News Release

Learn About the State of Aging at 'The Aging Exchange'

November 10, 2003

On January 20, 2004, the Institute on Aging, in collaboration with several partners at UNC, will host a half-day event to celebrate aging research, education and service on campus. The Aging Exchange: Education, Research and Service at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will especially highlight the contributions of graduate students and fellows.

Paper and poster presentations will illustrate a rich diversity of aging activities in all areas of research in aging, including social sciences, public health, basic science, clinical, translational, and health and social services. Clinical innovations and promising practices in aging services and innovative aging education approaches will also be featured.

Graduate students and fellows are invited to submit applications in response to the Call for Presentations, available for download from the Institute's web site at http://www.aging.unc.edu/events/agingexchange/. Prizes will be awarded for outstanding presentations.

The event will include a tribute to Dr. Elizabeth Mutran, former Director of the Center on Minority Aging, and recognition of her service to aging research on this campus. Dr. Mutran will also present a Distinguished Lecture.

As part of the festivities, the Institute will formally present the annual Gordon H. DeFriese Career Development In Aging Research Awards. Other scheduled activities include exhibits of aging programs from across the campus and an evening reception.

The Aging Exchange will be held at the Sheraton Hotel on Hwy 15-501, from 1pm-7pm. The event is free and open to the public, however anyone interested in attending is requested to RSVP to 966-9444 by Monday, January 12, 2004.

Co-sponsors of the event include: the Program on Aging of the School of Medicine; the School of Social Work; the School of Nursing; the School of Dentistry; the School of Pharmacy; the Interdisciplinary Certificate in Aging Program; the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research; the Center for Aging, Disablement and Long Term Care; and the Demography and Economics of Aging Research (DEAR) Program of the Carolina Population Center.

For more information, contact the Institute on Aging at 919-966-9444, or ioa@unc.edu, or visit the web site at http://www.aging.unc.edu/events/agingexchange/.