Episode description

Today, our host, Samantha Michaele, is speaking with Emily Greenfield, professor at Rutgers School of Social Work and Director of the Hub for Aging Collaboration. Dr. Greenfield is an internationally recognized scholar and leader within the aging-in-community movement. Her community-engaged scholarship seeks to bolster community-based efforts toward more equitable opportunities for long and healthy lives. Through her leadership, the Rutgers Hub for Aging Collaboration was formally established in September 2022 which works to advance excellence in collaborative research, teaching, and engagement it’s goal to improve social contexts for aging and health equity. The Hub serves as a nexus to strengthen networks among community leaders, researchers, service providers, policymakers, and others toward innovation and leadership for aging in community. Fueled by the social work value of leveraging social relationships for change, the team works across disciplines and sectors to improve environments for aging equity among individuals, families, and communities in all of their diversity.

Episode Disclaimer: This episode was recorded close to a year ago. It is important to recognize that some items and ideas may have shifted with the passage of time. The conversation is a representation of the time it was recorded. Conversation includes topics around mental health, gender expression and identity, and stressors associated with systemic discrimination. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker's own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of Rutgers University or Rutgers School of Social Work.

Learn more about the Hub for Aging Collaboration: https://socialwork.rutgers.edu/centers/hub-aging-collaboration