Ishan Williams, PhD
@iscwilliams
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associate professor, gerontologist,#caregiving #compassionate #diversity #inclusiveaging #dementia #alzheimers. All views are my own. she/her
Charlottesville, VA
Joined March 2016
Great to finally see this out!! Share widely 🎉.
New Publication Alert with amazing co-authors: Synthesizing Best Practices to Promote Health Equity for Older Adults Through Community-Engaged Research | Research in Gerontological Nursing
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My word for today #overcommitted.
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RT @geronsociety: This story, "Black people are beating the odds by turning 100 — and they’re celebrating on TikTok," features quotes from….
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While the life expectancy for a Black person in the U.S. was around 71 in 2021, many Black older adults are defying the odds by living past 100.
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RT @Health_Affairs: NEW: The October issue of Health Affairs on #TacklingStructuralRacismInHealth is here. It explores how addressing the i….
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RT @DDisparitiesPIA: Now available- @alzassociation Inclusive Language Guide. It outlines minimum standards + guidance for labeling + commu….
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Help the Alzheimer’s Association create an inclusive language guide for discussing health disparities and inequalities in Alzheimer’s and dementia research.
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RT @JAMA_current: Editorial: "It is imperative that the Alzheimer disease and related dementias research community invest in and prioritize….
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Join @NA4Caregiving on July 25 for a webinar on family caregiver mental well-being, the mental health challenges family caregivers face, and how policy can be advanced to ease these challenges and improve mental health. 📅: July 25, 3PM ET.🔗:
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RT @village_faith: Check out this home safety checklist ✅.Alzheimer’s disease causes a number of changes in the brain and body that may aff….
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Honored to receive this recognition ☺️ also congratulations to my fellow colleagues!!.
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RT @LEAD_Coalition: Please re-Tweet this reason why hospitals must allow family caregivers to be present when people with #Alzheimers disea….
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RT @sandylocks: Being Black and poor in America should not be crimes punishable by vigilante death. Jordan Neely did not just deserve to li….
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RT @QOL4olderadults: Caregiving While Black: Recruitment Video via @YouTube.
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RT @UVASON: A screening of this new short film premieres at the Jefferson School May 6 at 4 p.m., followed by a Q&A about dementia, caregiv….
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RT @LEAD_Coalition: Please re-Tweet to raise awareness: There is no ‘typical’ older person. Communities and countries need adaptable polici….
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RT @UVASON: The $5.9M grant - earned by co-investigators @iscwilliams, a social scientist, and @uvahealthnews' cardiologist Randall Moorman….
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The grant will help establish an “AI blueprint” for health care monitoring systems that serve a wider diversity of patient populations.
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RT @sandylocks: While it's personally dispiriting to see your work targeted in bad faith, what's more distressing to me is that the lives o….
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My girl, Dr. @drdebnam representing!! Super proud of her and her important research!! Congratulations again 🎉.
Congratulations to all the 2022 Research Achievement Award winners, recognized last night for their excellence in research, collaboration, mentorship, and public impact focused research #research .@UVA @UVAEngineers @uvahealthnews @UVAEdu.@UVaAstro.
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