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Graduate Aging Group

About

Group Co-leaders:

Nicolai Wohns (nwohns@uw.edu) is a doctoral student in the UW Department of Philosophy and an internal medicine-trained hospitalist. His dissertation work is in the Philosophy of Aging, with particular interest in the ontology of aging and the ethical implications of geroscience. He is also a predoctoral research associate with the UW Neuroethics Research Group.

Sarah McKiddy (sm256@uw.edu) is a doctoral student in the UW School of Nursing. Her dissertation work is in music-based interventions for cognitive health and intergenerational community-based participatory research. Sarah is a predoctoral scholar with the UW de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging.

The UW Graduate Aging Group is generously funded by the University of Washington Retirement Association (UWRA) and sponsored by the de Tornyay Center for Healthy Aging. 

Upcoming Events

Date  Event Room Location
Oct. 14, 2pm – 4pm Allen Institute Tour and Talk The Allen Institute

Past Events

Date  Event Room Location
 

April 7, 2025 (Virtual)

11:00 – 12:00

Special Event: James Appleby, CEO of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Zoom
 

April 16, 2025

3:00 – 4:00

 

Clara Berridge: Associate Professor, School of Social Work

 

Hans Rosling, 101

May 7, 2025

3:00 – 4:00

Ben Wilfond: Professor, Divisions of Bioethics and Palliative Care and Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. Savery Hall 141
 

May 13, 2025

10:00 – 11:00 AM

Shelly Gray: Professor, School of Pharmacy and Endowed Director of the Plein Center for Aging Savery Hall 359
May 28, 2025

3:00 – 4:00

Lesley Steinman: Research Scientist, Department of Health Systems and Population Health Zoom
September 26, 2024:
9/26 RSVP form
Introductions & paper discussion: Jessica Stanier, “Nostalgia, Ageing, and Older Age,” in The Routledge Handbook of Nostalgia, ed. by Tobias Becker and Dylan Trigg, 2025. Hans Rosling, 101
October 10, 2024
10/10 RSVP form
Discussion of chapters 1 and 2 from Aging Thoughtfully, by Nussbaum and Levmore Hans Rosling, 101
October 24, 2024 Speaker: Andrea Stocco, Associate Professor of Psychology Hans Rosling, 135
October 30, 2024
10/30 RSVP form
Special Event: James Appleby, CEO of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Zoom (Please RSVP for the link)
November 7, 2024
11/7 RSVP form
Discussion of chapters 3 and 4 from Aging Thoughtfully, by Nussbaum and Levmore Hans Rosling, 101
November 13, 2024
3:30 – 5:00
Simpson Center for the Humanities Lecture: Stephen Katz, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Distinguished Research Award recipient at Trent University
(Feel free to stay afterward for some informal discussion and socializing!)
Communications, 202
November 21, 2024
11/21 RSVP form
Speaker: Sasha Johfre, Assistant Professor of Sociology Hans Rosling, 101
December 5, 2024
12/5 RSVP form
Discussion of chapters 5 and 6 from Aging Thoughtfully, by Nussbaum and Levmore Hans Rosling, 101

Contact Us

If you are interested in joining our group, please complete this interest form!