Aging Initiative Seminar: Science, Technology and Aging
10:30am - 12:00pm
IAS Lecture Theater, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
Abstract
Between 2000 and 2050, the world’s population over 60 years will increase from 605 million to 2 billion. We live in a time where technology is deeply integrated into our lives and its potential can change how we perceive traditional models of elderly care. Not everyone ages equally - some are relatively healthy while others have a high disease burden. To prepare for an aging population with changing demographics and health disparities, health systems should take advantage of advances in biomedical sciences, biomedical engineering, and mobile technologies in empowering the elderly to become productive members of society with a sense of community, and purpose. Dr Wang will discuss the epidemiology of aging populations and explore how medical innovations across the continuum of care can maximize future health potential, improve chronic disease management, and foster health behavioral change for individuals and populations.
About the speaker
C. Jason Wang, MD, PhD, is Director of the Center for Policy, Outcomes, and Prevention, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Stanford University. He also co-chairs the mobile health and other new technologies group at the Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences. He received his B.S. from MIT, Medical Doctorate from Harvard Medical School, and PhD in policy analysis from RAND. After completing his pediatric residency training at UCSF, he worked in Greater China with McKinsey and Company. In 2000, he was recruited to serve as the project manager for the Taskforce on Reforming Taiwan's National Health Insurance System. In 2012, he co-founded MedicusTek, a global medical solutions company focusing on medical internet of things and patient safety, with locations in Taipei and California.
Dr Wang has written two bestselling popular books published in Taiwan (一個台灣小留學生到哈佛之路; 哈佛醫師報到), and co-authored an English book “Analysis of Healthcare Interventions that Change Patient Trajectories”. He was selected as the student speaker for the Harvard Medical School commencement ceremony in 1996, and his essay, "Time is Ripe for Increased U.S.-China Cooperation in Health," was selected as the first-place American essay in the 2003 A. Doak Barnett Memorial Essay Contest sponsored by the National Committee on United States-China Relations. He was also a recipient of the 2011 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.
The talk is free and open to all. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.
Between 2000 and 2050, the world’s population over 60 years will increase from 605 million to 2 billion. We live in a time where technology is deeply integrated into our lives and its potential can change how we perceive traditional models of elderly care. Not everyone ages equally - some are relatively healthy while others have a high disease burden. To prepare for an aging population with changing demographics and health disparities, health systems should take advantage of advances in biomedical sciences, biomedical engineering, and mobile technologies in empowering the elderly to become productive members of society with a sense of community, and purpose. Dr Wang will discuss the epidemiology of aging populations and explore how medical innovations across the continuum of care can maximize future health potential, improve chronic disease management, and foster health behavioral change for individuals and populations.
About the speaker
C. Jason Wang, MD, PhD, is Director of the Center for Policy, Outcomes, and Prevention, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Stanford University. He also co-chairs the mobile health and other new technologies group at the Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences. He received his B.S. from MIT, Medical Doctorate from Harvard Medical School, and PhD in policy analysis from RAND. After completing his pediatric residency training at UCSF, he worked in Greater China with McKinsey and Company. In 2000, he was recruited to serve as the project manager for the Taskforce on Reforming Taiwan's National Health Insurance System. In 2012, he co-founded MedicusTek, a global medical solutions company focusing on medical internet of things and patient safety, with locations in Taipei and California.
Dr Wang has written two bestselling popular books published in Taiwan (一個台灣小留學生到哈佛之路; 哈佛醫師報到), and co-authored an English book “Analysis of Healthcare Interventions that Change Patient Trajectories”. He was selected as the student speaker for the Harvard Medical School commencement ceremony in 1996, and his essay, "Time is Ripe for Increased U.S.-China Cooperation in Health," was selected as the first-place American essay in the 2003 A. Doak Barnett Memorial Essay Contest sponsored by the National Committee on United States-China Relations. He was also a recipient of the 2011 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.
The talk is free and open to all. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.
Event Format
Speakers / Performers:
C. Jason Wang, MD, PhD
Director of the Center for Policy, Outcomes, and Prevention; Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine at Stanford University
Language
English
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General public
Faculty and staff
UG students
Alumni
Organizer
School of Engineering
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