1. Jessica A. Kelley-Moore is Assistant Professor of Sociology and faculty affiliate of the Center for Aging Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Her research interests include social influences on health over the life course, the impact of neighborhood and environment on health, racial/ethnic health disparities among older adults, and disability.
2. John G. Schumacher is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and faculty affiliate of the Center for Aging Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. His current research examines the intersection of medical sociology and social gerontology, with a focus on physician-patient interations and the role of health care providers in long-term care.
3. Eva Kahana is Robson Professor of Humanities & Sociology and Director of the Elderly Care Research Center at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Kahana has published extensively in the areas of stress, coping and adaptation among the aged, late-life migration, late-life sequelae of social stress, social organization of health care institutions, intergenerational family relationships, and environmental influences on older persons. Her most recent formulation focuses on health care partnerships and the...
4. Boaz Kahana is Professor of Psychology at Cleveland State University, where he has also served as departmental chairperson and has directed the Center on Aging. He has been awarded NIH research grants dealing with stress and extreme stress among the elderly, and he has served on the editorial boards of Psychology and Aging, Academic Psychology Bulletin, and Mental Health and Aging. Dr. Kahana is author of numerous articles and chapters dealing with stress, coping, and adaptation among the elderly.