WSU graduate students can pursue their PhD in their home departments/programs and obtain additional research mentorship and professional development at the IOG. For more information contact Tam Perry, PhD, Director, Pre-Doctoral Training at: teperry@wayne.edu.

 

Faculty Mentors 

Awards & Funding
Lifespan Alliance Researh Day: The Institute of Gerontology and Merrill Palmer Skillmam Institute for Child & Family Developmment host an annual Lifespan Allience Research Day  every spring. Doctoral students presented their work (pdf) through oral presentation or as a poster. Each year we there Faculty members from across campus volunteer their time to award "Best Presentation" in each session.

 

In 2008, Dr. Peter Lichtenberg and the leadership teams of the IOG and Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute for Child & Family Development created the Lifespan Alliance for Health and Development. While maintaining each Institute’s independence, our alliance promotes collaboration between Institutes on research and research training, capitalizing on their shared experience in psychosocial and neurobehavioral research, as well as their unique combined expertise in developmental sciences and gerontology. It's training programs bring together faculty and students from diverse disciplines including Anthropology, Education, Health Sciences (Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Psychiatry & Public Health), Infant Mental Health, Behavioral, Cognitive & Developmental Neuroscience, Communication Sciences & Disorders, Nursing, Political Science, Developmental & Clinical Psychology, Economics, Social Work, and Sociology to study health, well-being, human development, and successful aging, from the earliest preconception stages through infancy, childhood, adolescence, parenthood, and older ages.
 

Each spring we host a Resarch Day that showcases basic, clinical, community-based, and translational research within and across these disciplines by the graduate and undergraduate students of the IOG and MPSI. This annual event open to the public provides an opportunitity for community members to enage with individuals who are becoming the next generation of leading researchers and practitioners, soon to-be professionals who will generate new scientific knowledge and develop best practices for improving health and well-being across the lifespan, in Detroit and beyond.

 

Continuing Education Credits & Contact Hours for Professionals

The IOG's outreach program offers more than 100 presentations each year free to social workers, nurses and other professionals who work with older adults. During the pandemic, these are offered via Zoom and require pre-registration. Most programs offer 1 - 3 CEs or contact hours nursing. Topics vary and are always presented by subject-matter experts. Recent topics have included:

• Human Trafficking
• Anxiety, Depression and Despair have Consequences
• Manage Chronic Pain before it Manages You
• Culture, Sensitivity and You