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IAGG has 73 member organizations in over 65 countries worldwide with a combined membership of over 45,100 professionnals : key opinion leaders in health & social services, housing & income support, research & education, public policy, administration & other areas, disciplines, and professions that impact older people and affect their quality of life.

IAGG is governed by a Council with representatives from each member society based on the number of members enrolled.

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ARGENTINA
Gerontology Association of Argentina (AGA) (251 members)

Miguel Angel Acanfora image

Félix Eduardo Nallim

President

E-mail Website

Miguel Angel Acanfora image

Miguel Ángel Acanfora

Council member

E-mail

ARGENTINA
Argentina Society Gerontology and Geriatrics (SAGG) (1503 members)

José Ricardo Jauregui image

José Ricardo Jauregui MD, PhD

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

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Héctor Larrea

Council Member

E-mail Website

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Hugo Alberto Schifis

Former President & Council Member

E-mail Website

AUSTRALIA
Australian Association of Gerontology (800 members)

Dr. Helen Feist

Dr. Helen Feist

President

AUSTRIA
Austrian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (445 members)

Regina Roller-Wirnsberger image

Regina Roller-Wirnsberger

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

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Dr. Franz Kolland

Council Member

E-mail

BELARUS
Belarusian Republican Gerontological Public Association(72 members)

Jean - Pierre Baeyens image

Andrei N. Ilnitski

Chairman and Council Member

E-mail

BELGIUM
Belgian Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics (566 members)

Nicolas Berg

Nicolas Berg

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

BOLIVIA
Bolivian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (67 members)

Jean - Pierre Baeyens image

Dr. Felipe melgar

President and Council Member

E-mail

BRAZIL
Brazilian Society Geriatrics and Gerontology (SBGG)

Dr. José Elias Soares Pinheiro image

Dr. José Elias Soares Pinheiro

President

E-mail

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Dra. Maria Angélica Santos Sanchez

Council Member

E-mail

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Dr. Marianela Flores de Hekman

Council Member

E-mail

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Dra. Elizabete Viana de Freitas

Council Member

E-mail

BULGARIA
Bulgarian Association on Ageing (50 members)

  • Boulevard Vitosha 36, 1000 Sofia – BULGARIA
  • + 359 2 987 68 77
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Ignat Petrov

President & Council Member

E-mail

CANADA
Canadian Association on Gerontology / Association Canadienne de Gérontologie (568 members)

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Louise Plouffe

Council Member

E-mail Website

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Suzanne Dupuis-Blanchard

President & Council Member

E-mail

CANADA
Canadian Geriatrics Society (380 members)

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José Morais

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

CHILE
Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics of Chile (SGGCH) (157 members)

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Ruben Alvarado Vera

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

CHINA
Gerontological Society of China (1501 members)

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Piu Chan

Council Member

E-mail Website

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Li Ben Gong

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

COLOMBIA
Colombian Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (148 members)

Dr. Robinson Fabian Cuadros Cuadros image

Dr. Robinson Fabian Cuadros Cuadros

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

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Dr. José Fernando Gomes Montes

Council member

COSTA RICA
Costa Rican Gerontological Association (66 members)

Johanna Fernández Gómez image

Johanna Fernández Gómez

President & Council Member

E-mail

CUBA
Cuban Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (168 members)

Humberto Arencibia Pérez image

Humberto Arencibia Pérez

President & Council Member

E-mail

CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (324 members)

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PAVEL WEBER PROF MD PHD

Council Member

E-mail

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EVA TOPINKOVA, PROF, MD, PHD

Council Member

E-mail

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BOZENA JURASKOVA, MD, PHD

Council Member

E-mail

DENMARK
Danish Gerontological Society (327 members)

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Tine Rostgaard

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

ECUADOR
Ecuadorian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (SECUGG) (60 members)

Dr. Diego Martínez P. image

Dra. Susana Tito Lucero

President & Council Member

ESTONIA
Estonian Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (126 members)

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Jelena Leibur

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

FINLAND
Finnish Gerontological Society (230 members)

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Timo Strandberg

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

FRANCE
French Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (Société Française de Gériatrie et Gérontologie) (4000 members)

Sandrine Andrieu

President

Olivier Guerin

Council Member

Sylvie Bonin-Guillaume

Council Member

Alain Lion

Council Member

Yves Passadori

Council Member

GEORGIA
Georgian Society of Gerontology (50 members)

