Aging Research SPARK Seminar Series Presentation: Jeffrey Stokes, Ph.D.
UConn Center on Aging invites you to attend our next seminar on aging research:
"Causes and Consequences of Loneliness among Older Couples"
Guest Speaker: Jeffrey Stokes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Gerontology
University of Massachusetts Boston
Tuesday, May 5, noon to 1pm
Center on Aging Conference Room (ASB 2nd Floor)
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Meeting ID: 267 707 960 266 01
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BIO: Dr. Stokes is a quantitative sociologist specializing in aging, families, and health. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Boston College in 2017, and is currently Associate Professor of Gerontology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed academic journal Research on Aging and was recently elected as a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (BSS Section). In particular, his research focuses on the ramifications of marital, intergenerational, and social relationships for adults’ health and well-being in mid- and later-life. This includes analysis of dyadic associations between intimate partners’ marital quality and their mental, physical, and cognitive health in later life, as well as effects of neighborhood demographics and neighborhood social cohesion on adults’ loneliness. His work has been supported by competitive funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as well as the Donaghue Medical Foundation and the Mental Research Institute, and has been published in journals such as The Gerontologist, Social Science & Medicine, and the Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Sciences. Finally, he has an edited volume under contract with Cambridge University Press entitled The Cambridge Handbook of Relationships in Later Life (expected 2027).
For more information, contact: Laura Masi at masi@uchc.edu