Other Session
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- Track: Public Policy
- Location: Crystal B
- CME/CE: 0
Moderator: Nancy E. Lundebjerg, MPA
There are many ways in which AGS and its members can educate our elected officials about the importance of federally supported research in the everyday lives of older Americans. In this session, we are focused on providing top-level framing for research that places older adults at the center of our advocacy and frames the messaging within chronic disease. This messaging can be shortened to make daily calls to Congress or used as an introduction when meeting with congressional staff or educating our friends and colleagues. Learning Objectives: (1) Understand the current climate in Washington, DC vis-à-vis the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Institute on Aging (NIA); (2) Learn about a new way to frame the work of the NIH/NIA and aging research – one that puts older people and chronic disease at the center of the initial framing; and (3) Take Action: Use tools and new messages to make a call to a member of Congress
Presenters:
Kristine Blackwood, JD
Patricia “Trish” D’Antonio, BSPharm, MS, MBA, BCGP