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F Biographical Sketches
Pages 319-323

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... He is a senior member of the Institute of Medicine, a member of the American Epidemiologic Society, and a fellow of the American Public Health Association, the American Statistical Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Heart Association. His fields of interest are biostatistics and epidemiology, and his publications cover such topics as information systems, the organization, distribution, utilization, and quality of care, secondary prevention of breast cancer, coronary heart disease prognosis, and the need for mental health services.
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From page 320...
... He has been the chairman of the Gerontological Health Section of the American Public Health Association and a member of the 1981 White House Conference on Aging. He has been the director of the Massachusetts Health Care Panel Study, a longitudinal study of community older people, since 1974.
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... He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Statistical Association, and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. His research interests began with organizational theory and now emphasize psychosocial factors that influence productive behavior throughout the life course.
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... She is a member of the Institute of Medicine, a fellow of the American Statistical Association and the American Public Health Association, and a member of the American Economic Association, the Population Association of America, and the Gerontological Society of America.
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... His past service on national committees includes chairmanship of the National Institutes of Health study section on aging. He is currently chairman of the Institute of Medicine's project on Leadership for Geriatric Medicine and the MacArthur Foundation Research Program on Successful Aging.
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  • beth israel
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  • ethel shanas
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  • boston university
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