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The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) — the nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging — has named 60 exemplary professionals as its newest fellows.

Strong family relationships have long been associated with a better sense of well-being and connection. Now a team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has linked the quality of those relationships with how successfully people — particularly aging African Americans — manage pain. The findings, published in The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, suggest factors tied to chronic pain that could improve treatment options.

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) invites you to a congressional briefing:

Title: The Impact of Obesity as We Age.
When: Thursday, June 13, from 10 to 11 a.m. ET
Where: 2008 Rayburn House Office Building

The  Gerontological Society of America (GSA) has received renewed grant support to welcome a 15th class of reporters for the Journalists in Aging Fellows Program. The 2024 funders to date include Silver Century Foundation, The John A. Hartford Foundation, and National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation (NIHCM).

The National Center to Reframe Aging — the leading organization for proven communication strategies and tools to effectively frame aging issues — is partnering with the University of Minnesota School of Public Health's Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation and the Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging to advance effective communication strategies from the National Center to Reframe Aging throughout the state.