Join FSU Institute for Successful Longevity, Claude Pepper Center, and Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy for a lecture with Dr. Kenneth M. Langa, Cyrus Sturgis Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan. Our Distinguished Lecture is titled Study Healthy Aging Around the World in the HRS International Network of Aging Studies.

Dr. Langa is an internationally recognized leader in aging research, with a career spanning medicine, public policy, and population health. He is Co-Principal Investigator and Co-Director of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), and Principal Investigator of the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) Project, both funded by the National Institute on Aging. An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, AAAS, and ASCI, his work has shaped our understanding of the epidemiology and costs of chronic disease in older adults, particularly Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. He has published more than 375 peer-reviewed articles and continues to lead major studies examining dementia prevalence, cardiovascular and acute illness impacts on cognition, and cross-national dementia outcomes.

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