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USC JUDITH D. TAMKIN International
Symposium On Elder Abuse

The mission of the USC Judith D. Tamkin International Symposium on Elder Abuse is to create safe and healthy environments for all older adults, here and across the world, by bringing researchers, practitioners, advocates, thought leaders, lawmakers, and other stakeholders together to share findings, strategize solutions, and help shape and propel the field of elder justice.

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The Elder Justice Panorama: Promising Programs, Sustainable Progress, and the Path Forward

February 26 – 27, 2026
Pasadena, CA

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The mission of the USC Judith D. Tamkin International Symposium on Elder Abuse is to create safe and healthy environments for all older adults, here and across the world, by bringing researchers, practitioners, advocates, thought leaders, lawmakers, and other stakeholders together to share findings, strategize solutions, and help shape and propel the field of elder justice.

This year we will focus on the Elder Mistreatment Ecosystem: Emerging Innovations and Evolving Ideas. The latest research to practice developments will be addressed, including elder financial exploitation, abuse across the lifespan, and person-centered, trauma-informed care, among other current and compelling topics.

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Program 

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Faculty

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Jennie Chin Hansen
RN, MS, FAAN
Advisory Member at Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging, Former CEO of American Geriatrics Society
M.T. Connolly
JD
Writer, lawyer, researcher, author MacArthur Foundation Fellow, Founder of the Elder Justice Lab, Adjunct faculty at USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Page Ulrey
JD
Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Elder Abuse Project, King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office

David Burnes
PhD
Canada Research Chair in Older Adult Mistreatment Prevention, Professor, University of Toronto, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, Affiliate Scientist, Baycrest, Rotman Research Institute
Alexis Coulourides Kogan
PhD
Assistant Professor, Keck School of Medicine of USC University of Southern California
E-Shien (Iggy) Chang
PhD
Assistant Professor of Gerontology in Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Sandra Edmonds Crewe
PhD
Dean, Howard University School of Social Work, Professor of Social Work, Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership
Zach Gassoumis
PhD
Assistant Professor of Research, Keck School of Medicine of USC University of Southern California
Melissa S. Gerald
PhD
Program Director, Division of Behavioral and Social Research, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
Duke Han
PhD
Director, Neuropsychology Division Department of Family Medicine, Professor of Family Medicine, Neurology, Psychology, and Gerontology, Keck School of Medicine of USC University of Southern California
Chris Herman
MSW, LICSW
Senior Practice Associate – Aging National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Todd I. Herrenkohl
PhD
Marion Elizabeth Blue Professor of Children and Families, Editor, Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, University of Michigan School of Social Work
Andy Mao
JD
Deputy Director (Fraud Section)/Elder Justice Initiative, US Department of Justice
Leah Bergen Miller
Director of Center on Holocaust Survivor Care and Institute on Aging and Trauma, JFNA
Julie Miller
PhD, MSW
Director of Thought Leadership for Financial Resilience at AARP
Laura Mosqueda
MD
Professor of Family Medicine and Geriatrics, Director, National Center on Elder Abuse, Keck School of Medicine of USC University of Southern California
Bonnie Olsen
PhD
Professor of Clinical Family Medicine, Vice Chair for Research, Keck School of Medicine of USC University of Southern California
Monique Renae Pappadis
PhD, MEd, FACRM
Associate Professor (tenured), The University of Texas Medical Branch School of Public and Population Health, Department of Population Health and Health Disparities
Frank Puga
PhD
Assistant Professor, Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care, UAB School of Nursing | The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jennifer Storey
PhD
Registered Forensic Psychologist and Associate Professor in Forensic Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Kent, UK
Gali Weissberger
PhD
Senior Lecturer, Department of Social and Health Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Stephanie Whittier-Eliason
MSW
Lead of the Office of Elder Justice and Adult Protective Services, Administration for Community Living
Stacey Wood
PhD, ABPP
Molly Mason Jones Professor of Psychology, Scripps College in Claremont, CA
Kate Wilber
PhD
Professor of Gerontology, Mary Pickford Foundation Chair in Gerontology, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology University of Southern California
Jeanine Yonashiro-Cho
PhD
Post-doctoral scholar, Keck School of Medicine of USC University of Southern California

2024 Tamkin Awardees

 

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