Sign Up For More InfoOn March 18, Dr. Fried will present the next History of Medicine and Public Health Lecture on "Changing Perspectives on Healthy Aging." Her talk titled "The Development of the Concept of Successful Aging," will trace the origins and significance of programs to engage the wealth of energy and knowledge the elderly can provide. Dr Fried speaks on this issue having co-designed the Experience Corps program, which promotes the well-being of older adults by placing them in public schools, where they participate in the literacy development of children in kindergarten through third grade. She is a recipient of the Archstone Award from the American Public Health Association for this admired intergenerational service project.
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| Linda Fried, MD, MPH, will be speaking at NYAM on March 18 as part of the Lecture series, "Changing Perspectives on Healthy Aging." |
By 2030, approximately 71 million Americans will be age 65 or older—accounting for more than 20 percent of the projected total U.S. population and a substantial population transition worldwide. This shift in demographics has propelled NYAM to hold this series of talks on healthy aging. It is Dr Fried’s theory that "We as a nation have not figured out what the roles are for people in their retirement years." In her long career as admired leader in aging and health, Dr Fried has been dedicated to expanding health promotion and prevention for older adults, with emphasis on the causes of frailty and disability.
As a Trustee of NYAM, Dr Fried has also endorsed the institution’s choice of aging as one of the current high priority agenda items. In September 2008, NYAM released the Age-Friendly NYC findings report—a culmination of roundtables and focus groups conducted across New York City with multiple stakeholders— that captures, for the first time, the voices of 1500+ older New Yorkers. Currently, with the use of the NYAM Age-Friendly NYC findings report, The City Council, and Mayor’s Office are working with leaders and community members from all facets of city life on how they intend to make their business, services, institutions, programs, and neighborhoods meet the needs of older citizens and all New Yorkers.
A board-certified internist and geriatrician, Dr Fried did her postdoctoral training at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in geriatrics, general internal medicine and epidemiology (cardiovascular and aging). After attending the University of Wisconsin as an undergraduate, she received her M.D. from Rush Medical College and an M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. She was named a Kaiser Faculty Scholar in General Internal Medicine and is the recipient of a National Institute on Aging MERIT Award, as well as many other honors.
At the previous lecture in the History of Medicine and Public Health series, Dr. John W. Rowe spoke on the MacArthur Foundation’s Research Network on Successful Aging study, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and its profound revisions to our understanding of the social process of aging.
Posted on 03/16/2009
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