The Hispanic Well-Being Initiative

The mission of the “Initiative for Hispanic Well-being” is to advance equity in well-being of Latinos and Hispanics in the United States. The initiative will conduct research focused on Hispanics/Latinos in the United States and in their country of origin using a life course approach to understand social determinants and consequences of health, including physical and mental health and function, health disparities, the labor market, immigration, family and social networks, retirement, and social policies aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of the population. The initiative will promote quantitative and qualitative research, cross-country comparisons, impact of policy interventions, and primary data collection through surveys and focus groups. The goal is to produce new research regarding life course exposures, through lived experiences and behaviors, and the context/communities where populations live, work, and interact. The vision for the initiative is to develop, nurture, and maintain an infrastructure for research to thrive while also contributing to development of human resources through mentoring, in order to further advance research focused on this mission.

Emma Aguila
Associate Professor

Conference Series on Aging in the Americas

Health and Aging of Mexican Populations on Both Sides of the Border: New Research and Policy Challenges 

The 16th International Conference on Aging in the Americas will focus on new research regarding life course exposures, physical and mental health, and social and economic wellbeing of aging populations in the Americas. 

Conference Highlights

 Pre-Conference Data and Methods Workshop 
IPUMS Data Workshop, Gateway to Global Aging, Microsimulation Future Elderly Model (FEM) 

Keynote speaker 

Dr. Hector M. González is a Professor of Neurosciences in the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. González is a population neuroscientist and the Principal Investigator of the Study of Latinos-Investigation of Neurocognitive Aging (SOL-INCA), which is the largest study of Latino cognitive aging, impairment and disorders among diverse Latinos. 

Lightning Presentations 
Steve Wallace Juried Poster Session 
Mentoring session 
Panel on future of research by CAA investigators 
Consensus building 
Funding Opportunities… 

The Andrus Gerontology Center, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and the Ralph and Goldy Lewis Hall, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, Los Angeles, CA, USA