Quality of Life / Health-Related Quality of Life SIG

To promote connection and collaboration among Division 20 members with shared interests in quality of life and health-related quality of life among older adults.

Provide a platform for members to network, share and learn from one another by developing virtual workshops, creating newsletters, and spotlighting members’ research and accomplishments. Recruit additional members and leaders to facilitate continued engagement and growth.

Contacts

Co-Chair: Jane Liu, PhD 
Jane is a Psychologist in Primary Care-Mental Health Integration at Central Alabama VA Healthcare System. She received her PhD in Counseling Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) internship consortium. She remained at OUSHC and completed a fellowship in Health Psychology at the Oklahoma City VA Healthcare System. She is a licensed psychologist in Virginia and Florida. Her clinical work includes working with veterans (including older veterans) to manage health conditions in order to improve health outcomes and quality of life in an outpatient primary care setting. Her research interests include examining the intersection between cultural factors and perceived quality of life amongst older adults.

Co-Chair: Ei Hlaing, PhD
Ei is an experimental psychologist whose research interest is in cognitive aging and sleep medicine. She received her PhD from the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Program at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She has a graduate certificate in gerontology. Her dissertation examined neuropsychological sequelae of obstructive sleep apnea among older adults. She is currently teaching as an associate professor at the University of Lynchburg in Virginia after teaching a year as a visiting professor at Siena College in upstate New York. She serves on the Advisory Board for the Beard Center on Aging at the University of Lynchburg. Her research interests include effects of sleep loss on cognitive functions at different developmental stages.