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Planning for an Aging Population: Assessing Metropolitan Planning Organizations’ Approaches, Gaps, and Innovations
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Tuesday, July 28, 2026
at 1-2 p.m.
Guest Speaker: Sophia Ashebir, Graduate Research Assistant, MIT AgeLab
Sophia Ashebir is a researcher at the MIT AgeLab, where she contributes to projects focused on transportation, vaccine uptake and preventive health, and ageism. She manages the Lab’s 85+ Lifestyle Leaders panel as well as its Aging and Equity Speaker Series. Sophia’s research centers on mobility and transportation access, with a particular interest in how these factors evolve as people age and how they shape independence and quality of life. Her work emphasizes equitable and inclusive approaches to aging-related challenges.