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L ife expectancy in the United
States, once firmly in the middle
of the pack compared to most of
the other major developed nations in
the world, is relatively low and
declining, a nationally recognized
gerontology expert told WesternU
students, staff and guests Thursday,
Shorter Lives, Poorer Health April 17, 2014.
Eileen Crimmins, PhD, AARP Chair in
FEATURING: Gerontology at the University of
Eileen Crimmins, PhD Southern California’s Davis School of
AARP Chair in Gerontology, USC Davis School of Gerontology Gerontology, and director of the
Director, USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography
and Population Health, was the keynote
speaker at The Ray Symposium, an
annual event jointly presented by the
WesternU College of Pharmacy and the
Interprofessional Education program.
Crimmins, who recently served as co-
chair of a committee for the National
Academy of Sciences charged with
addressing why life expectancy in the
U.S. is falling so far behind that of other
countries, narrated a power point
presentation that opened with a map of
the United States. The map showed how
life expectancy actually declined in
some areas between 1987 and 2007 —
mostly in the South — and was
followed by other slides showing the
U.S. is at or near the bottom in most
major mortality categories, relative to
other wealthy nations.
Ray Symposium audience, HEC auditorium; Eileen Crimmins, PhD, AARP Chair in Gerontology, USC Davis School of Gerontology; Daniel C. Robinson, PharmD, FASHP, Dean, WesternU
College of Pharmacy, Dr. Crimmins, and Max D. Ray, MS, PharmD, Dean Emeritus of WesternU College of Pharmacy; reception following the Ray Symposium; Dr. and Mrs. Bond, Dr. Max
Ray, and Dr. Jesse Martinez; Nicholas Blanchard, PharmD, MEd, Dean, West Coast University School of Pharmacy, Ronald P. Jordan, BPharm, RPh, FAPhA, Dean of the Chapman School of
Pharmacy, R. Pete Vanderveen, PhD, RPh, Dean, USC School of Pharmacy.
8 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
States, once firmly in the middle
of the pack compared to most of
the other major developed nations in
the world, is relatively low and
declining, a nationally recognized
gerontology expert told WesternU
students, staff and guests Thursday,
Shorter Lives, Poorer Health April 17, 2014.
Eileen Crimmins, PhD, AARP Chair in
FEATURING: Gerontology at the University of
Eileen Crimmins, PhD Southern California’s Davis School of
AARP Chair in Gerontology, USC Davis School of Gerontology Gerontology, and director of the
Director, USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography
and Population Health, was the keynote
speaker at The Ray Symposium, an
annual event jointly presented by the
WesternU College of Pharmacy and the
Interprofessional Education program.
Crimmins, who recently served as co-
chair of a committee for the National
Academy of Sciences charged with
addressing why life expectancy in the
U.S. is falling so far behind that of other
countries, narrated a power point
presentation that opened with a map of
the United States. The map showed how
life expectancy actually declined in
some areas between 1987 and 2007 —
mostly in the South — and was
followed by other slides showing the
U.S. is at or near the bottom in most
major mortality categories, relative to
other wealthy nations.
Ray Symposium audience, HEC auditorium; Eileen Crimmins, PhD, AARP Chair in Gerontology, USC Davis School of Gerontology; Daniel C. Robinson, PharmD, FASHP, Dean, WesternU
College of Pharmacy, Dr. Crimmins, and Max D. Ray, MS, PharmD, Dean Emeritus of WesternU College of Pharmacy; reception following the Ray Symposium; Dr. and Mrs. Bond, Dr. Max
Ray, and Dr. Jesse Martinez; Nicholas Blanchard, PharmD, MEd, Dean, West Coast University School of Pharmacy, Ronald P. Jordan, BPharm, RPh, FAPhA, Dean of the Chapman School of
Pharmacy, R. Pete Vanderveen, PhD, RPh, Dean, USC School of Pharmacy.
8 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
