September 2024 Grand Rounds - Evidence-Based Program Partnership Strategies and Successes- University of Wyoming

Larry Goodwin is a Community Outreach Coordinator for the Wyoming Center on Aging and coordinates Wyoming's dissemination of SMRC's Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, Diabetes Self-Management Program, Cancer: Thriving and Surviving, Tomando Control de su Salud, as well as On the Move: Group Exercise for Improved Mobility in Older Adults. Larry received his B.S. in Athletic Training from Hofstra University in 2011. He has practiced in various orthopedic, scholastic, and semi-professional settings in New York, Arizona, and Iowa before becoming a part of WyCOA in 2020. lgoodwi2@uwyo.edu | (307) 766-2765 | uwyo.edu/wycoa

Dr. Catherine Carrico is the Associate Director of the Wyoming Center on Aging located at the University of Wyoming where she is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology. She teaches in and is the advisor for the UW Minor in Aging Studies. She is the Associate Director of the Wyoming Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (WyGWEP), a cooperative agreement from the Health Resources and Services Administration, which provides education in working with older adults to health care professionals statewide and delivers evidence-based programs to older adults and their caregivers across Wyoming. Dr. Carrico is a past president of the National Association for Geriatric Education (NAGE), which is dedicated to representing the collective interests of organizations and groups that provide health professions education in geriatrics and gerontology.  Dr. Carrico is a licensed psychologist and earned her PhD from the University of Northern Colorado.

Sabine Schenck is a Program Manager at the Center on Aging where she works as a member of the Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program. Sabine obtained her Masters in Counseling at the California State University, East Bay, and has been working in health prevention, chronic condition management, and behavioral health education for the past 30 years.  Sabine became well versed in creating and implementing family/patient-centered health care initiatives for Northern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers.  Sabine is passionate about working with medical centers and rural community agencies to deliver exceptional care to our aging population.  In her spare time, Sabine likes road trips and hiking in nature.

Yoko Meusch, MA, is a Program Associate for the Center for Healthy Aging at National Council on Aging. Yoko provides technical assistance to U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL) grant-funded community-based organizations promoting and implementing evidence-based Falls Prevention and Chronic Disease Self-Management education programs. In addition, she is a program administrator for Aging Mastery Program®, an NCOA’s signature program for aging well. 

Yoko holds a Bachelor's degree in Management Studies from the University of Maryland Global Campus and a Master's Degree in Health Communication from Johns Hopkins University.