  • Research Institute of Therapy, Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 0102, Chachava street 3, Tbilisi, GEORGIA
  • +995 93 93 25 84
  • +995 32 30 64 38
  • [email protected]
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Nodar Kipshidze

President & Council Member

E-mail

GERMANY
German Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (1188 members)

Dr. Astrid Hedtke-Becker

Dr. Astrid Hedtke-Becker

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

GREECE
Hellenic Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (120 members)

Nodar Kipshidze image

Karaitianos Ioannis

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

HONG KONG
Hong Kong Association of Gerontology (600 members)

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Edward Leung

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

HONG KONG
Hong Kong Geriatrics Society (236 members)

  • Rm2A, 2/F, Ming Tak Centre, 135-137 Tung Chau Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong
  • +852 2374 1289
  • +852 2396 6465
  • http://www.hkgs.org
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Dr. James Luk

President and Council Member

E-mail Website

HUNGARY
Hungarian Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (130 members)

Béla Székács image

Béla Székács

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

INDIA
Association of Gerontology India (200 members)

S.I. Rajan

S.I. Rajan

President & Council Member

E-mail

INDIA
Indian Academy of Geriatrics (822 members)

Dr S S Lehl

Dr S S Lehl

President and Council Member

E-mail

INDONESIA
Indonesian Society of Gerontology (200 members)

  • Wisma Daria, Jalan Iskandarsyah Raya-7, Jakarta 12160, INDONESIA
  • +62 21 722 2120
  • +62 21 724 73 54
  • [email protected]
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Toni Setiabudhi

President & Council Member

E-mail

IRELAND
Irish Gerontological Society (300 members)

Prof. Mo Flynn

Prof. Mo Flynn

President & Council Member

E-mail

ISRAEL
Israel Gerontological Society (490 members)

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YITZHAK BRICK

President

E-mail

ITALY
Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Società Italiana di Gerontologia e Geriatria) (1589 members)

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Prof. Nicola Ferrara

President

E-mail

ITALY
AssociazioneGeriatriExtraospedalieri –AGE (Geriatric Outpatient Association) (469 members)

Giuseppe Paolisso image

Salvatore Putignano

President and Council Member

E-mail

JAPAN
Japan Gerontological Society (4100 members)

  • Kyorin Bldg n°702, 4-2-1 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0034, JAPAN
  • +81 3 38 14 81 04
  • +81 3 38 14 86 04
  • [email protected]
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Akira Homma

Council Member

E-mail

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Kaoru Sakurai

Council Member

E-mail

Yasuyoshi Ouchi image

Yasuyoshi Ouchi

Council Member

E-mail

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Isao Shimokawa

Council Member

E-mail

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Ichiro Kai

President & Council Member

E-mail

KAZAKHSTAN
Gerontological Society of the Republic of Kazakhstan (also called Society of Gerontologists) (250 members)

Giuseppe Paolisso image

Valery Vasilyevich Benberin

President and Council Member

E-mail

KENYA
Kenya Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (27 members)

  • Office No.16, Main Campus, Kynyatta University, P.O.Box 43844, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
  • +254 81 09 01/20 Exo. 3751
  • +254 81 15 75
  • [email protected]
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Lucy Maina

President and Council Member

E-mail

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DR.VINCENT ONYWERA

Council Member

E-mail

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DR. LUCY KATHURI

Council Member

E-mail

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PROF. JUDITH KIMIYWE

Council Member

E-mail

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Federation of Korean Gerontological Societies (1827 members)

Byeong Kil Yeon image

Byeong Kil Yeon

Council Member

E-mail

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Hyung Joon Yoo

Council Member

E-mail

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Tae Hyun Kim

Council Member

E-mail

LUXEMBOURG
Association Luxembourgeoise de Gérontologie et Gériatrie (150 members)

Dr. Carine Federspiel image

Dr. Carine Federspiel

President

E-mail

Josée Thill image

Josée Thill

Council Member

E-mail

Akira Homma image

Dr Jean-Claude Leners

Council Member

E-mail

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Vibeke Walter

Council Member

E-mail

MALAYSIA
Gerontological Association of Malaysia (GEM) (100 members)

