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GSA has a longstanding commitment to advocating for age-appropriate immunizations across the life-course through our National Adult Vaccination Program and Concentric Value of Vaccinations campaign. Science is clear: vaccinations prevent disease and save lives. It’s time for a return to reverence for these medical innovations which, regrettably, are being undermined by the current administration. As we live in a world that sometimes forgets what is at stake without them, GSA is advancing work on several initiatives supporting the value of vaccines. 

Calling all scientist-citizens: there is a need for you to make your voice heard in responding to a proposal that would give politically appointed officials authority over federal grant-making. This would represent a transformative shift in how grants are administered, with far-reaching implications, and we ask you to join with GSA in speaking up to both the presidential administration and Congress.

GSA members are invited to apply for a unique opportunity this summer: the inaugural GSA Scientist-Citizen Storytelling Lab. Several of my recent columns and blogs have focused on the call GSA made to its members this year to step up and take on the role of scientist-citizens: individuals committed to proactive public engagement that improves understanding of science and policies that support all of us as we age.

I’ve accepted an invitation to present on Wednesday, May 27, at “Affecting the Aging Trajectory: Regulatory Constructs for Gerotherapeutic Drug, Biologic & Device Development,” and I encourage GSA members to join us virtually!  

GSA celebrates its annual Founder’s Day on May 18, marking the day in 1945 when a small group of forward-thinking researchers established the Society. The founders couldn’t have imagined the enormous growth we would have, now with more than 6,500 members across 26 different academic disciplines.