Executive

he Executive Committee consists of the President, Secretary-General, Treasurer, Past-President, President-Elect, and the Regional Chairs. It holds office for the period starting at the end of each World Congress and extending to the beginning of the next. The President-Elect of the Association has the responsibility for organizing the next World Congress.

Executive Commitee

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Heung Bong CHA

President

Professor Emeritus Department Social Welfare, Hallym University, Seoul, South Korea.

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Sung Jae CHOI

Secretary General & Vice President

Prof Choi is currently Professor of Social Welfare, Department of Social Welfare, Seoul National University, and Director, Institute on Aging, Seoul National University, South Korea.

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Dong Ho LEE

Treasurer

Professor of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Director, Health Promotion Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, South Korea.

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Bruno VELLAS

Immediate Past President

Professor of Medicine, Chief Dept. of Internal Medicine & Geriatrics, Chief Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Research Centre of Toulouse

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John ROWE

President Elect

Professor at the Department of Health Policy and Management, Joseph Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University in New York, USA.

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Regional Chairs

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Isabella ABODERIN

Chair, Africa Region

Leads the Oxford Institute of Aging program of work on Africa and is Co-ordinator of the African Research on Ageing Network (AFRAN).

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Kenneth MADDEN

Chair, North American Region

Associate Professor
Division Head, Vancouver General Hospital
Division of Geriatric Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of British Columbia

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Keith HILL

Chair, Asia & Oceania Region

Prof Keith HILL is presently Head of the School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University in Perth, Australia.

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Marianela Flores De Hekman

Chair, Latin American & Carribean Region

Coordinator of South Region of theBrazil's Confederation of associations and societies Brazilian Osteoporosis and Osteometabolismo (CEBOM)

Permanent member of Consultative Board of the Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology

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Clemens Tesch-Roemer

Clemens Tesch-Roemer

Chair, European Region

Director of the German Centre of Gerontology and Adjunct Professor of Psychology, FreieUniversitaet Berlin

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Meetings

The 6th Executive Committee meeting was held on the January 12, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. The ten members worked together prior to the 20th World Congress scheduled on June 23-27, 2013. See the photo of the participants.