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Public Lectures

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Keynotes and Distinguished Lectures 

  • Responding to an Aging Society: Partnerships in Practice.  Donald P. Lauda Wellness Lecture Series, College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Long Beach, April 23, 2018.

  • La integración social del adulto mayor: preparándonos para un futuro inevitable. Simposio Internacional Salud, Sociedad y Vejez. Universidad Autonoma de Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico, August 21, 2018.

  • Diseñando entornos que promueven la participación social en poblaciones en envejecimiento: un experimento interprofesional. Second Interdisciplinary International Congress on Age and Aging: Autonomy, Mobility and Adaptation, UNAM – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, June 20-22, 2017.

Symposia

  • Martinez IL (Organizer and Chair) and Wentworth C (Co-Chair) Revitalizing the Role of Anthropologists in Health Professions Education (Roundtable). Participants: Sean Bruna, Heather Henderson, Michael Oldani.  Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Portland, Oregon.  March 26, 2025.

  • Martinez IL (Organizer) To be or not to be: Maintaining anthropological identity and identifying as an anthropologist in a clinical education setting (Roundtable). Participants: Iveris Martinez, Jay Sokolovsky, Patricia Hudelson, Mirko Pasquini, Chelsea Wentworth, Kathleen Rice. Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Seattle, Washington.  November 17, 2023.

  • Wiedman D and Martinez IL (organizers & presenters). Translating Anthropological Knowledge to Practice in Health Professions Education: Strategies for Effective Teaching. Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Seattle, Washington.  November 16, 2023.

  • Martinez IL and Wiedman D (organizers). Workshop on Effective Teaching in Medical Schools: Translating Anthropological Knowledge to Practice. Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 25, 2022.

  • Martinez IL. Workshop Presentation on Strategies for teaching cultural humility and racial health disparities. Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 25, 2022.

  • Wiedman D (organizer), Martinez IL (chair) Facilitating Anthropology’s Engagement and Impact in Medical Schools: Roundtable/Townhall Discussion, Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, November 20, 2021. (virtual conference)

  • Martinez, IL (Organizer & Chair). The Value of Applied Anthropology in Gerontology: Imagining Career Paths at the Intersection of Anthropology, Health, and Aging. 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Vancouver, BC, Canada. March 31, 2016. 

Select Invited Lectures

​2025

  • The Secrets of the “Blue Zones: Promoting Healthy Longevity in Northern Sweden. Umeå University, Umeå Sweden, April 16, 2025.

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2022​

  • Collaborating with Universities, presentation and discussion with the Los Angeles Social Isolation Impact Coalition Collaboration Café, October 21, 2022. (virtual presentation)

  • Incorporating Older Adults in Urban Planning, lecture to Research Seminar for Master’s Students in Urbanism, Urban Management and Public Policies [Seminario de Investigación. Maestría en Urbanismo, Gestíón Urbana y Políticas Públicas] Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, October 13, 2022. (virtual presentation)

  • Roundtable on Re-shaping the Applied Anthropology of Aging. Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Salt Lake City, Utah, March 24, 2022.​

2021​

  • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion:  Working towards Meaningful Change in our Communities. Invited presentation to the Association of Retirees of Higher Education, October 14, 2021 (virtual conference) 

  • Anthropology in Medical Education: Sustaining Engagement and Impact. Invited online presentation to Medical Anthropology Network of the European Association of Social Anthropologists, September 30, 2021.

2019​

  • The Role of Adult Day Care in Caring for Persons with Dementia in Diverse Communities.  California Association for Adult Day Services (CAADS) Conference, Torrance, CA, November 14, 2019 (Workshop attended by 35 registered participants)

  • Developing a comprehensive system of support for Alzheimer’s Disease caregivers in Miami-Dade.  Presentation to the Florida Dementia Cure & Care Initiative & Alliance for Aging, Inc., Community Forum, July 9, 2019. 

  • Turbulent Structure and Changing Agency in Medical Education: Engaging New Pedagogical Modalities. Invited Panel Discussant, 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Portland, Oregon, March 22, 2019.

2017​

  • Aging and the Family among Latinos in the United States. National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Population Aging and the Family, Semi-Annual Meeting, June 15, 2017. 

Select Peer-Reviewed Presentations

2023

  • Martinez I. (Roundtable Participant) Bringing Anthropology into the Clinic: How Can We Better Integrate Concepts into Medical Education and Allied Health? Organized by Katinka Hooyer and Carolyn Smith-Morris. Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio. March 28, 2023. (pre-recorded session for hybrid meeting)

2022

  • Martinez I. Reframing Student Experiences and Attitudes Towards working with Older Adults.  Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana.  November 6, 2022.

2021​

  • Martinez I, Hurtado J, Merrifield J, Pitchford L, Roman E, Ranjit S.  Recent Trends in Proper Mask Adherence in Long Beach: An Observational Study in the time of COVID-19, October 26, 2021 (online presentation at American Association of Public Health Annual Meeting)

  • Martinez IL From Medical Education to Health and Human Services:  the role of anthropology connecting academic settings to communities, Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, March 26, 2021. (virtual conference) 

2019​

  • Martinez IL, Acosta Gonzalez, E. Quintero, C, Jenakovich M.  Obligation, duty, and love: care v. caring among Latino Alzheimer’s caregivers, Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association, Vancouver, B.C. November 22, 2019.

  • Martinez IL, Acosta Gonzalez E, Vania MJ. Alzheimer’s Disease Family Caregivers in a Latino Community: Cultural Incongruence and Disparities in Utilization of Support Services. 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, Portland, Oregon, March 22, 2019. 

2018​

  • Martinez IL. Preliminary findings the Experience of Alzheimer's Disease Family Caregivers in a Hispanic Community: Cultural congruence and disparities in utilization of support services.  NIA Health Disparities Research Network:  Novel Approaches for Addressing Alzheimer’s Disease and Related DementiasAlzheimer’s Association International Conference, Chicago, IL, July 23, 2018. 

2017​

  • Martinez IL & Ozer E. Working together across generations: An experiment in open space design. 10thBiennial AAGE Conference “Culture, Commitment, and Care Across the Life Course,” Oxford Brookes University, UK, June 9th, 2017.

  • Martinez IL & Wiedman D.  Anthropological Engagement in Medical School Education: Sustainable Trend or Passing Fancy.  Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM on March 31, 2017.

2016​

  • Martinez, IL. A Different Lens on Latino Aging: What Can We Learn From the Experience of Cuban Americans? The Gerontological Society of America's 69th Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, LA November 18, 2016.

  • Wiedman D, Martinez IL. Organizational Cultural Theme Analysis of Strategic Planning for a New Medical School. 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Vancouver, BC, Canada. March 31, 2016.  

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