HAPPENINGS
The 2014 Leon and Josephine Winkelman Memorial Lecture Creating Sustainable Change for Healthy Aging
A warm welcome was extended by Dean Laura Lein to attendees of the 2014 Leon and Josephine Winkelman Memorial Lecture on February 13, at the University of Michigan School of Social Work. The keynote address, Creating Sustainable Change for Healthy Aging, was presented by Nancy A. Whitelaw, co-director, Hartford Change AGEnts Initiative, Gerontological Society of America; and co-director, Practice Change Leaders Program, Division of Health Care Policy and Research, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Whitelaw emphasized the importance of organization and collaboration among key groups, which gives a greater voice to healthy aging. A panelist response was moderated by U-M SSW Professor Letha A. Chadiha. The panelists included: •
Phillippa Clarke, Research Associate Professor, Institute for Social Research and Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
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Jeffrey B. Halter, Professor of Internal Medicine, U-M Medical School; and Director, Geriatrics Center at the University of Michigan
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Beth Spencer, Project Manager, Geriatric Social Work Hartford Center of Excellence, U-M School of Social Work; and clinical social worker at the U-M Geriatrics Center
The Leon and Josephine Winkelman Memorial Lecture Series was established at the University of Michigan School of Social Work by the Winkelman brothers — Stanley J., John, Frederick R. and Henry R. — as a memorial to their parents.
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The lecture series provides a forum for the presentation of new and emerging knowledge from the social sciences and the helping professions in the field of gerontology, and for the discussion of the application of such knowledge to the development of social policy, the organization and management of social welfare services and the delivery of social work services. The selection of topics and scholars reflects the interdisciplinary character of the series. This is in keeping with the representation of several disciplines in the School of Social Work faculty, the schools’ links with the social sciences through its Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Social Science and the school’s collaboration with the Schools of Public Health, the University of Michigan Health System and the Institute of Gerontology.
From left to right: Emily Nicklett, PhD; Robert Taylor, PhD; Philippa Clarke, PhD; Letha A. Chadiha, PhD; Jeffrey B. Halter, MD; Laura Lein, PhD; Nancy A. Whitelaw, PhD; Beth Spencer, LMSW; Ruth E. Dunkle, PhD