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WashU Public Health Ideas with Cal Halvorsen
Dean Sandro Galea talks with Cal Halvorsen, an associate professor at WashU's Brown School and a secondary faculty member at WashU Public Health, about older populations, productiive aging, and longer working lives.
As part of Public Health Ideas, a platform for the dean of WashU School of Public Health to share and discuss work in public health, Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Cal Halvorsen, PhD, MSW, a gerontological social work scholar and associate professor at WashU’s Brown School. Halvorsen is also a secondary faculty member at WashU Public Health. He and the dean discussed older populations, productive aging, and longer lives.
Video produced by Zachary Linhares/WashU School of Public Health.
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