Merril Silverstein, has been elected chair of the Behavioral and Social Sciences Section (BSS) of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) for the 2017-18 term.
In November of this year, he will begin his duties as chair-elect, which will include organizing the GSA 2017 national scientific meeting in San Francisco. This meeting will be integrated with the International Association of Gerontological and Geriatrics and produce the largest scholarly conference on aging in the history of the profession.
GSA is the nation’s leading interdisciplinary organization devoted to research, education and practice in the field of aging. The principal mission of the society — and its more than 5,400 members — is to advance the study of aging and disseminate information among scientists, decision makers, and the general public. BSS is the largest of GSA’s four sections.