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Aging Summit Presenter Video Teaser

Christina Marsack-Topolewski, Ph.D., LMSW

Check out this intro from Christina Marsack-Topolewski, a presenter for our upcoming three-day live event - Aging Summit: Knowledge for Care. Created to equip interdisciplinary healthcare professionals with practical, research-informed tools to better support aging individuals and held in honor of National Healthy Aging Month, this three-day virtual summit explores the critical intersection of physical and mental health in later life.

In this video, Chrissy gives some insight into her experience and passion for these topics, including a brief look into her own two sessions. A popular presenter and dual course and blog other, Chrissy is favored by event attendees and the CE Learning Systems team members alike!

Register below for her two sessions or the full event and earn up to 17 live CE’s: https://makeanimpact.com/aging...

About the author

Christina Marsack-Topolewski

Christina Marsack-Topolewski, PhD, LMSW

Christina Marsack-Topolewski, LMSW, PhD is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Michigan and a Professor of Social Work at Eastern Michigan University. Her educational backgrounds are in Special Education, Social Work, and Gerontology. She has 20 years of experience supporting individuals with disabilities and their family caregivers. Dr. Marsack-Topolewski has published over 90 scholarly articles and encyclopedia entries on disability, family caregiving, dementia, and aging. She is an appointed board member of the U.S. National Task Group (NTG) on Intellectual Disability and Dementia Practices. Her research has been featured on National Public Radio (NPR) and ABC News Detroit and she also has provided expert testimony advocating for legal provisions to protect vulnerable populations-- two of these were signed into law in Michigan in 2023. In 2024, she received the Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Research Award for Research Excellence and the Arc of Oakland County’s Advocacy Hall of Fame Award.

Opinions and viewpoints expressed in this article are the author's, and do not necessarily reflect those of CE Learning Systems.

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