Center on Population Health and Aging
CPHA News
September 16, 2005
Awards, Honors or Appointments
Melissa Hardy was appointed to the editorial board of the American Sociological Association annual publication, Sociological Methodology.
Valarie King was elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Research and Theory Section, National Council on Family Relations for the period 2005-2007 and will be serving on the Nominations Committee for the Family Section, American Sociological Association for the period 2005-2006.
Bob Schoen was appointed by the Director of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) to the Review Panel on the NCHS Mortality Component of the Vital Statistics Program.
Sherry Willis received a Merit Award from the National Institute on Aging for her work on "Midlife Cognitive Change and Risk of Cognitive Decline."
Linda Wray will serve on the Nominations Committee for the Section on Aging and the Life Course, American Sociological Association for the period 2005-2006.
Linda Wray was appointed to be one of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Section representatives to the Executive Committee of the Gerontological Society of America for the period 2004-2007.
New Grants
Ann Kolanowski was awarded a 4-year National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) $1.7 million grant to study the efficacy of individualized recreational activities for behavioral symptoms exhibited by nursing home residents with dementia. The NINR project, "A Prescription For Enhancing Resident Quality of Life" will be conducted in nursing homes across the state of Pennsylvania.
George Vogler's training grant, "Training in Genetics of Complex Behaviors in Aging" (T32 AG000276-06) has received funding from the National Institute on Aging for a second five-year cycle.
Sherry Willis is the recipient a new 5-year (R01) research award from the National Institute on Aging for her project, titled "Midlife Cognitive Change and Risk of Cognitive Decline."
Conferences and Professional Meetings
Funded in part by a grant from the National Institute on Aging and support from Penn State University, Duane Alwin and Scott Hofer organized and hosted an International Conference on the Future of Cognitive Aging Research held May 20-22, 2005 at Penn State University. The conference brought leading international experts on cognitive aging [representing the fields of developmental psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, behavioral genetics, demography, gerontology, sociology, economics, and epidemiology] together for a two and one-half day working conference focusing on the state of the field and building a multidisciplinary agenda for future research on cognitive aging.
ICFCAR presentations by CPHA faculty:
Duane Alwin and Scott Hofer, "Integrating Demographic and Developmental Perspectives."
Warner Schaie, Discussant, "What Do We Know About Cognitive Aging?"
Sherry Willis, Discussant, "Dimensions of Cognitive Aging."
Gerald McClearn, Discussant, "Epistemological Strategies - How Do We Know What We Know?"
Scott Hofer, "Recapitulation: Epistemological Strategies - How Do We Know What We Know?"
Duane Alwin, Ryan McCammon, Linda Wray, and Willard Rodgers "Demographic Issues in the Future of Cognitive Aging Research."
Duane Alwin organized a session on "Milestones in Aging and Life Course Research" for the ASA section on Aging and Life Course, 100th annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, Pa., August 13-16, 2005.
Duane Alwin and Linda Wray presented a paper on "Social Inequalities and Metabolic Disorders" at the session on Health and Well-Being: Culture, Inequality and Identity, 100th annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, Pa., August 13-16, 2005.
Elizabeth Beverly, Carla Miller, Sherry Willis, and Linda Wray presented a poster, "Spousal Support and Diabetes Management" at the Penn State Diabetes Research Retreat, State College PA, May 2005.
Oralia Garcia, Linda Wray, Elizabeth Beverly, I.U. Hernandez, A.E. Hernandez, and R.P. Trevino presented a poster, "Identifying Barriers That Hinder Parental Involvement in School-Based Health Promotion Programs" at the annual meetings of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Boston MA, April 2005.
Daniel N. Hawkins, Paul R. Amato, and Valarie King presented their paper "Nonresident Father Involvement and Adolescent Well-Being: Father Effects or Child Effects?" at the 100th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, Pa., August, 2005.
Scott Hofer, Andrea Piccinin, and Members of the ACAD Research Group presented a paper titled "The Course of Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents with Mental Retardation: The Australian Child to Adult Development (ACAD) Study" at Grand Rounds, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Zürich, June 2005.
Scott Hofer and Andrea Piccinin made a presentation titled "Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies on Aging (IALSA): Interactions Among Aging, Health, and Cognition" at the Department of Psychology, University of Zürich, June 2005.
Scott Hofer, M.J. Sliwinski, and J. Smyth presented a paper titled "M. J.,& Smyth, J. (2005, August). Covariability Among Stress, Affect, and Cognition: Timing is Everything" at an Invited Symposium on Examining Interrelations Among Cognition, Personality, and Health in Aging at the annual American Psychological Association Conference, Washington, DC, August 2005.
