PhD
Role of Social Determinants of Health and Exposome in Resilience to Stressors
Ganga Bey, PhD, MPH