Sizable UMass Boston Gerontology Contingent to Participate in National Conference
10/20/2023|
Lisa Watts
UMass Boston Gerontology faculty, students, and staff will deliver more than 60 presentations and posters at the upcoming 2023 annual scientific meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.
A gathering of UMB gerontology graduate students and staff at GSA 2022
The meeting takes place November 8-12 in Tampa, Florida.
“This is great representation from our department,” says Edward Alan Miller, PhD, gerontology chair, “not to mention from our alumni, who will have a large presence at the meeting as well.”
UMass Boston gerontology faculty, students, and alumni also will be honored with awards at the conference, including:
- Bei Wu, MS ‘97, PhD ‘00, Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Productive Aging.
- Taylor Jansen, PhD ‘23, Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization award for her poster, “Intersection of Race and Place-based Disparities Among Older Adults 65+ in Mississippi.”
- Nina Silverstein, PhD, professor emerita, Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education Mildred Seltzer Distinguished Service Honor.
- Marc Cohen, PhD, co-director of LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, named a GSA Fellow in the Social Research, Policy, and Practice
- Janelle Fassi, doctoral student and junior leader of Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization, Social Research, Policy, and Practice Travel Award
- Yan-Ju Su, doctoral student and junior leader of Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization, Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education James McKenney Travel Award
- Shayna Gleason, doctoral student, Social Research, Policy, and Practice Travel Award
- Jeein Jang, doctoral student, Behavioral Health and Social Sciences Travel Award