The Gerontological Society of America

The Call for Abstracts for GSA’s 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting is now available! Submissions are due March 15. Mark your calendars for the nation's premier aging conference, taking place November 16 to 20, in New Orleans, Lousiana.

Mentor Match

Enroll in Mentor Match to lead and learn, expand your professional network, and advance your career while giving back to your profession.

New E-Book

This publication, edited by GSA members, provides detailed overviews of aging processes at the molecular and cellular levels across multiple organisms, from microbes to humans.

AGHE Annual Meeting

AGHE's 42nd Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference, with the theme of “Developing Educational Leadership in Gerontology Worldwide,” is taking place from March 3-6, 2016, in Long Beach, California.

Gerontology News

The December issue of Gerontology News is available online. Read a message from new GSA President Nancy Morrow-Howell, discover how GSA is working to improve adult immunization rates through the new ICAMP Academy, and learn about the impact on aging-related programs from a recent federal budget deal.

Member Spotlight

Get to know GSA members from around the world and learn about their commitment to the continued advancement of the field of aging.

We foster collaboration between biologists, health professionals, policymakers, behavioral and social scientists, and other age studies scholars and researchers. We believe the intersection of research from diverse areas is the best way to achieve the greatest impact and promote healthy aging.

The GSA Family of Sites

The Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), GSA’s educational branch, is a unique network of institutions dedicated to advancing scholarship in gerontology. Its programs set the benchmark for standards in academic programs across the country.

GSA’s policy institute, the National Academy on an Aging Society, conducts and compiles research on issues related to population aging and provides information to the public, the press, policymakers, and the academic community.

The Hartford Change AGEnts Initiative is a multi-year project designed to create change in the practice environment that will improve the health of older adults, their families, and communities.

The Hartford/GSA National Center on Gerontological Social Work Excellence impacts social work practice through the translation and infusion of evidence-based knowledge.

The National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence is a collaboration between its Coordinating Center and centers housed at schools of nursing that have demonstrated the highest level of commitment to the field of gerontological nursing.

The National Adult Vaccination Program is a multi-stakeholder industry-supported collaboration to develop a cohesive strategic and policy approach to improve adult vaccination.

The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics holds a World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics every four years; GSA will serve as the host organization in 2017.

Stay Connected

Annual Scientific Meeting

Join GSA in New Orleans, Louisiana, from November 16-20 for the world's premier aging conference.

Call for Abstracts
Submissions are due March 15!
Exhibit
GSA's meeting offers a unique opportunity to showcase your products, programs, publications, and other materials to a targeted audience of 4,000 authorities in the field of gerontology.

GSA Connect

GSA offers its members exclusive access to interactive professional networking. This tool encourages online resource sharing, discussion of hot topics in the field, and other ways to collaborate with your GSA peers.

Membership Directory
Members can find each other by name, institution, section, fellow status, and more.
Interest Groups
GSA has many interest groups that are formed around a topic or issue that cuts across disciplines.

Career Resource Center

GSA hosts two websites to help individuals become professionals in the field of gerontology.

Careers in Aging
This is a database of resources that also contains information on the annual Careers in Aging Week .
AgeWork
This is a database of current job offerings.

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Journals

The Gerontologist

The Journals of Gerontology, Series A

The Journals of Gerontology, Series B

Public Policy & Aging Report

Gerontology & Geriatrics Education

New In Publications

The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Social Sciences has issued a call for papers for a forthcoming special issue titled "The Utility of Brief Physical and Cognitive Assessments in Clinical Care." Abstracts are due October 31.
The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences has issued a call for papers for a forthcoming special issue titled "50 Years of Cognitive Aging." Abstracts are due January 31.
GSA has launched a new publication series called From Policy to Practice. The first issue is titled "An Interdisciplinary Look at the Potential of Policy to Improve the Health of an Aging America: Focus on Pain" and is free to members.
Public Policy & Aging Report is now published by Oxford University Press, which means GSA member have complimentary access to the complete catalog of back issues!