Karen Fingerman, Texas Aging & Longevity Center

Karen Fingerman, Director, Texas Aging & Longevity Center

About our speaker:

Wilson Regents Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, Director of the Texas Aging and Longevity Center and Director of Research for the CAPS Program Development and Pilot Core

Karen Fingerman is the Sonia Wilson Professor of Human Ecology and Professor of Human Development & Family Sciences at UT Austin. She studies adult development and aging, in particular social and emotional aspects of aging and assesssments in daily life. She is currently the Director of the Texas Longevity Consortium and the Research Director of the NIA-funded Center on Aging & Population Sciences. 

Dr. Fingerman has conducted research and published clost to 200 papers and chapters regarding parents and children, in-law ties, romantic partners, grandparents and grandchildren, friends, and peripheral social ties.

Learn more about her accomplishments and research at this upcoming talk!

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