University of Delaware
College of Health Sciences
2024 Evelyn R. Hayes Innovations in Healthcare Symposium
2024 Hayes Symposium: “Understanding and Addressing the Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation"
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 2:00-5:00pm
University of Delaware
The Audion at the Tower at STAR
100 Discovery Boulevard, Newark, DE 19713
Keynote Speaker: Thomas Cudjoe, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine and 2021 Caryl & George Bernstein CIM/HAP Scholar
Johns Hopkins Human Aging Project
"Advancing Social Connection to Promote Health"
Keynote Speaker: LIsa Jaremka, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of Delaware
The 2023 Surgeon General’s Advisory on Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation served to highlight the significant negative health consequences of loneliness and isolation, particularly in older adults, while identifying the need to build social connection as a national health priority. To this end, our 2024 Hayes Symposium will convene a diverse group of professionals, academics, caregivers, and policy makers to consider the growing burden and causes of loneliness for older adults. We will also consider novel approaches to advance social connection and combat loneliness in our communities, as well as the barriers and facilitators to their widespread implementation. All are welcome to attend, but registration is requested. Please share with others who might be interested—including community members and caregivers.
We are extremely grateful for the generosity of our donor, Dr. Evelyn R. Hayes, which allows us to be able to host this symposium.
Free parking will be available.
Refreshments will be provided at a reception immediately following the symposium.
To Register: RSVP: 2024 Evelyn R. Hayes Innovations in Healthcare Symposium (google.com)
