GSA congratulates 2008 award winners(er Research Institute is presented annua...)

Date:11/12/2008

er Research Institute, is presented annually to an individual to honor contributions from applied gerontological research that have benefited older people and their care. It recognizes significant contributions in gerontology that led to innovations in treatment, practice or service, prevention, or amelioration of symptoms or barriers.

Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Productive Aging
Presented to Joseph Coughlin, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This award recognizes instances of practice informed by research and analysis, research that directly improved policy or practice, and distinction in bridging the worlds of research and practice. It is funded by the New York Community Trust through a generous gift from Maxwell A. Pollack Fund.

Margret M. and Paul B. Baltes Foundation Award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology
Presented to Anthony Ong, PhD, Cornell University
This award acknowledges outstanding early career contributions in behavioral and social gerontology. It is given to a person from any discipline in the social sciences.

The Doris Schwartz Gerontological Nursing Research Award
Presented to Barbara Resnick, PhD, University of Maryland School of Nursing
This award, presented by GSA's Health Sciences Section, in collaboration with the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing, is given to a member of the Society in recognition of outstanding and sustained contribution to geriatric nursing research.

Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award
Presented to Madonna Harrington Meyer, PhD, Syracuse University, and Pamela Herd, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison
This award recognizes insightful and innovative publications on aging and life course development in the behavioral and social sciences. It is underwritten by Baywood Publishing Company, with which Kalish was long associated.

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Contact: Todd Kluss tkluss@geron.org 202-587-2839 The Gerontological Society of America Source:Eurekalert

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