{"id":280,"date":"2026-01-09T22:20:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/center-for-healthy-aging\/?page_id=280"},"modified":"2026-01-14T20:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:00:31","slug":"speaker-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/center-for-healthy-aging\/knowledge-hub\/webinars\/speaker-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Webinars showcasing the latest in CSU aging research\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Healthy Aging Speaker Series showcases the latest in aging research coming from CSU faculty and students. These lunch-and-learn-style talks feature speakers who specialize in biological, cognitive, psychological, social, and behavioral factors of aging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-203f3c05 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Healthy Aging Speaker Series: Social Ties and the Lived Experience\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AnhchTGxfLo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">UT Austin Professor Karen Fingerman shares how social interactions affect the health and emotional well-being of older adults, including the influences of close ties and weak ties in relationships.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Healthy Aging Speaker Series: Age-Friendly Healthcare\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l9whnxqudRY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kris Geerken and Gilliane Lee from Changing the Narrative raise awareness about ageism in healthcare.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Healthy Aging Speaker Series: Cannabis sativa L. and Exercise: To THC or not to CBD?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9jn9Ucevo7g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chris Bell, an associate professor in Health and Exercise Science, explores cannabis and its effects on exercise performance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Healthy Aging Speaker Series: Impact of Sleep and Circadian Disruption on Metabolic Health\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MMzZMpAp1hY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Josiane Broussard, director of CSU\u2019s Sleep and Metabolism Lab, reviews how circadian disruption impairs metabolic health through measures of insulin sensitivity, fatty acids, lipids, and more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Healthy Aging Speaker Series: Microbiome, Health, and Aging Using Non-Human Primate Models\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hE_bAK2eUH8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Associate Professor Kylie Kavanagh of Wake Forest School of Medicine addresses the relationships between the microbiota and aging, age-related diseases, and anti-aging interventions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Healthy Aging Speaker Series: Social and Emotional Development Across Adulthood\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lhWMGEoWJXU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gloria Luong, an associate professor in Human Development and Family studies, discusses social and emotional development in later adulthood.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Healthy Aging Speaker Series: Cognition and Depression and Later Life\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9-EPuZJW3bk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stephen Aichele, an assistant professor of Human Development and Family Studies, uses advanced statistics to study cognition and depression in later life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Healthy Aging Speaker Series: COVID-19 Surveillance in Long-Term Care Facilities\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cZtdlFCScNM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nicole Ehrhart, director of the Center, describes the transdisciplinary research effort that developed early detection and mitigation strategies to stop the spread of COVID-19 in skilled nursing facilities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Webinars showcasing the latest in CSU aging research\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2lkx9ymC5Qg&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Great Danes &amp; Grandads: How Man\u2019s Best Friends Hold the Key to Changing Aging<\/a>. Listen to Nicole Ehrhart, director of the Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging, offer insight into what we\u2019re learning from canines to promote healthy aging in humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=toiD9piewcY&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;fbclid=IwAR1UrjR1D28hpnePfprKoXM3FgAueEEAjConjHgDJMGhHBQFm_UcP_Fj75E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ideas on How to Increase Healthspan<\/a>. Hear from CHA faculty researcher Tom LaRocca on how his lab uses translational science to understand healthspan and the hallmarks of aging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ylF8YGoL-0k&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Managing Parkinson\u2019s.<\/a>&nbsp;CSU dance professor, Lisa Morgan, discusses how Parkinson\u2019s patients can use dance therapy to combat stiffness and lack of rhythm and develop their balance, strength, and gait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y11yRgsBvDk&amp;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aging Well with Mindfulness.<\/a>&nbsp;In this talk, Stephanie Rayburn \u2013 a marriage and family therapist and doctoral student in Applied Developmental Science at CSU \u2013 teaches about the benefits of mindfulness for reducing stress, managing our emotions, tending to our relationships, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fymzRg6cKuA&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lifespan Modifiers of Brain Aging.