Taylor Patskanick
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room E40-275K Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
617.253.1894
Taylor Patskanick is a Research Specialist at the MIT AgeLab where she co-coordinates the MIT AgeLab 85+ Lifestyle Leaders panel, leads AgeLab research on older adult vaccination practices, contributes to research on financial losses preceding a formal dementia diagnosis, the future of advice, and people’s perceptions of longevity. Taylor also works with the Age Gain Now Empathy System (AGNES) and co-manages OMEGA, an intergenerational summit and scholarship program.
Taylor's research interests include examining people’s health and wellbeing practices as they age, exploring work as a social determinant of health, and enhancing professional development for workers in the aging services network and in the increasingly multigenerational workforce.
Taylor is a doctoral student at Boston College and the immediate past president of Boston Bridge, Inc., a Massachusetts-based professional development organization for leaders in the field of aging. Taylor is a licensed certified social worker (LCSW) and an adjunct faculty member at Simmons University in Boston, MA. Taylor earned her MPH and MSW from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis and her BSW from the University of Georgia.
