Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Nancy Donovan, MD is a geriatric psychiatrist at Mass General Brigham and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Donovan obtained her MD at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons and her residency and fellowship training at Stanford University, Cambridge Health Alliance and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She was the founding director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her research focuses on the pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric symptoms and social behavioral changes in aging and early Alzheimer's disease. Her work investigates these changes at the preclinical stage of Alzheimer’s disease, their relationship to amyloid and tau biomarkers and progression to cognitive impairment. Dr. Donovan’s broader work has addressed the importance of social connection to cognitive, physical and mental health in aging. She was a committee member and contributing author of the 2020 National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine report on the Health and Medical Dimensions of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults. She also co-edited the text, Loneliness: Science and Practice, published in 2023 by the American Psychiatric Press.
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Daily Experiences of Social Connection: Real-World Assessment Strategies to Understand Mechanisms
Saturday, November 16, 2024
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PST