Taylor Patskanick
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room E40-275K Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
617.253.1894
Taylor Brennan is a Research Specialist at the MIT AgeLab where she leads the MIT AgeLab 85+ Lifestyle Leaders panel and contributes to AgeLab research on ageism, brain health, driving, social connection, and health and wellbeing. Taylor also works with the experiential Age Gain Now Empathy System (AGNES) and co-manages the Aging & Equity Speaker Series and OMEGA programs.
Taylor's research interests include examining people’s health and wellbeing 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 earned her MPH and MSW from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis and her BSW from the University of Georgia.
