Students participating in this summer's Global Health Aging: Gerontology in Japan course took part in a two-week faculty-led travel experience in Japan to explore and analyze how broader cultural norms and social institutions of contemporary Japan shape individuals’ experiences of growing older, life-stage transitions, and intergenerational relations through a life course perspective.

Led by Flavius Lilly, PhD, at UMB and Takashi Yamashita, PhD, at UMBC, the course was informed by an interdisciplinary gerontological approach integrating visits to and engagement with academic (research centers and universities), business (biotech, pharmaceutical, robotics), health and medical (geriatrics, hospitals, preventative care), policy (local and prefectural government), and socio-cultural (cultural heritage, living environment, social network) sites.

Through the President's Global Impact Fund, CGE provided a grant to support admitted students. Read the students' blog posts detailing their experiences.

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