Informal Interest Groups
Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Elderly People
Contact: Toshio Tatara, PhD, Shukutoku University, 12-12-703 Akeni, Urayasu, Chiba, 279-0014, Japan; telephone: 011-81-047-380-9992, Fax: 011-81-047-380-9992; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Aging, Alcohol, and Addictions
provides an opportunity for persons interested in the issues of elderly abuse of alcohol and drugs to meet, exchange, information and resources, and make contacts with persons who have similar interests. Visit the web site of Aging, Alcohol, and Addictions.
Contact:John W. Culberson, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, 2002 Holcombe, 110, Houston, TX, 77030, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; or Lawrence Schonfeld, PhD, University of South Florida, Florida Mental Health Institute, 13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MHC 1400, Tampa, FL, 33612, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Alzheimer's Disease Research
promotes the collaboration of researchers and practitioners conducting basic or applied research on Alzheimer's Disease, and moves research into new directions. See Alzheimer's Disease Interest Group Web Page
Contact: Linda Clare, School of Psychology, University of Wales Bangor, Bangor, UK, LL57 2AS, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Business and Aging
provides an opportunity for business schools, various sectors of gerontology, and the corporate world to share research and implement findings.
Contact: Gail Hunt, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; or Anthony Sterns, Creative Actions/University of Akron, 680 N. Portage Path, Akron, OH 44303, Tel. 330-867-9978, Fax. 330-867-6899, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Emotion and Aging
Contact: Jean E. Kubeck, Adams State, Alamosa, CO 81102, telephone (719) 587-7010; fax: (719) 587-7873; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Nathan Consedine, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Grandparents as Caregivers
recognizes the rapid increase over the past decade of grandparents serving as caregivers for their grandchildren, especially those taking on the role of primary caregivers. It brings researchers in this area together to increase GSA and the public's awareness of the special issues of this phenomenon.
Contact:Esme Fuller-Thompson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor St. W., Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Health Behavior Change
contributes a public health perspective to GSA and proactively addresses health status issues for older persons and the aging population in general.
Contact: Barbara Resnick, University of Maryland, 655 W. Lombard St., Baltimore, MD, 21201, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
HIV, AIDS, and Older Adults
promotes research and educates professionals about AIDS-related issues so that they can prepare the long-term care system and its traditional residents for a new type of population.
Contact: Dr. Nancy A. Orel, Bowling Green State University, Health and Human Services, Gerontology Program, 218 Health Center, Bowling Green, OH, 43403, Tel: (419)372-7768, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
International Aging and Migration
provides an opportunity for persons interested in the issues of aging and migration to meet, exchange information and resources, and make contacts with persons who have similar interests.
Contact: Allen Glicksman, PhD, Director of Research and Evaluation, Philadelphia Corporation for Aging, 642 North Broad Street, Philadelphia PA 19130-3409, Tel: (215) 765-9000, ex. 5517, Fax: (215) 765-9066,
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; or Sandra Torres, Linkoping University
National Institute for the Study of Aging and Later Life (NISAL), Campus Norrkoping, 601 74 Norrkoping, Sweden, mailto:%
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Measurement, Statistics, and Research Methods
Contact: Peter H. Van Ness, MPH, PhD, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale Program on Aging, 300 George St., Ste. 775, New Haven, CT, 06511, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; or Heather G. Allore, PhD, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale Program on Aging. 300 George St., Ste. 775, New Haven, CT, 06511, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Men's Issues
Contact: Charlie Stelle, PhD, Bowling Green State University, Department of Human Services, 223 Health Center, Bowling Green, OH, 43403, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; or Ed Thompson, PhD, Holy Cross College, Department Sociology & Anthropology, One College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Nutrition
focuses on nutrition and nutrition research as important areas of gerontology, and raises the level of awareness of this fact within GSA by providing a forum for discussion.
Contact: Connie W. Bales, PhD, RN, Duke University Medical Center, Center on Aging, Box 3003, Durham, NC 27710, telephone: (919) 660-7519, fax: (919) 684-8569, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or Christine S. Ritchie, M.D., This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Julie Locher
Oral Health
helps to develop and refine the science of geriatric dentistry and enhances an understanding of oral health problems as they influence the non-dental disciplines in GSA.
Contact: Dr. Robert Berg, Director of Advanced Training and Service, School of Dentistry, Applied Dentistry, 4200 E. 9th Avenue, Box C-284, Denver, CO 80262, telephone (303) 315-6304, fax: (303) 315-0360, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Rainbow Research Group
Contact: Brian R. Grossman, MSPH, PhD, Assistant Professor of Public Health, Department of Health Science and Program in Gerontology, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Reminiscence and Aging
focuses on both research and clinical perpectives on how reminiscence, life review and other forms of autobiographical memory are related to issues of mental health, personality, and cognitive functions in older adulthood.
Contact: Loriena Yancura, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2515 campus Rd., Milber Hall, #201C, Honolulu, HI, 96822, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; or Thomas W. Pierce, Radford University, Department Of Psychology, Box 6946, Radford, VA, 24142, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; or Barbara K. Haight, 1710 Ian Avenue, Sullivans Island, SC, 29482, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; or Jeffery Webster, Langara College, 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Y 2Z6, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Research on Cancer and Aging
Contact: Keith M. Bellizzi, MPH,PhD, University of Connecticut, Human Development and Family Studies, 348 Mansfield Rd., Unit 2058, Storrs, CT, 06269, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; or Bill Given, PhD, Michigan State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Researchers Based in Long-Term Care
educates about the existence and potential of research based in long-term care facilities. It also aids in solving problems associated with balancing research opportunities and other duties.
Contact: Katherine Judge, Department of Psychology, Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44115 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; or Samantha Sters, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Rural Aging
increases the awareness and understanding of rural aging issues and serves as a vehicle for sharing information on rural aging research, policy and practice.
Contact: Adrienne L. Cohen, Miami University, Sociology and Gerontology, Scripps Gerontology Center, Upham Hall Room 396, Oxford, OH, 45056, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; or Jennifer Crittenden, University of Maine, Center On Aging, Camden Hall, Room 327, 25 Texas Avenue, Bangor, ME, 04401, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Societal Implications of Delaying Aging
Contact: David L. Wilson, PhD, University of Miami, Department Of Biology, Po Box 249118, Coral Gables, FL, 33124, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Systems Research in Long Term Care
Contact: Christine Mueller, University of Minnesota, 407 McCarrons Boulevard North, Roseville, MN 55113, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
