The mission of the USC Judith D. Tamkin International Symposium on Elder Abuse is to create safe and healthy environments for all older adults, here and across the world, by bringing researchers, practitioners, advocates, thought leaders, lawmakers, and other stakeholders together to share findings, strategize solutions, and help shape and propel the field of elder justice.
Registration
Registration is now open. The symposium is a boutique event and registration is limited to 200 in order to preserve the intimate, informal opportunities for learning, input, and conversation.
Tamkin Scholar Submission Deadline November 15th, 2021
The goal of this travel award is to stimulate interest and scholarship in elder abuse research. Two students will receive travel awards to compensate for their symposium registration, hotel, and reasonable travel. LEARN MORE
COVID- 19 Safety Information
Pasadena and the state of California reinstated their indoor mask requirements on July 22, 2021 for everyone in indoor public settings and businesses, regardless of vaccination status. www.cityofpasadena.net/covid-19
• Proof of COVID vaccination is required for all registrants, exhibitors, faculty, staff, and volunteers
• Masks will be required at all times in public places, including evening and offsite social events, except while actively eating or drinking for all symposium attendees and Westin employees.
• Mask and hand sanitizer stations will be located throughout the hotel and conference space
Program
Accreditation Statement
The Keck School of Medicine of USC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation
The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Professor of English
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
NinaKohn
JD
David M. Levy L'48 Professor of Law
Faculty Director of Online Education
Syracuse University College of Law
Distinguished Scholar in Elder Law
Solomon Center for Health Law & Politics
Yale Law School
CharlesMounton
MD, MS, MBA
Executive Vice President, Provost &
Dean of the School of Medicine
Thomas N. & Gleaves T. James
Distinguished Chair
The University of Texas Medical Branch
GeoffRogers
Director, The Learning & Development Projects at the
Silberman School of Social Work
Hunter College
Awardees
JacquelineGray
PhD
Georgia Anetzberger Awardee
Retired Research Associate Professor University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Speakers
FuadAbujarad
PhD, MSC
Associate Professor
Director, Digital Health Lab
Department of Emergency Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
RonAcierno
PhD
Executive Director, Trauma and Resilience Center
Vice Chair for Veterans Affairs and
Professor, Louis Faillace Department of Psychiatry
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Georgia Anetzberger
PhD, ACSW, FGSA
Consultant in private practice and Adjunct Faculty in the Schools of Medicine and Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University.
DonnaBenton
PhD
Research Associate Professor of Gerontology
Assistant Dean, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Director of the USC Family Caregiver Support Center (FCSC)
BobBlancato
MPA
National Coordinator of the bipartisan 3000-member Elder Justice Coalition
President of Matz, Blancato and Associates
BradCannell
PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences
University of Texas Health Science Center
School of Public Health
Marie-ThereseConnolly
JD
Author of Aging Dangerously, a forthcoming book about elder abuse (W.W. Norton, 2019)
HilaryDalin
JD
Director, Office of Elder Justice and Adult Protective Services
Administration on Aging Administration for Community Living
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
MartiDeliema
PhD
Assistant Research Professor
School of Social Work, University of Minnesota
MelissaGerald
PhD
Program Director, Division of Behavioral and Social Research
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
DukeHan
PhD, ABPP-CN
Director, Neuropsychology Division
Department of Family Medicine
Professor of Family Medicine,
Neurology, Psychology, and Gerontology
Keck School of Medicine of USC
University of Southern California
MelbaHernandez-Tejada
PhD, DHA
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Trauma & Resilience Center
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Alexis Coulourides Kogan
PhD, MSG
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Geriatrics
Keck School of Medicine of USC
PeterLichtenberg
PhD, ABPP
Director Institute of Gerontology and Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute
WSU Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology
Wayne State University
ChristopherMitkin
PhD, MPhil, PGCHE
Technical Officer of Demographic Change and Healthy Ageing, Department of Social Determinants of Health, Division of Healthier Populations, World Health Organization
LauraMosqueda
MD
Professor of Family Medicine and Geriatrics (Tenure)
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
BonnieOlsen
PhD
Vice Chair for Research
Professor of Clinical Family Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of USC
TonyRosen
MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Program Director, Vulnerable Elder Protection Team (VEPT)
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
RebeccaStoeckel
Sr. Vice President
Education Development Center
Accommodations
The Westin Pasadena
191 N Los Robles Ave Pasadena, CA 91101 T: 626-792-2727
Group Rate: $195 (Single/Double Occupancy) This rate is subject to applicable state and local taxes. For questions regarding the meeting, please contact our BSC events manager Gina Meyer at gina@bscmanage.com or 310-437-0555 x178.
For information on the past symposiums click here 2016 | 2018 | 2020
We are sincerely appreciative to Judith D. Tamkin for her gift to help establish the USC Center on Elder Mistreatment’s website. Her deep and personal commitment to eradicating elder abuse is helping to reshape our understanding of elder abuse and ultimately save innumerable older adults from abuse and neglect.
