Health & Medicine Dilworth-Anderson elected to lead Gerontological Society of America
| Dilworth-Anderson elected to lead Gerontological Society of America |
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| Tuesday, June 24, 2008 | |
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Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Ph.D., professor of health policy and administration in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, has been elected president of the Gerontological Society of America. She will assume the presidency in 2009. The society, the country’s leading scientific organization in aging, aims to promote the scientific study of aging, encourage exchanges among researchers and practitioners from various disciplines related to gerontology, and foster the use of gerontological research in forming public policy. Dilworth-Anderson is also associate director for aging and diversity in the University of North Carolina Institute on Aging and is director of the institute’s Center for Aging and Diversity. Dilworth-Anderson’s research and publications include topics on ethnic minority families, with an emphasis upon older African-Americans. Her research interests include aging, dementia, family caregiving and health disparities. In 2005, she served on the White House Conference on Aging advisory committee and has been elected to previous leadership roles in the Gerontological Society and in the Alzheimer’s Association. She currently holds an appointment on the National Advisory Council on Aging, which advises the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health. UNC Institute on Aging Web site: http://www.aging.unc.edu School of Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, (919) 966-7467, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it News Services contact: Patric Lane, (919) 962-8596, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it |