Fall Seminars Planned On Gerontology Issues

8-29-97
University Park, Pa. -- The Gerontology Center at Penn State, along with the Geriatric Center of Pennsylvania, is sponsoring a series of seminars for the fall 1997 semester. All seminars will be held in The Living Center, 110 Henderson Building, on the University Park campus from 4-5 p.m. Wednesdays, unless otherwise noted. The schedule follows:

-- Sept. 3: "Older Pennsylvanians in the Economy," presented by David L. Passmore, professor of vocational education at Penn State.

-- Sept. 10: "The Health Effects of Caregiving: Findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study," given by Richard Schulz, professor, Department of Psychiatry and University Center for Social and Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh.

-- Sept. 18 (Thursday): "Adaptive Strategies in Late Life," presented by Colleen Johnson, Medical Anthropology Program, The 85+ Study, University of California, San Francisco.

-- Sept. 24: "Studies of Recovery from Hip Fracture: The Baltimore Hip Studies," presented by Jay Magaziner, associate professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and director of the Division of Gerontology, University of Maryland School of Medicine.

-- Oct. 1: "The Relationship Between Life Patterns of Exercise and Selected measures of Wellbeing in Older Adults," given by Sarah H. Gueldner, professor and director of the School of Nursing, Penn State.

-- Oct. 8: Michael Marsiske, assistant professor at the Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University, will present "Sensorimotor Aging and Cognition: Exploring the Connections."

-- Oct. 13-14: Gerontology Center Conference - "Social Structures and Mobility in the Elderly" to be held at the Penn State Conference Center Hotel. Transportation available from the HUB.

-- Oct. 15: "The Effect of Resistance Training on Energy and Protein Requirements in Older Adults," presented by Laura J. Gerace, NIA predoctoral fellow, Gerontology Center, Penn State.

-- Oct. 22: Leonard Pearlin, professor of sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, will present "Stressors in Late Life: Conceptual Issues in the Study of the Stress Process."

-- Oct. 29: "Strength, Muscle Fiber Area and Hormonal Changes in Elderly Subjects with 24-weeks of Resistance Exercise Training," presented by Fred Harman, NIA predoctoral fellow, Gerontology Center, Penn State. -- Nov. 5: To be announced

-- Nov. 11 (Thursday): Margaret Morganroth Gullette, author and fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities, will discuss "The Postmaternal Phenomenon" at a location to be announced. Gullette also is a fellow with the American Council of Learned Societies and the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe.

-- Nov. 19: Martin Orrell of the Department of Psychiatry at the University College of London Medical School will speak.

-- Dec. 3: "Consumer Assessment of Health Plans," presented by Pamela Farley Short, director of the Center for Health Policy Research and professor of health policy and administration at Penn State.

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