AASU
to Host Distinguished Speaker
Savannah,
GA—March 5, 2004— Leonard W. Poon, professor of psychology
and director of the Gerontology Center at University of Georgia, will
give a lecture on "Longevity, Mortality and Immorality: Implications
of Findings from the Georgia Centenarian Study on Health Practices,"
on March 26.
Armstrong Atlantic State University is hosting the lecture as part
of it’s Distinguished Speaker Series, sponsored by the College
of Health Professions. It will begin at 4:30 p.m. in AASU’s University
Hall room 156. A poster session will begin at 3:30 p.m. in AASU’s
University Hall atrium.
Poon’s research interests include normal and pathological changes
of cognition with aging, clinical memory assessment for early dementia,
and longevity and survival of the oldest old. He was a member of the
National Institutes of Health’s human development and aging study
section and has chaired the National Institute of Mental Health’s
Clinical Centers and special review committee.
Poon is a past president of the Division of Adult Development and
Aging of the American Psychological Association and past chair of
the Behavioral and Social Science Section of the Gerontological Society
of America. He is currently the president of the Southern Gerontological
Society. He is an elected fellow of American Psychological Association,
American Psychological Society, Gerontological Society of America,
and Association of Gerontology in Higher Education.
For more information, contact the College of Health Professions at
912.927.5254.
