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For Immediate Release |
Contact: Todd Kluss |
Ingram Installed as The Gerontological Society of America’s President
Donald Ingram, PhD, has taken office as the newest president of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging. He was elected by GSA’s membership, which consists of over 5,200 researchers, educators, and practitioners.
Ingram assumed this year-long position at GSA’s recent Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans, LA. He is the 67th person to hold this office since GSA was founded in 1945.
As president, he will oversee matters of governance and strategic planning while managing the program for GSA’s 2011 Annual Scientific Meeting. He has chosen “Lifestyle → Lifespan” as the theme for this conference, which will take place in Boston, MA, from November 18 to 22.
“As worldwide attention to aging issues increases, I am honored to play a leadership role in addressing the related challenges and opportunities,” Ingram said. “I very much appreciate the support of GSA’s members and look forward to working on their behalf.”
Ingram currently is a professor within the Nutritional Neuroscience and Aging Laboratory as well as director of the Animal Metabolism and Behavior Core at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA. As a component of the Louisiana State University System, the center has a research and educational mission focused on nutrition and preventive medicine.
With over 325 scientific publications to his credit, Ingram has conducted studies on nutritional and pharmacological interventions designed to retard aging and thus reduce the risk of age-related and functional decline. While focusing on the health benefits of low-calorie diets, he has become a pioneer in the new field of calorie restriction mimetics. His research also has helped produce patented drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
Ingram serves on editorial boards of several biomedical journals, including the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, and he currently is editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Aging Association. Additionally, he is a consultant for several pharmaceutical and biotech companies. He is a past president of the American Aging Association and the 2003 recipient of its Harman Research Award. Prior to joining the faculty at Pennington, Ingram was the chief of the Laboratory of Experimental Gerontology at the National Institute on Aging within the National Institutes of Health, where he served for 26 years. He received his PhD from the University of Georgia, Athens.
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The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) is the nation's oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging. The principal mission of the Society — and its 5,200+ members — is to advance the study of aging and disseminate information among scientists, decision makers, and the general public. GSA’s structure also includes a policy institute, the National Academy on an Aging Society, and an educational branch, the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.
Mildred M. Seltzer Distinguished Service Recognition
Presented to C. Joanne Grabinski, PhD, Eastern Michigan University, and Mary Alice Wolf, PhD, Saint Joseph University.
This award honors colleagues who are near retirement or recently retired. Recipients are individuals who have been actively involved in AGHE through service on committees, as elected officers, and/or have provided leadership in one of AGHE’s grant-funded projects.
Administrative Leadership Award
Presented to Tammy M. Bray, PhD, Oregon State University
This award honors administrators on AGHE member campuses who have made exceptional efforts in support of gerontology or geriatrics education.
David A. Peterson Gerontology & Geriatrics Education Best Paper of the Volume Award
Presented to Nina M. Silverstein, PhD, University of Massachusetts Boston; Elizabeth Johns, MS, University of Massachusetts Boston; and Judith A. Griffin, MA, MS, University of Massachusetts Boston, for the article “Students Explore Livable Communities.” Honorable mention is given to Emily J. Robbins, MS, Miami University; Jennifer M. Kinney, PhD, Miami University; and Cary S. Kart, PhD, Miami University, for the article “Promoting Active Engagement in Health Research: Lessons Learned from an Undergraduate Gerontology Capstone Course.”
The purpose of this award is to recognize excellence in scholarship in academic gerontology in AGHE’s official journal, Gerontology & Geriatrics Education.
Graduate Student Paper Award
Presented to Deborah Gray, MBA, University of Massachusetts Boston, for the paper “Weight and Wealth: The Relationship between Obesity and Net Worth for Pre-Retirement Age Men and Women.”
This award acknowledges excellence in scholarly work conducted by an AGHE Annual Meeting student attendee.
Book Award for Best Children’s Literature on Aging
Presented to Caitlin Dale Nicholson and Leona Morinn-Nelson for “Niwechihaw/I help” in the primary reader (pre-K to 2nd grade) category, and Ann Grifalconi and Jerry Pickney for “Ain’t Nobody A Stranger to Me” in the elementary reader (3rd to 5th grade) category.
This award recognizes portrayals of meaningful aging in children’s literature.