  • Persatuan Gerontology Malaysia 507-C, 3rd Floor, Diamond Complex, Jalan Medan Bangi, off Persiaran Bangi Business Park, 43650 Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan – MALAYSIA
  • +60 3 82 10 09 19
  • +60 3 82 10 09 197
  • [email protected]
  • http://www.gem.org.my/
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Abdul GhaibMohd Ghazali

President & Council Member

E-mail Website Profile

MALTA
Maltese Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (MAGG) (85 members)

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Joseph Troisi

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

MEXICO
Mexican Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (356 members)

Dr. Ignacio Javier Orozco García image

Dr. Ignacio Javier Orozco García

President & Council Member

E-mail

MEXICO
Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology of Mexico (GEMAC) (181 members)

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Dr. Samuel Bravo Williams

President & Council Member

MONGOLIA
Mongolian Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (50 members)

  • Tsagdaa street, Sukhbaatar district, Ulaanbaatar, 14192, Mongolia
  • +976 99 15 39 23
  • +976 11 35 08 01
  • [email protected]
Dulmaa Tungalag

Dulmaa Tungalag

Council Member

E-mail

NETHERLANDS
Dutch Society for Gerontology (200 members)

Prof. dr. G.I.J.M. Kempen

Prof. dr. G.I.J.M. Kempen

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

NEW ZEALAND
The New Zealand Association of Gerontology (114 members)

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Stephen Neville

President & Council Member

E-mail
Website

NORWAY
Norwegian Gerontological Society (256 members)

Hilde Sylliaas image

Prof. Börje Bjelke

President

E-mail

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Kari Midtbø Kristiansen

Vice President

E-mail

PANAMA
Panamanian Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology (54 members)

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Diógenes Arjona

President & Council Member

E-mail

PARAGUAY
Paraguayan Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (60 members)

  • Index SACI, Boqueron 676 casi Misiones, Asunción, PARAGUAY
  • + 595 21 20 38 60
  • [email protected]
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Dra. Dina Zelaya

President & Council Member

E-mail

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Dr. Edgar Aguilera

President & Council Member

E-mail

PERU
Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics of Peru (64 members)

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Dr. Carlos Vela Barba

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

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Council member

E-mail E-mail

PHILIPPINES
Philippine Association of Gerontology (122 members)

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Dr. Mary Gener Calalang

Council Member

E-mail

POLAND
Polish Society of Gerontology (500 members)

Prof. Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis image

Prof. Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis

President

E-mail

Prof. Piotr Błędowski image

Prof. Piotr Błędowski

Council Member

E-mail

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Prof. Anna Skalska

Council Member

E-mail

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Dr Jolanta Perek-Białas

Council Member

E-mail

PORTUGAL
Sociedade Portuguesa de Geriatria e Gerontologia (81 members)

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Manuel Carrageta

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

PUERTO RICO
Society of Gerontology of Puerto Rico (55 members)

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Lcda. Julita Ortiz Marin

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

ROMANIA
Romanian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (200 members)

  • Str. Caldarusani Nr.9, Sector 1, COD 011241, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
  • +4 031 805 93 00
  • +4 021 223 14 80
  • [email protected]
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Gabriel IoanPrada

President & Council Member

E-mail

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Gerontological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2540 members)

Vladimir K. Khavinson image

Vladimir K. Khavinson

Council Member

E-mail Website

Olga N. Mikhailova image

Olga N. Mikhailova

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

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Vladimir N. Anisimov

Council Member

E-mail Website

SAN MARINO
San Marino Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (56 members)

Giuseppe Paolisso image

Giancarlo Ghironzi

President and Council Member

E-mail

SERBIA
Gerontological Society of Serbia (50 members)

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Milos Nemanjic

President & Council Member

E-mail Website Profile

SINGAPORE
Gerontological Society of Singapore (165 members)

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Goh Lee Gan

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

SLOVAKIA
Slovak Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (239 members)

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Zoltan Mikes

President & Council Member

E-mail

SLOVENIA
Gerontological Association of Slovenia (Gerontološko društvo Slovenije) (160 members)

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Danica Hrovatic

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

SOUTH AFRICA
South African Geriatrics Society (85 members)

  • c/o Dr Brent TIPPING, P.O. Box 2041, Houghton – Johannesburg 2072, SOUTH AFRICA
  • +27 11 726 00 03
  • + 27 11 726 00 02
  • [email protected]
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Willem Mollentze

