DIVERSITY

Aging and Health Committee

Mission

One major goal of the committee is to emphasize the importance of health-related research in Division 20 whose members are interested in a wide variety of aging issues, and to emphasize the importance of research on older adults in Division 38 whose members are interested in a wide variety of health issues.

Group members have meetings at APA to discuss issues and network with one another, and to plan efforts designed to enhance knowledge of research findings regarding older adults’ health. Such efforts have included a biennial award in Developmental Health Psychology that recognizes a psychologist whose research has made a strong impact on the field of health in later life, invited symposia at APA, and a special section of articles published in Health Psychology. Past recipients of the Developmental Health Award include M. Powell Lawton (1997), Janice Kiecolt-Glaser (1999), Howard Leventhal (2001), Richard Schulz (2003), Karen Rook (2005), Ilene Siegler (2007), and Margaret Gatz (2009).

Chair: Lynn M. Martire, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Associate Director of Gerontology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: (412) 624-6172
Martire@pitt.edu

Committee Members:

This committee is composed of individuals who are members of Division 20 and/or Division 38 and have primary research interests that bridge the two divisions. 

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