Interdisciplinary

The M. Powell Lawton Award Lecture and Presentation

Chair(s)

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  Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  School of Nursing
  University of Minnesota
  Roseville, Minnesota, United States

Award Lecturer(s)

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  Sam Fazio, PhD, FGSA

  Vice President, Care and Support Programs and Research
  Quality Care and Pyschosocial Research
  Alzheimer's Association
  Chicago, Illinois, United States

The M. Powell Lawton Award Lecture will feature an address by the 2023 recipient Sam Fazio, PhD, FGSA of the Alzheimer's Association. This session will also include the presentation of the 2024 M. Powell Lawton Award to recipient Stephen M Golant, PhD, FGSA, of the University of Florida. The M. Powell Lawton Award is presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions from applied research that has benefited older people and their care. The Lawton Award is generously funded by the Polisher Research Institute of Abramson Senior Care.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PST

  Three Decades of Person-Centered Dementia Care: Lessons Learned and Future Considerations
  

  Award Lecturer: Sam Fazio, PhD, FGSA – Alzheimer's Association