Age Friendly University Global Network and the University of Arizona
Kathleen Insel, PhD, RN Professor Director, UArizona Health Sciences Center Strategic Initiative Innovations in Healthy Aging Associate Director of Strategy and Development, Arizona Center on Aging
12:00 pm-1:00 pm (MST), Monday, July 8, 2024 This lecture will be broadcasted by a web livestream link.
Kathleen Insel, Ph.D., R.N., is professor in the College of Nursing, former Director the strategic initiative, Innovations in Healthy Aging at the University of Arizona, and Associate Director for Strategy and Development for the Arizona Center on Aging. Dr. Insel earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Masters of Science from the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Arizona, where she also completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Community-Based Interventions.
Dr. Insel’s research focuses on cognitive function over the lifespan, specifically executive function and working memory and implications for self-management of chronic disease, and among children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, on school achievement. She developed a successful behavioral intervention to improve self-management of prescribed medication 36% in an RCT, but the effects of the intervention were not sustained over an additional 5 months of adherence monitoring. The critical components of the intervention were translated into an app with the goal of ubiquitous and sustained support of strategies shown to improve adherence to prescribed medication. The purpose of this funded line of inquiry is to support the continued independence of older adults thus impacting quality of life. Currently, NIH funding for an R01 “Digital Technology to Improve Medication Adherence for Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment” with MPI Dr. Raksha Mudar, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, has modified the self-management system to support adherence to antihypertension medications for this vulnerable population.
Active in service nationally she was a member of the inaugural Advisory Panel on the Assessment, Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment Options for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and serves on National Institutes of Health review panels, particularly for Small Business Innovation Research: Neuro/Psychopathology, Life Span Development and STEM Education programs. She has mentored over 20 PhD dissertations as chair or member including work in cognitive capacity and shared decision making among children and parents to control the symptoms of asthma, working memory and self-management of Type 2 Diabetes and among active-duty military and adherence to antidepressant medications to name a few student led projects.
Objectives:
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Identify the purpose of and potential implications in creating an Age-Friendly University at the University of Arizona for the University and older adults in Arizona.
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Critically identify strategies developed through the Age Friendly University Global Network that enhance older adult participation in intergenerational and university experiences.
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Discuss initiatives and ongoing programs at the University of Arizona that are consistent with Age Friendly University principles.
Accreditation Statement:
The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Disclosure Statement(s):
All faculty, CME planning committee members, and the CME office reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with commercial interests that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.