Jessica M. Finlay, PhD

Research Investigator
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Dr. Jessica Finlay is a research investigator in the Social Environment and Health Program at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. She is a health geographer and environmental gerontologist with an MA and PhD in Geography and Gerontology from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Finlay uses mixed methods to investigate how built, social, and natural environments affect health and wellbeing, lifestyle behaviors, and quality of life. In particular, she focuses on aging in place and cognitive health disparities among underrepresented and underserved older adults. She also investigates psychosocial and behavioral impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical, mental, social, and cognitive health of aging adults. Her methodological expertise includes seated and mobile interviews, ethnography, focus groups, community advisory boards, geographic information science, and longitudinal surveys. The goal of Dr. Finlay’s research is to advance knowledge of society’s pressing health challenges and inform social policy to build more equitable lifelong communities.

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Presentation(s):

• Cognition in Context: Investigating the Role of Built, Social, and Natural Environments in Cognitive Aging

  Wednesday, November 2, 2022
  12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET

• 3 - Cognability: An Ecological Theory of Neighborhoods and Cognitive Aging

  Wednesday, November 2, 2022
  12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET

• ESPO and Social Research, Policy, and Practice Section Symposium: What Around the Person Matters: Reimagining Environmental Justice and Aging

  Thursday, November 3, 2022
  4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

• 1 - Contexts of Cognitive Decline: Mapping Neighborhood Opportunities and Barriers for Healthy Aging in Place

  Thursday, November 3, 2022
  4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

• Policy Series: Healthy Aging During the Pandemic and Beyond: Lessons from Five Years of the National Poll on Healthy Aging and AARP

  Friday, November 4, 2022
  12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

• 4 - Joy and Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from the National Poll on Healthy Aging

  Friday, November 4, 2022
  12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET

• Pandemic Vulnerability and Resilience: Quantitative and Qualitative Findings from the COVID-19 Coping Study

  Saturday, November 5, 2022
  8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET

• 4 - Struggles and Strength: A Qualitative Study of Diverse Voices from the COVID-19 Coping Study

  Saturday, November 5, 2022
  8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET