Professor of Epidemiology and Psychology
Yale University School of Public Health
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Dr. Levy's research explores psychosocial factors that influence older individuals’ cognitive and physical functioning, as well as their longevity. She is credited with creating a field of study that focuses on how positive and negative age stereotypes, which are assimilated from the culture, can have beneficial and adverse effects, respectively, on the health of older individuals.Her studies have been conducted by longitudinal, experimental, and cross-cultural methods. She has received numerous awards for her research including a Brookdale National Fellowship for Leadership in Aging, the Baltes Distinguished Research Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association, the Richard Kalish Innovative Book Award from the Gerontological Society of America and the Ewald W. Busse Research Award in the Social Behavioral Sciences from the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics. She is on the founding editorial board of Stigma and Health and serves on the editorial boards of GeroPsych and Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Science. Dr. Levy has given invited testimony before the United States Senate on the effects of ageism, contributed to briefs submitted to the United States Supreme Court in age-discrimination cases and served as scientific advisor to the World Health Organization's Global Campaign to Combat Ageism. Her research has been supported by the National Institute on Aging and the National Science Foundation.
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Beyond Burden: Linking Caregiving Experiences With Self-Perceptions of Aging and Health Behaviors
Thursday, November 14, 2024
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PST