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Dr. Sidney Katz (1923 - 2012), a former Brown University Professor, Associate Dean of the Medical School, and first Director of the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research created the construct of assessing the ability to perform activities of daily living.  Each year, Dr. Katz’s memory and seminal work are honored with a lecture by an expert in the field, sponsored by the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research.  This year our guest speaker is Dr. Sheryl Zimmerman from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.