The Annual 2007 Aging Exchange--Education, Research and Service at UNC at Chapel Hill

The fourth Annual Aging Exchange: Education, Research and Service at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus will be held on March 27, 2007 from 1:00 pm to 7:30 p.m. at Carolina Club, George Watts Hill Alumni Center, Stadium Drive at Ridge Road, Chapel Hill.

The event features a distinguished lecture by Dr. Laura Gitlin, director, Center for Applied Research on Aging and Health, Jefferson College of Health Professions, Thomas Jefferson University, “Listening to the Voices of Older African Americans: New Directions in Supporting Mental Health.” The afternoon will also include a discussion of contributed papers and a presentation of the Gordon H. DeFriese Awards, which honor outstanding campus leaders and students; poster presentations that feature the work of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows; and an evening reception.

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information about the event, visit the Aging Exchange Web site.

The event is sponsored by the UNC Institute on Aging, School of Dentistry, School of Information and Library Science, School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, School of Public Health, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Program on Aging, Disability and Long-Term Care, Demography and Economics of Aging Research (DEAR) Program of the Carolina Population Center, ICARIS and the Carol Woods Retirement Center.

For more information, please call 919.966.9444.