Sessions
Keynote - Emerging from the Margins: The Future of LGBTQ Aging
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM Fri
Karen Fredriksen Goldsen, PhD, MSW, is Professor and Director of Healthy Generations at the University of Washington. Dr. Fredriksen Goldsen is a nationally and internationally recognized scholar addressing equity at the intersections of aging, health, and well-being in resilient, at-risk communities. She is Principal Investigator of Aging with Pride: National Health, Aging, and Sexuality/Gender Study (NIH/NIA, R01), the first national longitudinal study of LGBTQ midlife and older adult health assessing trajectories;Aging with Pride: IDEA (Innovations in Dementia Empowerment and Action) (NIH/NIA, R01) the first federally-funded study of cognitive impairment in LGBTQ communities;Sexual and Gender Minority Health Disparities, a population-based study of LGBTQ health of all ages; and Investigator of Rainbow Ageing: The 1st National Survey of the Health and Well-Being of LGBTI Older Australians. Dr. Fredriksen Goldsen is the author of more than 100 publications, three books, and numerous invitational presentations including the Academy of Sciences, U.S. White House conferences and Congressional Briefings. Her research has been cited by the New York Times, U.S. News & World Report, NBC News, Washington Post, and more than 50 international news outlets. Dr. Fredriksen Goldsen is founder of GenPride, GSA Rainbow Research Group, and Shanti/Seattle. She received her PhD in Social Welfare from the UC Berkeley.