Conferences and Events

Events

2022 Boston Roybal Center Annual Meeting

The 2022 Annual Meeting will be held on Friday October 14th on Zoom. Please email roybal@brandeis.edu for the Zoom link to the conference. 

Please find the schedule and topics here. 

Screenshot from Zoom Annual Meeting
2021 Boston Roybal Center Annual Meeting

June 4, 2021

The 2021 Annual Meeting was held on Friday, June 4th, 2021 and Monday, June 7th, 2021, on Zoom.

Keynote Address: Angela Duckworth, PhD, Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor, CEO and Founder Character Lab, University of Pennsylvania

Watch Angela Duckworth's Keynote Address on Behavior Change

Watch the Pilot Presentations from Day 1: Completed and Ongoing

Watch the Pilot Project Presentations from Day 2: Ongoing and New

Pilot investigators discussed their completed, ongoing, and newly funded projects. Attendees also participated in open discussion about the progress and future of the Boston Roybal Center.

Group of Roybal meeting attendees
2018 Boston Roybal Center Annual Meeting

June 8, 2018

The 2018 Annual Meeting was held on Thursday, June 7, 2018, at Northeastern University, co-sponsored by the Bouvé College of Health Sciences.

Keynote Address: Arthur Kramer, PhD, Senior Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education at Northeastern University

The Year 4 pilot investigators discussed their progress after one year of funding, and the Year 5 PIs discussed their newly accepted proposals for the upcoming year. Attendees also participated in round table discussions about the progress and future of the Boston Roybal Center.

Two women seated at a table smiling
Adventures in Creative Retirement: Health, Housing, and Community

September 9, 2017

Brandeis University Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (BOLLI)

Group of meeting attendees smiling
2017 Boston Roybal Center Annual Meeting

June 15, 2017

The 2017 Annual Meeting was held at Boston College on June 15, 2017. This year the event was co-sponsored by the Boston College Institute on Aging.

Pilot project investigators presented their work with time for feedback and discussion about ways to promote healthy aging.

Keynote Address: Nancy Morrow-Howell, MSW, PhD, Bettie Bofinger Brown Distinguished Professor of Social Policy and Director, Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging, Washington University of St. Louis

Conference attendees smiling
2016 Boston Roybal Center Annual Meeting

May 24, 2016

This event was held at Brandeis University.

Colloquium: Howard Litwin, PhD

October 1, 2015

Professor and former dean, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work & Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem presented: "The Evolving Potential of SHARE: The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe" at Boston College.

50th Anniversary Celebration of Medicare and Medicaid

July 30, 2015

This event was held at the Greater Boston YMCA. Carmen Sceppa was on the healthcare leader panel.

Group of 2015 meeting attendees
2015 Boston Roybal Center Annual Meeting

May 19, 2015

This event was held at Brandeis University.

Keynote Speaker: Becca Levy, PhD, Yale University

Colloquium: Hazel Rose Markus, PhD

April 16, 2015

Hazel Rose Markus, PhD,  Davis-Brack Professor in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University presented: "Inequality, Social Class and Self" at Brandeis University.

Boston Roybal Center Investigator Meeting

December 18, 2014

This event was held at Northeastern University.

Colloquium: Leonard Hayflick, PhD

"The Discovery of the Finite Proliferative Capacity of Normal Human Cells" was presented at Northeastern University.

Colloquium: Charles Consel, PhD

"Verification of the Daily Activities of Older Adults: A Simple, Non-Intrusive, Low-Cost Approach" was presented at Northeastern University.