A Successful 2025 Colloquium
Thank you to all who attended and supported our 35th IOA Annual Colloquium, held Oct. 16, 2025 in Madison, Wisconsin.
If you were unable to participate, see below for some of the resources that were offered at the event:
2025 IOA Annual Colloquium Brochure
2025 Exhibitors showcased at our Health & Resource Fair
2025 Speaker Presentation Slides
Reflecting on 30 Years of Leading the Institute on Aging
By: Carol Ryff, PhD
Translational Geroscience: Can Rapamycin Extend Healthy Longevity in Humans?
By: Adam R. Konopka, PhD
What Do Older Adults Have in Common? Experiences with Ageism, Which is Harmful for Health
By: Julie Ober Allen, PhD, MPH
Hearing-Related Behavior: Understanding the Connections Between Hearing Loss, Hearing Aid Use, and Social-Emotional Health
By: Erik Jorgensen, AuD, PhD
2025 New Investigator Award Winner
Awards are given to UW–Madison students or advanced trainees to recognize outstanding achievement in aging or life course studies. Winners receive a $500 award and their research is showcased in the event’s Poster Session.
2025 New Investigator Award Winner: Gina Lee

Posters Presented at the 2025 Poster Session:
The Poster Session features posters on various aging-related topics dealing with psychosocial, biomedical, and clinical/applied research. Posters are presented by faculty, research scientists, postdocs, and students.
Presented by: Kareem Al-Khalil
Linking varieties of religious experience to eudaimonic well-being: Does race matter?
Presented by: Adam Baker
Presented by: Seung Eun Cha
Presented by: Kayla Dillon
Exploring combinations of dual functionality and mortality: New findings from MIDUS
Presented by: Jonghwa Do
Presented by: Melissa Hiatt & Abby Hays
APOE ε2 and childhood physical abuse shape kidney function through a creatinine-mediated pathway
Presented by: Aimee Johnson
Presented by: Mingtong Liu
A community-engaged approach to improving access to memory care for indigenous elders
Presented by: Sarah Punshon
Associations between cumulative stress, hippocampal volume, and hippocampal function
Presented by: Alexandra Wayss