Lunch&Learn series: Health outcomes associated with helping behaviors

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This Lunch&Learn session welcomes Dr. Sae Hwang Han for a discussion around the health consequences of social and productive engagement in middle and later adulthood, with a particular focus on examining how various forms of helping behaviours, such as formal volunteering, informal helping, or caregiving, influence behavioural and neurobiological mechanisms underlying health.

Itinerary 

12:00 - 12:05 | Welcome and introductions

12:05 - 12:45 | Lunch&Learn presentation

12:45 - 12:55 | Moderated Q&A session

12:55 - 13:00 | Closing and upcoming sessions

Location

This is an online webinar hosted on Zoom. To receive details to enter the event, please register.  

Featured Speaker

Sae Hwang Han

Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin

The overarching objective of Dr. Han's research is to contribute to the scientific literature on social relationships and health in middle and later adulthood. Han's current research interests center around examining health consequences of social and productive engagement in middle and later adulthood, with a particular focus on examining how various forms of helping behaviors (e.g., formal volunteering, informal helping, or caregiving) influence behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms underlying health. Another stream of his research focuses on examining dyadic processes underlying coupled individuals’ health behaviors and health outcomes in mid- and late-life, demonstrating how individuals draw from one’s own and partners’ social relationships for the betterment of their health. Han’s research employs longitudinal data from national surveys, such as the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS).

What are Lunch&Learn's?

The CAnD3 Lunch&Learn series is designed to introduce our Fellows, team members, and partners to emerging research on topics related to population dynamics and population aging. These modules will cover the Four CAnD3 Population Aging Axes: (1) family and social inclusion; (2) education, labour and inequality; (3) migration and ethnicity; and (4) wellbeing and autonomy.

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