Sara Honn Qualls, Ph.D., Kraemer Family Professor of Psychology and Director of the Gerontology Center at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. She is a practicing clinical psychologist who helped establish the CU Aging Center in Colorado Springs which provides mental health services for older adults. She has published six books on mental health and aging, including Aging Families and Caregiving. Her research focuses on family development and clinical interventions for later life families, innovative approaches to senior housing, and applied technology interventions to improve well-being of older adults. She is a fellow of both The Gerontological Society and The American Psychological Association and recipient of the ARC Professional Contribution Award.

Sponsored by the University of Minnesota, Department of Family Social Science, B. Jan McCulloch, Ph.D., Head.