Emily Balog, PhD, OTR/L (she/her/hers)

Community connectedness, empathetic collaboration, and meaningful participation can powerfully inform science, public health, & policy. Veteran. Scholar. Mom.

[Emily Balog, PhD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) @Em_Balog]

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[Pat Tillman Foundation @pattillmanfnd]

"Utilizing, supporting, and funding team science, implementation science, community action research, and translational health science are ways we can invest in this change." - @Em_Balog
#TillmanHonors

[Pat Tillman Foundation @pattillmanfnd]

"Without an aging-friendly society, we perpetuate a cycle of agism that prevents communities, older adults, and all people from achieving their fullest possibility." - @Em_Balog #TillmanHonors

[Pat Tillman Foundation @pattillmanfnd]

"How we think & speak about older adults impacts the creation of policies & services that support aging in place. Engaging older adults to participate in policy development is critical. Its the needed ingredient for prevention of institutionalization." - @Em_Balog #TillmanHonors

[Emily Balog, PhD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) @Em_Balog]

@TheLeadCNN This is what a hero looks like. Thank you @AN_Goldstein for your courage and knowledge 👩‍✈️🧠💪💙👏

[Pat Tillman Foundation @pattillmanfnd]

"By the year 2035 older adults are projected to out-age children for the first time...according to the CDC, older adults are more likely to have at least one chronic condition." - @Em_Balog #tillmanscholar

[Pat Tillman Foundation @pattillmanfnd]

"The way we think and speak about older adults impacts the views on aging-in-place...engaging older adults to participate in policy development is critical and needed." - @Em_Balog #tillmanscholar

[Emily Balog, PhD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) @Em_Balog]

@PerkinsforLA YESSSSSS!!!!!

[Emily Balog, PhD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) @Em_Balog]

Pandemonium: rename Gen Z for their incredible efforts in the #BlackLivesMatter #CivilRights movement during a global #pandemic 👏🖤😷

[Emily Balog, PhD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) @Em_Balog]

@CarriHand @TrentAging @McMasterOT @McMasterHAS @AGEWELL_NCE Can you email me about this opportunity? [email protected]

[Emily Balog, PhD, OTR/L (she/her/hers) @Em_Balog]

@Acyn He’s a psychologist. I’d like to hear him talking about the implications of isolation on mental health and offering *strategies* for mitigating those dangers in the wake of a pandemic. He could be using his platform to innovate here rather than argue against epidemiology.