The awards are administered by The Gerontological Society of America and co-sponsored by the Association for Gerontological Education and Social Work (AGE-SW). The program is overseen by National Hartford Fellows Director James Lubben of Boston College and Carmen L. Morano of the University of Maryland.
Each awardee will be given stipends to attend both GSA's November 2005 Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans and The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) January 2006 Annual Meeting in San Antonio. There they will attend workshops designed to develop their research skills.
The recipients are listed below:
Kimberly M. Cassie
University of Tennessee
Karen Y. Lynch
University of Georgia
Michele L. Day
University of Missouri-Columbia
Karyn Marsh
New York University
Daniel W. Durkin
University of Alabama
Kelly Mills-Dick
Boston University
Kristen A. Gustavson
University of California-Berkeley
Rajean P. Moone
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Leslie K. Hasche
Washington University-St. Louis
Lauren H. Nicholas
Columbia University
Anne K. Hughes
University of Maryland-Baltimore
Kyaien O. Conner
University of Pittsburgh
Jessica M. Johnson
Boston College
Mary L. Smith
University of Pittsburgh
Jin H. Kim
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mei Kit Tang
University of Alabama
Kristie G. Kimbell
University of Texas-Austin
Wanda S. White
UCLA
Abbie M. Kirkendall
SUNY-Buffalo
Karen A. Zurlo
University of Pennsylvania
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), founded in 1945, is the oldest and largest national multidisciplinary scientific organization devoted to the advancement of gerontological research. Its membership includes some 5,000+ researchers, educators, practitioners, and other professionals in the field of aging. The Society's principal missions are to promote research and education in aging and to encourage the dissemination of research results to other scientists, decision makers, and practitioners.