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For Immediate Release |
Contact: Todd Kluss |
Kritchevsky Selected as New Editor of Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) — the country’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging — has named Stephen Kritchevsky, PhD, of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center as the next editor of the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, effective January 2012.
“We are fortunate to have Dr. Kritchevsky assume the mantle of editor of Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences,” said Thomas Hess, PhD, chair of GSA’s Publications Committee. “Being trained as an epidemiologist and working in a medical school, he has a strong appreciation of the multidisciplinary nature of research published in the journal.”
The Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, published by Oxford Journals on behalf of GSA, contains peer-reviewed articles on research pertinent to human biology and disease. It focuses on the medical aspects of aging in the areas of clinical epidemiology, clinical research, and health services research for professions such as medicine, dentistry, allied health sciences, and nursing.
“I am excited to have this opportunity,” Kritchevsky said. “Being selected to lead one of the discipline’s preeminent journals is a tremendous honor. With the rapid growth in the older population, the work the journal features has never been more important. ”
Kritchevsky studies nutrition’s role in modulating functional trajectories in older adults. His recent work has focused on clinical responses to the obesity epidemic among seniors. He is the author of over 200 peer-reviewed publications and serves as an associate editor for both the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences.
He joined Wake Forest Baptist in 2003 as the research director of the J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging. He became the center’s director in 2006. In 2009, Kritchevsky was named the deputy director of Wake Forest’s Translational Science Institute.
He received his doctorate in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989, after which he joined the faculty at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. There he founded the Masters of Epidemiology Program and directed the Health Aging and Body Composition Study Memphis Field Center. Kritchevsky holds leadership positions in this and a number of other studies, including the Cardiovascular Health Study All-Stars and the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Study. He also is the director of Wake Forest’s National Institute on Aging-supported Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center.
Kritchevsky is a GSA fellow, the highest class of membership within the Society.
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The Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences is a refereed publication of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), 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 5,400+ 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.