"I want to make my parents’ sacrifices worthwhile. I want to help underserved older adults. I think I can make an impact through research on how to improve their lives."

"The communities we partner with have the universal goal of adapting to  changes in the population. They want to reflect their community in its present form."

"The way we work with students is fairly unique. Students develop a sense of which faculty members they’d like to work with and what topic to focus on, and we encourage them to develop their own path."

"In the U.S. we talk a lot about inequality in financial and other arenas, but I don’t think people are sufficiently aware of the high level of inequality in later life."

"If I've learned anything from our work, it's that smaller and more tangible policy changes can still make a sizable impact that moves the needle in the right direction." 

"I have focused much of my work on loneliness among married older adults. The idea that loneliness pertains only to isolated older persons is a myth: Loneliness is fairly widespread in our society across age groups."