President & Council Member

E-mail

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Kathleen Ross

Secretary / Treasurer

E-mail

SOUTH AFRICA
South African Gerontological Association

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Ingrid Olmesdahl

President & Council Member

E-mail

SPAIN
Spanish Society of Geriatric Medicine (Sociedad Española de Medicina Geriátrica) SEMEG (240 members)

Juan F. Macias Nunez image

Dr. Álvaro Casas Herrero

President & Council Member

Website

SPAIN
Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (Sociedad Española de Geriatría y Gerontología (2316 members)

Dr.JOSÉ ANTONIO LÓPEZ TRIGO image

Dr. JOSÉ ANTONIO LÓPEZ TRIGO

President

E-mail

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DR. ALFONSO CRUZ-JENTOFT

Council Member

E-mail

DR. NICOLÁS MARTÍNEZ-VELILLA image

DR. NICOLÁS MARTÍNEZ-VELILLA

Council Member

E-mail

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DR. JAVIER YANGUAS-LEZAUN

Council Member

E-mail

SWEDEN
Swedish Gerontological Society (257 members)

  • c/o Veronica WALLROTH,National Institute for the Study of Ageing and Later Life (NISAL), Linkoping Universitet, 60174 Norrkoping, SWEDEN
  • +46 11 36 33 24
  • [email protected]
  • http://www.sgs.nu/
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Prof. Susanne Iwarsson

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

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Prof. TORBJÖRN SVENSSON

Council Member

E-mail

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Prof. SOFI FRISTEDT

Council Member

E-mail

SWITZERLAND
Swiss Society of Gerontology SGG-SSG (1600 members)

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Elisabeth Striffeler

President

E-mail

TAIWAN
Chinese Taipei Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (1510 members)

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Cheng-Chieh Lin, M.D., PhD

President

E-mail

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Chia-Ming Li

Council Member

E-mail

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Shinn-Jang Hwang

Council Member

E-mail Website

THAILAND
Thai Society of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (335 members)

Sutthichai Jitapunkul image

Sutthichai Jitapunkul

President & Council Member

E-mail

TUNISIA
Tunisian Association of Gerontology – ATUGER (72 members)

  • Policlinique CNSS, P.O. Box 1148, 3018 Sfax, TUNISIA
  • +216 98 414 53
  • +216 74 403 648
  • [email protected]
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Radhouane Gouiaa

President & Council Member

E-mail

TURKEY
National Association of Social and Applied Gerontology – Turkey (54 members)

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Emine Ayik Tufan

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

TURKEY
Turkish Geriatrics Society (182 members)

Yesim Gokce Kutsal image

Yesim Gokce Kutsal

President & Council Member

E-mail Website Profile

TURKEY
Academic Geriatrics Society (AGS) (116 members)

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Servet Ariogul

President and Council Member

E-mail

UKRAINE
Ukrainian Gerontology and Geriatrics Society (250 members)

  • Academy of Medical Sciences, 67, Vyshgorodskaya Str., 04114 Kiev, UKRANIA
  • +380 44 430 40 68
  • +380 44 432 99 56
  • [email protected]
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Vladislav V. Bezrukov

President & Council Member

E-mail

UNITED KINGDOM
British Geriatrics Society (3000 members)

Dr. Eileen Burns

President

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Mr. Colin Nee

Chief Executive Officer

E-mail Website

UNITED KINGDOM
British Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA) (150 members)

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Anne Mc Ardle

Council Member

E-mail Website

UNITED KINGDOM
British Society of Gerontology (414 members)

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Robin Means

President & Council Member

E-mail Website

UNITED STATES
Gerontological Society of America (5500 members)

Dr. Barbara Resnick

President & Council Member

E-mail

Dr. Rosemary Blieszner

Council Member

E-mail

Dr. Harvey Jay J. Cohen

Council Member

E-mail

Dr. Roger J. McCarter

Council Member

E-mail

Dr. Terrie F. Wetle

Council Member

E-mail

James Appleby

Council Member

E-mail

URUGUAY
Uruguayan Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (174 members)

DRA. GRACIELA ACOSTA Acosta

DRA. GRACIELA ACOSTA

President & Council Member

E-mail

Dr. Fernando Botta

Dr. Fernando Botta

Council member

E-mail

VENEZUELA, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF
Sociedad Venezolana de Geriatria Y Gerontologia

Jesus Enrique Mazzei Berti image

Jesus Enrique Mazzei Berti

President & Council Member

E-mail Website