BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ff3cf39c-5014-4138-9420-a1207ed4260a.191281@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20180920T024211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180920T024211Z LOCATION:Strong Hall 204 SUMMARY:Gerontology Club Presents: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Late-L ife Cognitive Impairment DESCRIPTION:Please join us to hear Dr. Kyler Sherman-Wilkins\, assistantpP rofessor from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Missouri St ate University\, for his talk titled: “Mind the Gap: Investigating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Later-Life Cognitive Impairment and Dementia.” \n\n\nEpidemiological and demographic studies have consistently shown tha t racial and ethnic minorities and women experience poorer later-life cog nitive health than white men. What is not so clear\, however\, is what ar e the underlying mechanisms linking racial/ethnic and gender group member ship to cognitive functioning? In this talk\, I will discuss my ongoing r esearch examining the social\, psychological and genotypic/phenotypic mec hanisms that are largely responsible for the stratification of cognitive health in the U.S. context. This presentation aims to inform the audience about the extent of the disparities in cognitive functioning in older ag e as well as the causes of these disparities. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Pl ease join us to hear Dr. Kyler Sherman-Wilkins\, assistantpProfessor from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Missouri State Universit y\, for his talk titled: “Mind the Gap: Investigating Racial and Ethnic D isparities in Later-Life Cognitive Impairment and Dementia.”</p>\n<p>Epid emiological and demographic studies have consistently shown that racial a nd ethnic minorities and women experience poorer later-life cognitive hea lth than white men. What is not so clear\, however\, is what are the unde rlying mechanisms linking racial/ethnic and gender group membership to co gnitive functioning? In this talk\, I&nbsp\;will discuss my ongoing resea rch examining the social\, psychological and genotypic/phenotypic mechani sms that are largely responsible for the stratification of cognitive heal th in the U.S. context. This presentation aims to inform the audience abo ut the extent of the disparities in cognitive functioning in older age as well as the causes of these disparities.</p>\n<p></p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180925T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180925T163000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://organizations.missouristate.edu/gerontology/UpcomingEvents.htm CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR