inside the IOA

Introduction and Brief Overview

In August 1996, the North Carolina General Assembly
approved funding for the creation of an Institute on Aging under the umbrella of the University of North Carolina 16-campus system and based on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). Authorization of the Institute on Aging was granted by the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina on August 14, 1998, making it the first-ever interinstitutional center for aging established within the UNC System.

The mission and programs of the Institute on Aging are directly
linked to the mission of the UNC General Administration in their
efforts to plan, develop and administer a coordinated system of
higher education within the state. Specifically, the Institute's
mission is to develop cross-disciplinary, pan-university
educational and research activities that normally would be
considered inappropriate or difficult to manage within the
boundaries of a single-disciplinary department or campus.
The Institute also extends relationships with the state's private
colleges and universities, its Community College System, and
the network of Area Health Education Centers.

Within this network, the Institute assists in bringing together
researchers in aging to coordinate their grant applications and
funded research activities; facilitates collaboration among
educators in aging to share their expertise; and is preparing to
become a statewide information service and consultant
clearinghouse for the State's aging program professionals,
legislators, community leaders, citizens and older adults
themselves. Through its participation with state and local
governmental units, the Institute also promotes advocacy for
services, education and research to improve the quality of life
for older adults and their families in the state. Furthermore,
through its Center on Minority Aging Research, funded by the
National Institute on Aging and the National Institute for Nursing
Research, the Institute on Aging fosters a program of
minority-focused research and development projects. These
efforts promote quality research specifically targeted at the
needs of older minority populations in our state and also
strengthen the research and scholarly abilities and
experiences of faculty within the UNC System.

Organization and Administration

The administrative structure of the Institute on Aging, which is
based in the UNC-CH Division of Health Affairs, is
well-established and is expected to continue to grow as new
programs and partnerships are developed. Gordon H.
DeFriese, PhD, Professor of Social Medicine, Epidemiology
and Health Policy and Administration, served as the part-time
Acting Director of the Institute on Aging since its inception.

During the 1998-1999 fiscal year, the staffing infrastructure of
the Institute was expanded. This group included:

Acting Director: Gordon H. DeFriese, PhD Professor of
Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Policy and Administration
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Associate Director for Operations:
Mary Altpeter, MSW, MPA
Research Associate Professor, School of Medicine
Adjunct Lecturer, School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Associate Director for Clinical Affairs:
Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Associate Director for Research:
Carol C. Hogue, PhD
Associate Professor and Associate Dean School of Nursing
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Associate Director for Public Service and Extended Education:
James P. Mitchell, PhD
Professor of Sociology and Family Medicine, and Director, Center on Aging
East Carolina University

Associate Director for Minority Aging Research:
Elizabeth J. Mutran, PhD
Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Associate Director for Graduate Education:
Peter R. Uhlenberg, PhD
Professor, Department of Sociology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Business Manager: Wendy Mann

On July 1, 1999, Victor Marshall, PhD, former Director of the
Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, at
the University of Toronto, became the Institute's first full-time
Director and Professor in the Department of Sociology. At the
same time, the Institute expanded its office space and moved
its main administrative offices to the adjacent building at 720
Airport Road in Chapel Hill.

A Policy Board for the Institute was appointed by the Provost to
include representation from the five UNC-CH health science
schools (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Public
Health), the School of Social Work, the School of Arts and
Sciences, the network of Area Health Education Centers, and
the state's regulatory agencies for the aging services system.
The role of the Policy Board is to provide advice to the Director
with respect to implementing the Institute's mission and to
assure that the Institute's programs serve the interests of the
state's academic, service and consumer sectors. Members of
the Policy Board include:

Chair:
Cynthia M. Freund, PhD
Dean, School of Nursing
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill

Jeffrey L. Houpt, MD
Dean, School of Medicine
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill

Richard L. Edwards, PhD
Dean, School of Social Work
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill

John W. Stamm, DMD
Dean, School of Dentistry
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill

William H. Campbell, PhD
Dean, School of Pharmacy
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill

Thomas J. Bacon, DrPH
Director and Associate Dean
NC Area Health Education Centers Program

Bonnie M. Cramer, MSW
Director, Long-Term Care Policy Support Unit
NC Department of Health and Human Services

Risa I. Palm, PhD
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill

William Roper, MD
Dean, School of Public Health
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill

An Operational Committee composed primarily of UNC-CH
faculty gives day-to-day guidance to the Director about specific
programmatic activities. In addition, the Institute receives
guidance from its Statewide Aging Advisory Committee. This
Committee includes representation from the field of aging
service programs, consumer advocate groups, and other
academic institutions in North Carolina whose faculty have
significant interest in the field of aging. The Institute has also
extended its partnership base to 10 of the 16 UNC System
campuses including: Appalachian State University; East
Carolina University; Fayetteville State University; North
Carolina State University; North Carolina Central University;
Winston-Salem State University, and the University of North
Carolina campuses at Asheville, Wilmington, Greensboro and
Charlotte, as well as two private universities including Duke
University and the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

Educational Programs

During this year, the Institute has initiated, sponsored and
funded numerous statewide, regional or campus-specific
educational initiatives. With respect to curricular development
activities, the Institute provided the administrative and fiscal
support for the development and offering of the one-credit,
interdisciplinary Aging and Health course to UNC-CH
undergraduate and graduate students of all disciplines.
Coordinated by Dr. Philip Sloane, Goodwin Distinguished
Professor of Family Medicine, Dr. Sheryl Zimmerman,
Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work, and Dr.
Leigh Callahan, Research Assistant Professor in the
Department of Epidemiology, the course consisted of lectures,
seminars and demonstrations by a multi-disciplinary faculty
drawn from the UNC-CH campus. The course was
cross-listed in pharmacy, nursing, dentistry, medicine, family
medicine, physical therapy, social work and epidemiology. In
response to student demand, this highly-rated course will be
offered for three credits beginning in the Fall semester of
1999.

The Institute also provided funding to Dr. Carol Guiliani,
Associate Professor in the Department of Allied Health
Sciences, for the development and offering of The Effects of
Aging on Movement and Balance (HMSC611). This
three-credit graduate seminar focuses on the changes in aging
that are associated with balance, movement abilities and
disabilities. The Institute also supported two developmental
projects to establish interdisciplinary graduate certificate
programs in gerontology, one in the School of Social Work at
UNC-Chapel Hill and the other in the gerontology program at
UNC-Wilmington. Further, the Institute funded three graduate
student internships for leadership development in aging at the
Duke University Center for Aging and Human Development.
Through its Statewide Aging Advisory Committee, the Institute
is currently coordinating an academic program planning
process for inter-campus educational offerings in aging.

The Institute has also established a widely publicized and
highly successful Distinguished Lecture Series that attracts
national scholars and activists in the aging field to illustrate
state of the art aging issues. Audiences have averaged
between 75 to 150 faculty, students, providers, and older
adults. During 1998-99, three lectures were sponsored,
including:

Excursions to the Cell Biology of Aging
Vincent Cristofalo, PhD
Professor and Director
Center for Gerontological Research
Allegheny University of the Health Sciences
(October 8, 1998)

Conflict in Today's Aging Politics: New Population Encounters
Older Ideology
Robert Hudson, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Social Welfare Policy
Boston University School of Social Work
(November 5, 1998)

The New Politics of Social Security
Fay Lomax, PhD, Professor of Human Development and
Social Policy
Director, Institute for Policy Research Northwestern University
(March 4, 1999)

In addition, a special internationally-focused lecture on
Conceptions of Self and Society in Late Life: Changes in 1980
and 1985 was presented by Christian Lalive D'Epinay, PhD,
Professor, Department of Sociology, and Director, Centre for
Interdisciplinary Gerontology, University of Geneva, Geneva,
Switzerland on May 5, 1999. As a regular practice, the Institute
has also published and disseminated widely the content of
these distinguished lectures to a mailing list of several hundred
persons and organizations who work in the aging field. To
date, six such publications have been printed and distributed.

For its second annual seminar series, the Institute sponsored
five sessions during the winter and spring of 1999 on
Caregiving in Later Life. Coordinated by Florence Gray Soltys,
Associate Clinical Professor in the UNC School of Social
Work, a variety of presentations were made by faculty and
clinicians representing several disciplines, campuses and
organizations, including:

Elderly African American Farm Women
Iris Carlton-LaNey, PhD, Associate Professor School of Social Work
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(January 20, 1999)

Caregiving with Gusto! Reflections from a Good daughter at Mid-life
Lucille B. Bearon, PhD
Adult Development/Aging Specialist
North Carolina State University Cooperative Service
(February 3, 1999)

Caregiving – It Takes A Village
Lisa Gwyther, MSW, CCSW, Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
Duke University Medical Center
(February 18, 1999)

Understanding Role Changes Among Caregivers to Older African Americans
Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, PhD, Professor Department of
Human Development & Family Studies
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(March 17, 1999)

The Carolina Companions Program: Impact on the Caregivers
Anne-Linda Furstenberg, PhD, Associate Professor
School of Social Work
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(March 31, 1999)

The Institute also co-sponsored and supported state and
regional conferences. It cosponsored the Workshop on
Bio-Indicators of Aging with the Carolina Population Center,
and also supported the Thurston Arthritis Research Center's
series on Examining Chronic Pain in Older Adults. The
Institute also provided support for, and co-sponsored, the third
annual North Carolina Summer Symposium on Aging in
Boone. This Symposium is a collaborative educational effort of
a group of practitioners and academics statewide. Its purpose
to is showcase campus and community partnerships that
integrate theory and practice and test practical applications of
new ways of addressing the needs of older adults in the state.
The Institute is currently actively involved with the conference
planning for the fourth annual Symposium on Aging which will
be held in Fayetteville during July of 1999. The Institute has
also been asked to assume the responsibility for the program
of the Year 2000 Annual Meeting of the Southern
Gerontological Society which will meet in Raleigh in the spring
of that year. This conference brings together faculty, students,
service providers and consumer advocates primarily from the
southeast region of the US.

The Institute's Center on Minority Aging (CMA) is also involved
with regional workshops. The CMA is under contract with the
Older Adult Branch of the NC Division of Community Health to
develop, plan and implement workshops on African American
Women and Osteoporosis: Risks and Challenges, which are
being offered in Elizabeth City, New Bern, and Greensboro.

Research Programs

The research agenda for the new Institute has been evolving
as the faculty come together. Much of this research agenda is
an extension of the current broad spectrum of activities of the
faculty in the field of aging; however, new interdisciplinary
thematic areas are emerging as faculty from multiple
disciplines work together on common projects. A Poster
Symposium was held in the Fall of 1998 at UNC-Chapel Hill to
showcase the 21 small grants awarded to junior faculty and
graduate students that have been funded since the inception of
the program. During the 1998-1999 fiscal year, 12 additional
exploratory grants have been funded that investigate new
areas of research and education in aging.

Through numerous grants and incentives awarded in the past
two years, the Center on Minority Aging has provided more
than $100,000 to launch research projects in minority aging on
various campuses within the UNC System including its
Historically Black Institutions. In partnership with Fayetteville
State University, the CMA has also successfully applied for an
NINR four-year supplemental grant that adds an additional
$220,000 to minority aging research in the state. This year,
the CMA submitted a second supplemental grant application
for more than $275,000 in partnership with UNC-CH School of
Nursing faculty member Dr. Yvonne Eaves. The CMA also
sponsored a successful small grant supplemental application
by UNC-CH School of Pharmacy faculty member Charles
Pulliam for research on "Influences on Medication Use by
Minority Elders."

To further expand its reach to all of the UNC campuses, the
CMA also supported two teleconferences in minority health
research through the UNC-CH Summer Public Health
Research Institute and also conducted two statewide
conferences on minority aging, held at the Chapel Hill campus
in October and March, which brought together more than 100
faculty and students from the UNC System. In addition, the
CMA's Measurement and Methods Core instituted a series of
research design and methods training seminars and is also
providing one-on-one mentoring to individual faculty from any
of the campuses expressing interest in enhancing their
research skills. (See Appendix A for a summary of the
exploratory grants funded by the Institute.)

Another strategy to inform and support the pan-campus faculty
research community about aging initiatives, has been the
Institute's "Community of Science" funding alerts. The
Community of Science is a database available on the
worldwide web, but requiring membership to access its
extensive national and international listing of funding
opportunities and directory of individuals engaged in a wide
variety of research endeavors. Each week the Institute posts
funding alerts to its associated faculty and campuses and
service providers to notify them of new grant initiatives for
aging-related education or research projects.

The Institute on Aging is also carrying out its research mission
by partnering with several other problem-focused centers and
institutes co-located in the Division of Health Affairs on the
UNC-Chapel Hill campus. This year, the Institute has
collaborated with the Carolina Demography Center to submit a
five-year grant proposal to the National Institute on Aging for
the establishment of a Center on the Demography of Aging. If
funded, this new project will provide substantial resources for
faculty investigators interested in studying aging and
demographic issues. In addition, the Institute on Aging has
funded two research projects at the Thurston Arthritis Center
to further the study of socio-behavioral aspects of chronic
disease. The Institute has also partnered with the Cecil G.
Sheps Center for Health Services Research and the NC
Division of Aging in a successful application for more than
$300,000 in support from the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable
Trust for a research and training project targeted at front-line
workers in residential care facilities throughout the state.

In another collaborative activity with the Cecil G. Sheps Center
for Health Services Research, the Institute on Aging
co-sponsored, in April of 1999, a "National Invitational Panel
Meeting on Social Aspects of Health Care and Aging Research
Needs and Priorities." A panel of nationally-recognized
technical experts in the field of aging research and
representatives from the National Institute on Aging
participated. The group reviewed the major research
accomplishments and the sets of issues in aging that have
achieved the highest levels of visibility over the past decade
within the disciplines of sociology and social psychology.
Participants also identified major research gaps and
unrecognized opportunities in these fields, including potential
collaborations with other disciplines (e.g., geriatric medicine,
demography, epidemiology, economics, cognitive psychology)
and noted areas of past aging research that needs
intensification of effort in the future. A summary report of
recommended research priorities and potential mechanisms
for implementation is forthcoming.

In addition to the research grant applications cited above, four
additional grant proposals were prepared and submitted during
1998-1999, including: (1) a three-year NIH/NIDR proposal to
study dental disease in older adults; (2) a five-year NIH
proposal to study physical decline and medical intervention;
(3) a one-year NIH/NIA proposal for research in pharmacology;
and (4) a five-year NRSA/NIA training grant for pre- and
post-doctoral students to study aging, health, and healthcare
research.

Public Service Activities

Research in aging is brought to life in the community when it
informs state-of-the-art service and education and improves
the quality of life of older citizens. The Institute on Aging's
community service mission focuses on disseminating
information from the University's aging-related research and
teaching efforts, and applying this information to the service
and education needs of communities. One mechanism for
carrying out this mission is the development of a
clearinghouse in aging. To build the clearinghouse, an Institute
strategy has been to identify, pool and share expertise in aging
within the state. To this end, 49 faculty, program professionals,
legislators and consumer advocates have been appointed as
Founding Fellows of the Institute on Aging. These
appointments both recognize the significant contributions to
the field of aging made by these individuals and provide a
mechanism to facilitate their continued contributions to the
programs and activities of the Institute. As a condition of their
appointment, Fellows agree to serve as consultants with
students or faculty on aging-related topics and to speak to
groups in universities, or to service organizations, or to the
public on similar topics. (See Appendix B for the listing of
Fellows of the Institute on Aging.)

Another mechanism of the Institute's clearinghouse function
has been the creation of a new world wide web home page:
<www.aging.unc.edu>. This web page is designed to provide information to the public about aging resources, campus-based and
community-oriented educational programs, aging-related
events, aging-related databases and other state and national
resources on aging.

Efforts have also been underway to structure new and
innovative ways of bringing the expertise of aging research
together with the experience base of provider agencies in the
interest of seeking more effective translations of
research-based knowledge into practical applications of benefit
to older adults in our state. Over the past year, the Institute
has collaborated with city, county, regional and state groups
interested in establishing an inter-organizational, community
and university partnership for the creation of an Aging
Resource Center complex in Orange County. This
collaboration has the promise to become a model program
where others from around the state and around the nation can
come to learn about comprehensive programming for the
psychosocial, medical, educational, and economic needs of
older adults. It is envisioned that the Aging Resource Center
complex would consist of a campus of detached buildings
located on University property that is adjacent to the Orange
County-owned human services campus which is the site for
the county's future Senior Center. Housed within this complex,
the tentative plan for UNC Institute on Aging facility includes
offices for faculty and administration, conference, training, and
meeting facilities; a biomedical laboratory and faculty research
facility; and a geriatric primary care medical clinic offering
services to older adults under the auspices of UNC Hospitals.
Currently, the Institute is seeking funding to further develop the
planning for this campus.

The Institute also continues to build its position nationally and
internationally as a center of excellence in aging. For example,
a total of nine Institute senior staff and Operational Committee
members received Institute support to present their work at
various national and international conferences, including: the
Gerontological Society of America; the Pan Am Conference on
Aging; the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education;
and at international conferences in Mexico, Estonia, England,
and Hungary. The senior staff of the Institute have also
contributed to knowledge dissemination in the field of aging.
During the past year, they have collectively produced 60
books/book chapters, journal articles, or proceedings papers.

Summary

Under the leadership of its new director, Dr. Victor Marshall,
the future efforts of the Institute on Aging will be directed
toward continuing to expand its three-fold mission of
education, research and public service. Continued emphasis
will be placed on cultivating interdisciplinary and
interinstitutional collaborations among the UNC System,
Community Colleges, the network of Area Health Education
Centers, agency providers, policy-makers, and the older adult
population. While continuing to be supported for many of its
core functions through state funds, the Institute on Aging will
also pursue mechanisms for supporting many of its research
and educational programs through other sources such as
federal and foundation grants and donor gifts.

For more information, contact:

Institute on Aging
University of North Carolina, CB #1030
720 Airport Road, Suite 100
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1030

Telephone: 919-966-9444
Fax: 919-966-0510
Email: IOA@unc.edu

<www.aging.unc.edu>

Appendix A: Initiatives in Aging Research

1998-99 Institute on Aging Exploratory Grants

Faculty:

A Descriptive Study of Elderly Decedents: Analysis of the
National Mortality Follow-back Survey
Shulamit L. Bernard, PhD, UNC-Chapel Hill Sheps Center for
Health Services Research

Reducing Discomfort in Frail, Hospitalized Elders
Judy Miller, PhD, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing

Graduate Students:

Uncertainty and Watchful Waiting in Older Men with
Prostate Cancer
Donald E. Bailey, Jr., MN, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Nursing

Age-related Factors Effecting the Perception of Essential
Information During Risky Driving Situations
Cheryl Actor Bolstad, MA, NC State University Dept. of
Psychology

Cerebral Oxygenation During Sleep in Older Adults: A
Pilot Study
Barbara Waag Carlson, RN, PhD, UNC-Chapel Hill School of
Nursing

Self-Management and Arthritis
Julie J. Keysor, MS, UNC-Chapel Hill Thurston Arthritis
Research Center

Nursing Home Quality of Care: Time, Competition and
Demand
Virender Kumar, MPH, UNC-Chapel Hill Dept. of Health Policy
& Administration

Success of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease Living in
Special Care Units: The Role of the Family
Kristie Long, MS, UNC-Chapel Hill Carolina Population Center

Contributions of Attention to Memory Complaints Among
Older Adults
Guy Potter, MA, UNC-Chapel Hill Dept. of Psychology

Identification of Nutritional Risk and Functional
Limitations among Community-dwelling Older Adults in
Isolated Rural Areas of Chatham County, NC
Joseph R. Sharkey, MPH, UNC-Chapel Hill Dept. of Nutrition

Aging and Confidence in Source Memory Judgments
Julia Spaniol, UNC-Chapel Hill Dept. of Psychology

Establishing a Need for Special Programs for Senior Gays
and Lesbians
Marisha Hart, Patrick T. Toal, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social
Work

1998-99 Center on Minority Aging Awarded Grants

Literacy and Numeracy Levels in Patients Taking Wafarin
Carlos Estrada, MD, MS; James C. Byrd, MD: Vetta Vernessa
Barnes, MD
East Carolina University School of Medicine, Department of
General Internal Medicine

Behavioral, Psychosocial, and Cultural Mediators of
Health Status in Elderly African American Women
Debra Terrell, PhD; Dena Shenk, PhD
UNC-Charlotte Department of Psychology

Elderly African American Return Migrants' Perception of
Health Care Resources
Iris Carlton-LaNey, PhD
UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work

Pathways to Disability and Health in Aging: A Pilot
Project in a Minority Community
Carol Guiliani, PhD, PT; Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD; Hiawatha
C. Demby, Jr., MS
UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Division of Allied Health
Sciences, Division of General Medicine, and Department of
Biomedical Engineering

Profiling Physicians Who Care for Community-Based
African-American Elders in North Carolina
Thomas R. Konrad, PhD; Sandra Moody-Ayers, MD
UNC-Chapel Hill Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services
Research, and Division of General Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill
School of Medicine

The Effects of Racism and Perceived Stress on Glycemic
Control among Older African American Diabetics
Sandra Moody-Ayers, MD
Division of General Medicine, UNC-Chapel Hill School of
Medicine

Influences on Medication Use by Minority Elders
Charles C. Puliam, MS
UNC School of Pharmacy

Barriers to Screening for Hypertension and Prevention of
Stroke among Elderly Blacks
Maxwell Twum, PhD
Fayetteville State University, Department of Social and
Behavioral Sciences

Appendix B: Founding Fellows of the Institute on Aging

Mary A. Altpeter, MSW, MPA
Associate Director for Operations,
UNC Institute on Aging,
Research Assistant Professor,
Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine,
Lecturer, Department of Health Behavior and Health
Education, School of Public Health,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Ann Louise Barrick, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor,
Department of Psychology,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Lorin A. Baumhover, PhD
Professor and Chair,
Department of Sociology and Social Work,
Appalachian State University, (Boone)

Lucille B. Bearon, PhD
Adult Development/Aging Specialist,
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences,
North Carolina State University, (Raleigh)

James D. Beck, PhD
Kenan Professor, Department of Dental Ecology,
School of Dentistry,
UNC at Chapel Hill

William Alan Brown, MSW
Associate Director,
North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)
Program,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD
Associate Director for Clinical Affairs,
UNC Institute on Aging,
Acting Director, Program on Aging,
Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics,
School of Medicine,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Leigh F. Callahan, PhD
Associate Director,
Thurston Arthritis Research Center,
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology,
School of Public Health,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Robert L. Clark, PhD
Professor, Department of Economics and
Business Management,
North Carolina State University, (Raleigh)

The Honorable Betsy L. Cochrane
Senator, North Carolina General Assembly,
(Advance, NC)

Eleanor K. Covan, PhD
Gerontology Coordinator, Gerontology Program,
Professor, Department of Sociology,
UNC at Wilmington

Gordon H. DeFriese, PhD
Acting Director, UNC Institute on Aging,
Professor of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Policy
and Administration,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, PhD
Professor, Department of Human Development and Family
Studies,
UNC at Greensboro

Molly C. Dougherty, PhD
Frances Hill Fox Professor, School of Nursing,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Glen H. Elder, PhD
Howard Odum Distinguished Professor,
Department of Sociology and Life Course Studies,
Carolina Population Center,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Anne-Linda Furstenberg, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Social Work,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Carol A. Giuliani, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Allied Health Sciences,
School of Medicine,
UNC at Chapel Hill

J. Conrad Glass, Jr., PhD
Professor, Associate Department Head, and Director of
Graduate Programs,
Department of Adult and Community College Education,
North Carolina State University, (Raleigh)

Karen E. Gottovi, MS
Director, Division of Aging,
North Carolina Department of
Health and Human Services, (Raleigh)

Linner W. Griffin, EdD
Associate Director, Center on Aging,
Associate Professor and Master of Social Work Program
Chair,
East Carolina University (Greenville)

Laura C. Hanson, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Division of General Medicine and
Program on Aging, School of Medicine,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Marilyn Hartman, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology,
UNC at Chapel Hill

