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MAY 29 • NEW YORK CITY LONELINESS WHY IT MATTERS AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT

Symposium chair JEREMY NOBEL, MD, MPH • FACULTY, CENTER FOR PRIMARY CARE, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL • PRESIDENT, FOUNDATION FOR ART & HEALING, FOUNDER OF THE UNLONELY PROJECT • POET

LONELINESS CORRESPONDS TO THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN DESIRED AND ACTUAL SOCIAL RELA TIONS 5

LONELINESS: NOT THAT EASY TO FIX…WHY? We’re all part of the problem… especially in an era of “continuous partial attention”

43% Americans report sometimes or often feeling lonely or left out

48% Gen Z has the highest rate of loneliness

9 WHY CARE ABOUT LONELINESS? “IT WON’T JUST MAKE YOU MISERABLE, IT WILL KILL YOU” • Loneliness is linked to poor outcomes… • Psychiatric well-being (e.g., depression) • Cognitive health (e.g., dementia) • Cardiometabolic health (e.g., obesity, hypertension) • Stress physiology (e.g., hormones, inflammation) • Health behaviors (e.g., diet, exercise, drinking) • Comparable to the effects of high blood pressure, smoking, obesity, or lack of exercise

SOCIAL CONNECTIONS HAVE A PROFOUND EFFECT ON RISK FOR MORTALITY (Holt-Lunstad, Robles, Sbarra, 2017)

WARNING: LONELINESS IS AS LETHAL AS SMOKING 15 CIGARETTES PER DAY.

WHO IS LONELY? YES, OLDER ADULTS… AGING EXACERBATES LONELINESS’ HEALTH EFFECTS 12

AND HOW ABOUT ON CAMPUS?

AND NOTING A PARTICULAR CONCERN: CAREGIVER LONELINESS IS INCREASING

ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A SOLUTION EFFECTIVENESS SCALABILITY SUSTAINABILITY

OUR TIME TOGETHER FILM: SO TIERED ADDRESSING LONELINESS IN VARIOUS SETTINGS WHAT WORKS? FILM: THE SWIMMING CLUB COMBATTING SOCIAL ISOLATION AND LONELINESS WHAT SCALES? MOVE & REFRESH: GERMAUL BARNES | BREAK FILM: ECHOES GROWING URGENCY AND NEW STAKEHOLDERS WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE? ABOUT THE UNLONELY PROJECT YOUR TURN

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Addressing Loneliness in various settings: What Works? • JENNY MAHLUM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR STUDENT HEALTH CENTER, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY • MARK MERIDY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DOROT • CONSOLATA MOGENI WORKWELL NYC, HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM COORDINATOR, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN’S SERVICES, CITY OF NEW YORK • SHEILA PONTIS LECTURER, CREATIVITY AND INNOVATIVE DESIGN, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

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Combatting Social Isolation and Loneliness: What Scales? • TOMER BEN-KIKI CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, HAPPIFY • MARC MCDONALD VICE PRESIDENT, GRANTS & EXTERNAL INITIATIVES, AARP FOUNDATION • SMITA PILLAI CHIEF DIVERSITY & INCLUSION OFFICER FOR DOW JONES • ALEX STARK ADVISOR AT DISABILITY AND LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER, SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO; ARTIST AND CURATOR

Move & Refresh Germaul Barnes FORMER BILL T. JONES DANCER JOFFREY BALLET SCHOOL CHOREOGRAPHER

See you back here at 3:15 TIME TO TWEET, POST, AND TAG US! TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM: @UNLONELYPROJECT FACEBOOK: /FOUNDATIONFORARTANDHEALING

WELCOME BACK

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Growing Urgency and New Stakeholders: What is sustainable? • ANDY CRIGHTON CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, INC. • ELIZABETH DEVITA-RAEBURN SENIOR EDITOR, EVERYDAY HEALTH • NIYUM GANDHI EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF POPULATION HEALTH OFFICER, MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM • DOUG NEMECEK CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER-BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, CIGNA

ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A SOLUTION EFFECTIVENESS SCALABILITY SUSTAINABILITY

• A multi-faceted initiative that seeks to reduce the burden of loneliness and its stigma. • Pursuing a three-fold goal: to promote awareness, reduce stigma, activate programming 28

GOALS OF THE UNLONELY PROJECT 1 2 3 Activate Reduce Increase Programming Stigma Awareness

LAUNCHING TODAY! Filmfest3 • Generate general awareness and reduce stigma around loneliness. • Streams for a year, 24x7 • Tell your friends and colleagues!

BRINGING UNLONEL YSUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY

SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES WITH EFFECTIVE, SCALABLE AND SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS

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