NIMLAS 2025 Plenary Meeting

The third annual NIMLAS plenary was held on Tuesday, December 10, 2024.

December 9, 2024

6:00pm: Pre-Plenary Dinner and Drinks, Aventura, Ann Arbor, MI

December 10, 2024: Room 1430B ISR

8:30am: Continental Breakfast for In-Person Attendees

9:00am: Welcome and Introductions (NIMLAS Team / NIA Team)

9:10am: Introduction of Dr. Peter Lynn

9:15am – 11:15am: Workshop on State-of-the-art Design and Analysis Strategies for Addressing Attrition in Longitudinal Studies (Peter Lynn, Remote)

11:15am – 11:30am: Break / Refreshments

11:30-11:50: Newly awarded pilot projects and brief presentations from new awardees (5 minute talk, 5 minute discussion)

• Hanyu Sun
• Emily Mroz (PDF)

11:50-1:00: Lunch

1:00-1:10: Newly awarded pilot project and brief presentations from new awardee (5 minute talk, 5 minute discussion)

• Catherine Garcia

1:10-2:00: Updates from the 2023 pilot projects (15 minutes each, with 10 minutes for discussion)

• Imke Herold and team
• Joseph Lariscy (PowerPoint)

2:00pm – 3:00pm: Final updates from the four 2022 pilot projects (10 minutes each, with 5 minutes for discussion)

• Florian Keusch and Bella Struminskaya (PDF)
• Colleen Peterson (PDF)
• Michal Engelman (PDF)
• Christian Vazquez (still active) (PowerPoint)

3:00pm – 3:15pm: Break / Refreshments

3:15pm – 4:35pm: Working Group Updates / Continued Development of Future Research Agendas (~20 minutes each)

• Creation of Minority Data
• New Technologies

Featuring a 15-minute presentation (PDF) from pilot project awardee Neil Alexander and team at around 3:30pm

• Reducing Attrition
• Obtaining Consent

4:35pm – 5:00pm: Discussion of New Thematic Area(s) / Final Wrap-up

5:00pm: Adjourn