Scott Hofer (with E. Zelinski) chaired an Invited Symposium on Alternative Approaches for Analysis of Change at the annual American Psychological Association Conference, where he made a presentation titled "Multivariate Analysis of Linear Change," Washington, DC, August 2005.
Valarie King presented a paper, "Nonresident Fathers' Contributions to Adolescent Well-Being" at the annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Philadelphia, Pa., April, 2005.
M. Zeintl, M. Kliegel, D. Zimprich, M. Martin, and Scott Hofer presented a paper titled "The Role of Processing Resources in Prospective and Retrospective memory Within Old Age" at the second International Conference on Prospective Memory, Zurich, Switzerland, July 2005.
Anne Kolanowski will present a paper (with Mary Lynn Piven, UNC Chapel Hill) on the state of the science in geropsychiatric nursing for a State of the Future Conference that will be held at the University of Pennsylvania on Sept. 30th. The conference is sponsored by the Hartford Foundation, NIMH, and the Universities of Pennsylvania and Iowa.
Juli M. Sobolewski and Valarie King presented their paper "The Importance of the Coparental Relationship in Fostering Nonresident Fathers' Ties to their Children" at the 100th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, Pa., August, 2005.
Linda Wray made an invited presentation of her work on "Social Status, Risky Health Behaviors, and Diabetes in Middle-Aged and Older Adults" to the Penn State Diabetes Center Research Retreat, State College PA, May 2005.
Linda Wray, Elizabeth Beverly, Oralia Garcia, Duane Alwin, Carol Gold, Stig Berg, B. Malmberg, S. Nilsson, Nancy Pederson and Gerald McClearn presented a poster, "Socioeconomic Status, Health Behaviors, Comorbidity, and Diabetes at the annual meetings of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Boston MA, April 2005.
Recent or Forthcoming Publications
Sherry Willis has completed two edited books: (1) Willis, S.L. & Martin, M. (Ed) (2005). Middle Adulthood: A Lifespan Perspective. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications; (2) Whitbourne, S. & Willis, S.L. (Eds) (in press) The Baby Boomers. New York: Erlbaum.
Alwin D.F. & Wray L.A. (2005). A Life-span Developmental Perspective on Social Status and Health. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, in press.
Bailey R., Davis M., Mitchell D.C., Miller C.K., Lawrence F.R., Smiciklas-Wright H. (2005). Comparative strategies for using cluster analysis to assess dietary patterns. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, in press.
Canudas-Romo, V. and Schoen, R. "Age-Specific Contributions to Changes in the Period and Cohort Life Expectancy", Demographic Research 13 (August 2005): 63-82.
King, Valarie & Mindy E. Scott (2005). A comparison of cohabiting relationships among older and younger adults. Journal of Marriage and Family, 67, 271-285.
Miller C.K., Davis M.S. (2005). The influential role of social support in diabetes management. Topics in Clinical Nutrition, 20:157-165.
Ritchie J.D., Miller C.K., Smiciklas-Wright H. (2005). Tanita foot-to-foot bioelectrical impedance analysis system validated in older adults. Journal of The American Dietetic Association, in press.
Schoen, R., "Intrinsically Dynamic Population Models", Demographic Research 12 (March 2005): 51-75
Schoen, R. and Canudas-Romo, V., "Timing Effects on First Marriage: Twentieth Century Experience in England and Wales and the USA", Population Studies 59 (July 2005): 135-46.
Short, P.F., Mallonee E. (2005). Income Disparities in the Quality of Life of Cancer Survivors. Medical Care, forthcoming.
Wray L.A. (2004). Diet and Meal Planning. Pp. 367-375 in Diabetes Self-Management Answer Book: 501 Tips and Secrets to Keep you Healthy (J. Hazlett, Ed.). New York: R.A. Rapaport Publishing.
Wray L.A., Alwin D.F., & McCammon R.J. (2005). Social Status and Risky Health Behaviors: Results from the Health and Retirement Study. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, in press.
Wray L.A., Ofstedal M.B., Langa K.M., & Blaum C.S. (2005). The Effect of Diabetes on Disability in Middle-Aged and Older Adults. Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, in press.
Other Professional Activities
George Vogler participated in the program planning meeting of the International Biogerontological Research Institute in Cividale, Italy, June 2005.
Carla Miller served as a Peer Reviewer, National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research, Special Emphasis Panel, Pilot Data Grants and Clinical Trial Planning Grants, ZDE 1RR, July 200
George Vogler participated in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Working Group on Behavior Genetics and Cardiovascular Disease, August 2005.
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