Curriculum Vitae - Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging ...

Carr, Deborah. 2012. “Death, Dying, and End of Life Issues: Research Challenges.” RAND
Summer Institute (RSI) on the Demography, Economics, Psychology, and Epidemiology
of Aging. Santa Monica, CA. July 2012.
Carr, Deborah. 2012. “Psychosocial Challenges among Older Patients in the 21 st Century:
Implications for Dental Care.” Steve Gordon Memorial Lecture, Special Care Dentistry
Association, Scottsdale, AZ. April 2012.
Carr, Deborah. 2011. “Widowed Older Adults in Rural Areas: Identifying Challenges and
Solutions.” Keynote Address. Oklahoma Geriatric Education Center Annual Conference,
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. June 2011.
Carr, Deborah. 2011. “Reinventing Widowhood? Some (Untested) Predictions about Baby
Boomers & Spousal Loss.” Baby Boomers and Family Changes in the 21st Century
Conference/ Center for Family and Demographic Research, Bowling Green State
University, Bowling Green, OH. March 2011.
Carr, Deborah. 2010. “Anticipating Widowhood: Who Avoids, Who Prepares, and Why?”
Presidential Symposium, Gerontological Society of America annual meeting. New
Orleans. November 2010.
Carr, Deborah. 2010. “Recent Scholarship on Families and Health Research: Looking Back and
Moving Forward.” National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Minneapolis,
November 2010.
Carr, Deborah. 2010. “If Nothing is Certain But Death and Taxes, Why Do So Few Americans
Prepare for the End of Life?” Population Studies Center, University of Michigan,
September 2010; Population Research Center, University of Chicago, January 2011.
Carr, Deborah. 2010. “Research on Obesity and Families: What Have We Learned, and Where
are We Going.” Obesity and Families conference, Brigham Young University, Provo,
UT. May 2010.
Carr, Deborah. 2010. “How Families Navigate the End of Life.” Council on Contemporary
Families 2010 annual meeting. Augustana College, Augustana, IL. April 2010.
Carr, Deborah. 2010. “End of Life Issues.” St. Peter’s University Hospital/Rutgers University
School of Social Work Institute for Families: Certificate in Geriatric Health Care
Program. St. Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ. April 2010.
Carr, Deborah. 2009. “Body Image.” Rutgers University Science and Health Fair. Office for the
Promotion of Women in Science, Engineering & Mathematics (WiSEM). Rutgers
University. October 2009.
Carr, Deborah. 2009. “Social Relationships in Later Life: Understanding Positive, Negative and
Ambivalent Ties.” Invited Symposium on “30 Years of Research on Aging and the Life
Course: What Have We Learned and What Do We Still Need to Know?” American
Sociological Association of America 2009 annual meeting. San Francisco.