<\/a>&nbsp;Aga Burzynska, an assistant professor in CSU\u2019s Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies and the Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences Program, reviews her research on modifiable lifestyle factors \u2014 including physical activity, exercise, sedentariness, and occupational exposures \u2014 and their effects on cognitive health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ofPAidvhu0k&amp;t=37s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Determinants of Driving Function in Older Adults<\/a>. Assistant professor Neha Lodha of Health and Exercise Science discusses how disease and aging impair driving ability and ways to promote safe driving in older adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZqJIxYODYBQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Advance Care Planning<\/a>. Mindy Rickard of the Health District of Northern Larimer County takes us through the variety of care directives that are available, including living wills, power of attorney and \u201cdo not resuscitate\u201d documents, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jxf2IakqB-Y&amp;t=26s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Banking on a New Understanding<\/a>. In this talk, Marta Castelhano of Cornell University describes what biobanking is, how the Cornell Veterinary Biobank received accreditation, and how biobanking is applied in comparative aging research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EgjE6a9M6ww&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shifting Perspectives around COVID-19<\/a>: Effects of Vaccinations: CSU Director Emeritus of Biosafety, Bob Ellis, introduces us to the science behind COVID-19 vaccines: how they\u2019re produced, how they received FDA emergency-use authorization, and how vaccination will aid with herd immunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/faOoGD9UXhg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Neural control of movement and the aging brain: How does it change and what are the ramifications?<\/a>&nbsp;Assistant Professor of Health and Exercise Science, Brett Fling, discusses movement deficits that accompany the natural aging process and how impaired communication between the right and left sides of the brain can result in a lack of coordination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZOG5Pi0Mwpc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interactions between healthspan-extending interventions: Exercise and pharmacotherapeutics<\/a>. Karyn Hamilton \u2014 a professor of Health and Exercise Science and associate director here at the Center \u2014 describes findings from three sets of studies that examine whether exercise extends healthspan when combined with therapeutics, including metformin, SGLT2 inhibitors, and Nrf2 activators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cJPVIGoDl5c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Age Friendliness in Higher Education Today<\/a>. Investigators Nina Silverstein and Celeste Beaulieu from UMass Boston share their framework for assessing age-inclusivity in higher education and present preliminary findings from CSU\u2019s gap analysis conducted in early spring 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Xk5ZWXheP5c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Novel insights into aging, anti-aging interventions, and age-related disease<\/a>. Devin Wahl, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Tom LaRocca\u2019s Healthspan Biology Laboratory, reviews caloric restriction as an anti-aging intervention and describes how transcripts from non-coding repetitive elements in the genome may play a role in age-related disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sK30tfk2v6E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senior Access Points 2.0: Expanding Resources for Older Adults Across Colorado<\/a>. Allyson Brothers, an assistant professor of Human Development and Family Studies at CSU, introduces us to Senior Access Points, an organization that helps older adults and family members find aging-related resources in Larimer County. Brothers discusses SAP\u2019s plans for expansion and presents the results of their rural community assessment conducted in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2E_htn5ZLg4\">Targeting Cellular Stress Responses in Neurodegeneration<\/a>. Julie Moreno, an assistant professor of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences at CSU, outlines processes in the brain that lead to neurodegeneration and potential therapies that her lab is working on to slow them down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TDH_JNEb82g\">Understanding Alzheimer\u2019s<\/a>.&nbsp;Owner of Home Helpers Home Care, Kate Ricke, presents information to assist individuals and caregivers in understanding and preparing for Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EJC3_Xu5O10\">Advancing the Science<\/a>. Kelly Osthoff, senior director of programs at the Alzheimer\u2019s Association: Colorado Chapter, presents an overview of Alzheimer\u2019s disease science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expand your knowledge, enhance your life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div data-animate=\"\" class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/center-for-healthy-aging\/knowledge-hub\/webinars\/\">Webinars home<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-animate=\"\" class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/center-for-healthy-aging\/knowledge-hub\/webinars\/aging-across-the-lifespan\/\">Aging Across the Lifespan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-animate=\"\" class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/center-for-healthy-aging\/knowledge-hub\/webinars\/speaker-series\/\">Healthy Aging Speaker Series<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-animate=\"\" class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/center-for-healthy-aging\/knowledge-hub\/webinars\/healthy-aging-fitness\/\">Healthy Aging Fitness<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-animate=\"\" class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--5\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/center-for-healthy-aging\/knowledge-hub\/webinars\/mobility-yoga\/\">Mobility Yoga<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-animate=\"\" class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--6\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.research.colostate.edu\/center-for-healthy-aging\/knowledge-hub\/webinars\/covid-19-expert-panel-series\/\">COVID-19 Expert Panel Series<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Webinars showcasing the latest in CSU aging research\u00a0 The Healthy Aging Speaker Series showcases the latest in aging research coming from CSU faculty and students. 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