School of Nursing's Estes to Be Honored at Symposium
The UCSF Institute for Health & Aging, the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the National Center of Excellence in Women's Health invite the campus community to attend a symposium honoring Carroll L. Estes, PhD.
The event, titled "Celebrating 40 years of Policy Research and Leadership in Health and Aging," will provide a glimpse of her work at UCSF. The daylong event takes place on Friday, May 16 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Golden Gate Club, Presidio, San Francisco.
A reception will follow the symposium at 5 p.m. While the event is free, people are being asked to RSVP to Yue at 415/476-5832 or [email protected] by Wednesday, April 30. The winner of many distinguished awards, including the Woman Who Could Be President Award from the League of Women Voters, Estes is recognized for her prolific scholarly research as an author or editor and for the intellectual scope of her many contributions to the field of aging. Estes is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and past president of the Gerontological Society of America. She has served as a consultant to the US Commissioners of Social Security and to the US Senate and House committees on aging. Estes is a highly acclaimed scholar in the field of aging. She has authored or co-authored eight books and more than 150 scientific articles and book chapters. Her research and publications investigate the impact of fiscal and social policy on the elderly. In her first book addressing the policy issues that affect the elderly, The Aging Enterprise, Estes shed light on the myriad of programs, organizations, interest groups, industries and professionals that comprise the aging enterprise. Today, The Aging Enterprise is used in classrooms as a basic textbook. Estes has also co-edited 14 books, including, The Nation's Health, with Philip R. Lee, MD, a former chancellor at UCSF, now in its seventh edition. More recently, Estes worked to preserve Social Security as a public program. In 2004, she co-founded Students for Social Security, which organized young people across the country in an effort to educate them about their stake in preserving Social Security. Adding to Estes' work to preserve Social Security at the symposium is Barbara B. Kennelly, president and CEO, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. Kennelly will give a talk, titled "Insuring the Essentials for the 21st Century: The Politics of Social Security and Medicare." She will discuss the importance of getting young people to take an interest in Social security. "This is something you want available when you retire and we hope our students will take the time to come to the event and learn more about how Social Security policy impacts them," said Marie Christine Yue, administrative analyst, Institute for Health Aging and one of the event's organizers. "Now is the time in history to look at this." Estes was honored last year with the Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women. For decades, Estes, former chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the School of Nursing, has been an inspirational role model for women at UCSF and beyond. She has played a leadership role in developing national and international policies affecting women. Related Link: Faculty Profile: Caroll L. Estes, PhD
The event, titled "Celebrating 40 years of Policy Research and Leadership in Health and Aging," will provide a glimpse of her work at UCSF. The daylong event takes place on Friday, May 16 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Golden Gate Club, Presidio, San Francisco.
A reception will follow the symposium at 5 p.m. While the event is free, people are being asked to RSVP to Yue at 415/476-5832 or [email protected] by Wednesday, April 30. The winner of many distinguished awards, including the Woman Who Could Be President Award from the League of Women Voters, Estes is recognized for her prolific scholarly research as an author or editor and for the intellectual scope of her many contributions to the field of aging. Estes is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and past president of the Gerontological Society of America. She has served as a consultant to the US Commissioners of Social Security and to the US Senate and House committees on aging. Estes is a highly acclaimed scholar in the field of aging. She has authored or co-authored eight books and more than 150 scientific articles and book chapters. Her research and publications investigate the impact of fiscal and social policy on the elderly. In her first book addressing the policy issues that affect the elderly, The Aging Enterprise, Estes shed light on the myriad of programs, organizations, interest groups, industries and professionals that comprise the aging enterprise. Today, The Aging Enterprise is used in classrooms as a basic textbook. Estes has also co-edited 14 books, including, The Nation's Health, with Philip R. Lee, MD, a former chancellor at UCSF, now in its seventh edition. More recently, Estes worked to preserve Social Security as a public program. In 2004, she co-founded Students for Social Security, which organized young people across the country in an effort to educate them about their stake in preserving Social Security. Adding to Estes' work to preserve Social Security at the symposium is Barbara B. Kennelly, president and CEO, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. Kennelly will give a talk, titled "Insuring the Essentials for the 21st Century: The Politics of Social Security and Medicare." She will discuss the importance of getting young people to take an interest in Social security. "This is something you want available when you retire and we hope our students will take the time to come to the event and learn more about how Social Security policy impacts them," said Marie Christine Yue, administrative analyst, Institute for Health Aging and one of the event's organizers. "Now is the time in history to look at this." Estes was honored last year with the Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women. For decades, Estes, former chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the School of Nursing, has been an inspirational role model for women at UCSF and beyond. She has played a leadership role in developing national and international policies affecting women. Related Link: Faculty Profile: Caroll L. Estes, PhD