John Hatch, DrPH
Director, Community Liaison Core,
Center for Minority Aging, UNC Institute on Aging,
Kenan Professor Emeritus,
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School
of Public Health, UNC at Chapel Hill,
Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Education,
North Carolina Central University (Durham)

Carol C. Hogue, PhD
Associate Director for Research, Institute on Aging
Associate Professor and Associate Dean,
School of Nursing,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Ann B. Johnson, MSW
Chair, Governor's Advisory Council on Aging,
Delegate, Senior Tarheel Legislature
(Chapel Hill, NC)

Jean E. Kincade, RN, PhD
Research Associate Professor,
Program on Aging, School of Medicine,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Sandra Crawford Leak, MHA
Associate Program Director,
Long Term Care Resources Program,
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development,
Duke University (Durham)

Charles F. Longino, Jr. PhD
Reynolda Distinguished Professor of Sociology,
Director, Reynolda Gerontology Program,
Associate Director, J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging, School of
Medicine,
Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem)

George L. Maddox, PhD
Director, Long Term Care Resources Program,
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development,
Duke University (Durham)

Ronald J. Manheimer, PhD
Executive Director, Center for Creative Retirement,
Research Associate Professor,
Department of Philosophy,
UNC at Asheville

Victor W. Marshall, PhD
Director Designate, UNC Institute on Aging,
Professor Designate, Department of Sociology,
UNC at Chapel Hill
Professor of Sociology and Public Health Services,
University of Toronto

David L. McIlwain, MD
Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology,
School of Medicine,
UNC at Chapel Hill

James P. Mitchell, PhD
Associate Director for Public Service and Extended Education,
UNC Institute on Aging,
Director, Center on Aging,
Professor of Sociology and Family Medicine,
East Carolina University (Greenville)

Elizabeth J. Mutran, PhD
Associate Director for Minority Aging Research,
and Director, Center for Minority Aging,
UNC Institute on Aging,
Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Health
Education, School of Public Health,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Gary M. Nelson, DSW
Director, Center for Aging Research, Education
and Service (CARES),
Professor, School of Social Work,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Sandra M. Powers, PhD
Gerontology Program,
Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum
and Instruction, School of Education,
UNC at Greensboro

Charles C. Pulliam, MS
Director, Program on Aging,
Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy,
UNC at Chapel Hill

The Honorable Beverly M. Purdue, PhD
Senator, North Carolina General Assembly
(New Bern, NC)

Edwin Rosenberg, PhD
Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work,
Appalachian State University (Boone)

Dena L. Shenk, PhD
Director, Gerontology Program,
Professor, Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work,
UNC at Charlotte

Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH
Co-Director, Center on Aging, Disablement,
and Long-Term Care,
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research,
Goodwin Professor of Family Medicine,
Department of Family Medicine,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Florence Gray Soltys, MSW, ACSW, CCSW
Chair, Service to the Older Adult and their Families,
Associate Clinical Professor, School of Social Work,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Judith M. Stillion, PhD
Associate Vice-President of Academic Affairs,
UNC General Administration (Chapel Hill)

Patricia K. Suggs, PhD
Director, The Appalachian Geriatric Education Center
Consortium, J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging,
School of Medicine,
Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem)

Peter R. Uhlenberg, PhD
Associate Director for Graduate Education,
UNC Institute on Aging,
Professor, Department of Sociology,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Kathleen Williams, PhD
Director, Graduate Study in Gerontology,
Associate Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Studies,
Department of Exercise and Sport Science,
School of Health and Human Performance,
UNC at Greensboro

Mark E. Williams, MD
Medical Director, Geriatric Evaluation Clinic,
Professor, Program on Aging, School of Medicine,
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology,
School of Public Health,
UNC at Chapel Hill

Betty H. Wiser, PhD
Older Adult Health Branch Head,
Division of Public Health,
Initiator and co-chair,
Osteoporosis Coalition of North Carolina,
North Carolina Department of Health
and Human Services (Raleigh)

Sheryl Itkin Zimmerman, PhD
Senior Research Fellow and Co-Director,
Program on Aging, Disablement, and
Long-Term Care,
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research,
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work,
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology,
School of Public Health,
UNC at Chapel Hill