by Varshini Chellapilla
The Virtual Visiting Scholars Program hosted by the Perelman School of Medicine’s Institute on Aging is hosting a pane titled “Pandemic and Prejudice: Lessons from COVID-19 about Aging in America” with keynote speaker Louise Aronson.
Dr. Aronson is a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Fransisco Division of Geriatrics. She is a geriatrician and writer who has published books on what it means to age in our society, and the history of health and illness in San Fransisco. Additionally, she has served as the director of the Northern California Geriatrics Education Center. She has received multiple awards for her work such as the California Homecare Physician of the Year, the Gold Professorship in Humanism in Medicine, and American Geriatrics Society Clinician-Teacher of the Year.
The panel will be held on Feb. 3 at 12 p.m. Register online for a link to the virtual webinar.