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2012 ICAA Official Schedule

Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Radisson Hotel at USC

5:30 pm Registration
6:30 - 7:30 pm Welcome Dinner
6:00 pm Welcome & Introduction Remarks William A. Vega, Ph.D.
Kyriakos Markides, Ph.D.
Mark D. Hayward, Ph.D.
6:45 pm Dinner Address: Presidential Campaigns and Implications for Aging Policy Fernando Torres-Gil, Ph.D.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012
USC Davidson Conference Center

7:30-8:30 am Continental Breakfast/Registration
8:30 am Welcome Remarks William A. Vega, Ph.D. Jacqueline L. Angel, Ph.D.
9:00 am Opening Keynote: The Mexican Physiological Revolution: Putting Mexico in an International Perspective Eileen Crimmins, Ph.D.
10:00-10:15 am Break
10:15 am Panel Presentation I: Healthy Aging Among Latinos

The Hispanic Community Health Study - Study of Latinos: Opportunities for Collaboration

Health of Mexicans in America Links between Socioeconomic Circumstances and Changes in Smoking Behavior in the Mexican Population: 2002-2010

Measuring Economic Need among Latino Elders
Discussant: Mark D. Hayward, Ph.D.


Larissa Avilés-Santa, M.D.



Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, Ph.D.




Steve P. Wallace, Ph.D.
Noon-1:00 pm Lunch
Music Presentation

Cuerdas y Voces
1:00 pm Panel Presentation II: Social Determinants of Health and Prevention of Chronic Diseases in Latin American

Social determinants of health and functional status in Mexico. Socio-medical research on old age and aging at the Instituto Nacional de Geriatría.

Chronic Disease Prevention in Latin America: Examples from the Use of the Coronary Heart Disease Policy Model
Discussant: Kathleen H. Wilber, Ph.D.



Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo, M.D., Ph.D.



Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D.
2:10 pm Oral Poster Presentations by Emerging Scholars

Measurement bias in neuropsychological tests due to socioeconomic, race/ethnic differences, and chronic health conditions among Spanish and English-speaking populations

Age, Heart Conditions, and Co-Ethnic Concentration among Aged Mexican-Americans in the Southwestern United States

Childhood Poverty and Depressive Symptoms for Older Adults in Mexico: A Life-Course Analysis

Discussant: Donald A. Lloyd, Ph.D.


Frances M. Yang, Ph.D.



Joseph L. Sáenz



Jacqueline M. Torres, M.P.H., M.A.

3:30-3:45 pm Break
3:40 pm Juried Poster Session
4:40 pm Poster Award Ceremony Presider: Terrence Hill, Ph.D.
6:00-8:30 pm By invitation only: Mentoring Dinner McKay's Restaurant

Thursday, September 13, 2012
USC Davidson Conference Center

7:30 am Registration & Breakfast
8:00 am Welcome William A. Vega, Ph.D.
8:05 am Closing Keynote: After Babel : Language and the Challenges of Comparative Research Ronald J. Angel, Ph.D.
9:00 am Panel Presentation III: Behavioral Health

Combining qualitative and quantitative methods in research on depression in older Latinos: Results from the Men's Health and Aging Study

United States Migration Experience and Depressive Symptoms among Older Mexicans: Evidence from the Mexican Health and Aging Study

Discussant: William A. Vega, Ph.D.

Ladson Hinton, M.D.



Emily M. Agree, Ph.D.

10:05 - 10:15 am Break
10:15 am Panel Presentation IV: Fuzzy Edges of Hispanic Paradox Research in Aging

Estimating Period Life Tables for US Hispanic Sub-Populations

Does the Hispanic Paradox in Mortality Extend to Disability? A Comparison of Older Mexicans in the United States and Mexico
Discussant: Rubén Rumbaut, Ph.D.


Mark D. Hayward, Ph.D.


Elizabeth Arias, Ph.D.

Border Health in the Shadow of the Hispanic Paradox: Issues in the Conceptualization of Health Disparities in Older Mexican Americans Living in the Southwest Jennifer J. Salinas, Ph.D.
Noon Consensus building session William A. Vega, Ph.D.
Kyriakos Markides, Ph.D.
1:00 pm Lunch
2:00 - 2:30 pm Closed Session Meeting Conference on Aging in the Americas Advisory Group Publication Meeting Presider: Jacqueline L. Angel, Ph.D.
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