Präsidium
President
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Wahl
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Netzwerk AlternsfoRschung (NAR)
Bergheimer Str. 20
69115 Heidelberg, Germany
| Telefon: | +49 6221 548111 |
| Fax: | +49 6221 548112 |
| E-Mail: | wahl@nar.uni-heidelberg.de |
Key points for general inquiries and press topics:
- Investigation of interactions between aging and the technical environment
- Adaptation processes in late life, psychology of old age
- Role of subjective experience of aging
- Dealing with chronic losses, especially sensory and mobility losses
- Conceptual contributions to the psychology of aging and gerontology
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Past President
Prof. Dr. Kirsten Aner
Universität Kassel
Humanwissenschaften
Institut für Sozialwesen
Arnold-Bode-Str. 10
34123 Kassel, Germany
| Telefon: | +49 561 8047213 |
| E-Mail: | aner@uni-kassel.de |
Key points for general inquiries and press topics:
- Age and aging and social inequality
- Age and aging and social work
- Critical Gerontology
President-elect
Prof. Dr. Maria Cristina Polidori
Universität zu Köln
Universitätsklinikum, Klinik II für Innere Medizin
Schwerpunkt Klinische Altersforschung
Kerpener Str. 62
50937 Köln, Germany
| Telefon: | +49 221 47832753 |
| Fax: | +49 345 5522890 |
| E-Mail: | maria.polidori-nelles@uk-koeln.de |
Key points for general inquiries and press topics:
- Preventive geriatrics, prevention of frailty and need for care
- Multidimensional assessment / CGA, well-being and quality of life, intrinsic capacity
- Translational geriatric medicine
Secretary
Horst Michaelis
c/o DGGG office
An der Wuhlheide 232 A
12459 Berlin, Germany
| Telefon: | +49 30 521372-71 |
| Fax: | +49 30 521372-72 |
| E-Mail: | sekretaer@dggg-online.de |
Chairman of Section I: Experimental Gerontology
Prof. Dr. Georg Fuellen
Universitätsmedizin Rostock
Institut für Biostatistik und Informatik in Medizin und Alternsforschung
Ernst-Heydemann-Str. 8
18057 Rostock, Germany
| Telefon: | +49 381 494 7360 |
| Fax: | +49 381 494 7203 |
| E-Mail: | fuellen@uni-rostock.de |
Key points for general inquiries and press topics:
i) Main field: Medical Bioinformatics
ii) Other fields: Systems Biology, Data Integration, Machine Learning; Molecular Ageing Research, Stem Cell Research; Embryology
iii) Current research interest: Network Biology & Differential Data Analysis, Biomarkers, Small-Molecule Effects, Ontologies; Neurodegeneration and Neuroregeneration, Leukemia, Ageing, Mouse Embryology.
Chairwoman of Section II: Geriatric Medicine
Key points for general inquiries and press topics:
- Age and technology
- Polypharmacy
Chairwoman of Section III: Social and Behavioral Gerontology
Prof. Dr. Susanne Wurm
Universitätsmedizin Greifswald
Institut für Community Medicine
Präventionsforschung und Sozialmedizin
Walter-Rathenau-Str. 48
17475 Greifswald, Germany
| E-Mail: | susanne.wurm@med.uni-greifswald.de |
Key points for general inquiries and press topics:
- Subjective experience of aging, ageism
- Health and health behavior in middle and older adulthood
- Development over the lifespan
Chairwoman of Section IV: Social Gerontology and Work with the Elderly
Prof. Dr. Claudia Kaiser
Ostfalia - Hochschule Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel
Fakultät Soziale Arbeit
Salzdahlumer Str. 46/48
38302 Wolfenbüttel, Germany
| E-Mail: | cl.kaiser@ostfalia.de |
Key points for general inquiries and press topics:
Social gerontology, in particular
- Age and aging and social inequality
- Dementia, need for care, caring relatives
- Migration and participation, culturally sensitive care for the elderly
- Education across the lifespan and lifelong learning
- Violence protection and prevention