Hi all GHS members,

The program for the October APHA Annual Meeting is now complete and can be looked at online at http://apha.confex.com/apha/136am/webprogram/GH.html .   It looks like a great scientific program!

A critical part of our Annual Meeting are the awards & social activities. Monday, Oct. 27 is our awards session, reception and auction.  We will be recognizing Drs. Carroll Estes, Fernando Torres-Gil and Etsuji Okamoto, recipients of our Leadership Awards.  We will also be recognizing the recipients of our scientific research awards.  To celebrate our 30th Anniversary as a Section of APHA, we will recognize founders and celebrate with cake at the reception.

 ... and we need your help!

We are short $3,000 to support these activities that are crucial to the success of our meetings. If you can help with a special donation of any amount, please make a tax deductible check out to APHA (write GHS enrichment fund in the memo line) and send it to Gerry Eggert, GHS Development Chair, 28 Lawton St., Rochester, NY  14607. APHA will send you a receipt for your tax records.  Would you consider a $100 donation if you are an individual and $250 if you represent an organization?  All donors will be recognized in our Awards Brochure.


Thanks for your support. We hope to see you in San Diego in October.

APHA Gerontological Health Section

--- Elected Positions
Nancy Miller, Section Chair 2007-2009
Bob Burke, Past Chair
Susan Miller, Chair Elect
Pat Alt, Secretary 2007-2009
Lene Levy-Storms, Governing Council, 2006-2008
James Swan, Governing Council 2007-2009
Allan Goldman, Council 2005-08
Ashley Love, Council 2005-08
Helena Temkin-Greener, Council 2006-09
Janet Frank, Council 2006-09
Keith Elder, Council 2007-2010
Lucinda Bryant, Council 2007-2010

--- Appointed Positions
Jan Warren-Findlow, Rachel Seymour, Ashley Love, Program Co-Chairs (2007-09)
Daniel Meng, Membership Chair (2007-2009)
Caryn Etkin, Awards Chair (2007-09)
Karen Peters, Policy Chair (2007-09)
Steven Albert, Newsletter Chair (2005-08)
Steve Wallace, Website; Listserv Chair (2007-09)
Gerry Eggert, Development Chair (2007-09)
Karen Peters, APHA Action Board (2007-09)
Dana Mukamel, AJPH Editorial Board (2007-10)
Karon L. Phillips, APHA Student Assembly Representative (2007-09)

--Awards Subcommitte Chairs
Marcia Ory, Susan B. Anthony Aetna Award for Excellence in Research on Older Women
Allan Goldman, Archstone Foundation Award for Excellence in Program Innovation
Carolyn Mendez-Luck, Betty J. Cleckley Minority Issues Research Award
Joe Sharkey, Aging and Rural Health Award
Helena Temkin-Greener, Nobuo Maeda International Research Award
Dana Mukamel, James G. Zimmer New Investigator Research Award
Ashley Love, Retirement Research Foundation Laurence G. Branch Doctoral Student Award
Irena Pesis-Katz, Retirement Research Foundation Masters Student Award

Plus many other volunteers who make the GHS successful!