Member News

Section Member Elected into Leadership of State Affiliate

Long-time Aging & Public Health Section member James H. Swan has been elected the 2nd vice president of his state affiliate, the Texas Public Health Association. This starts a five-year trajectory through 1st vice president, president elect, president, and past president. As 2nd vice president in the coming year, Jim will be tasked with overseeing TPHA membership. Jim was also inducted as a TPHA fellow at the recent TPHA annual conference.

Section Member Earns Research Award and Is Guest Editor of Special Journal Issue

Mary Beth Morrissey earned the Fordham University Nicholas J. Langenfeld PhD Research Award this May for her dissertation research on suffering and decision making among seriously ill women. In a January-March 2011 special issue of the national Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care, for which Morrissey and APHA Ethics SPIG Chair Bruce Jennings, served as co-guest editors, Morrissey framed a humanistic perspective in gerontological health and social work on suffering among older adults (Morrissey, 2011).