2020 ~ Conference Cancelled

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The Southern Gerontological Society’s 41st Annual Meeting and Conference

Aging Better Together:

Building an Inclusive Aging Community

The 2020 Southern Gerontological Society Conference & Annual Meeting was cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

2020 Sponsors

Double Platinum Sponsor

Gold Sponsor

Silver Plus Virtual Event Sponsor

Silver Sponsor & Living With Dementia Supporter

Bronze Sponsors

2020 Award Winners

Gordon Streib Distinguished Academic Gerontologist Award

Ishan Williams
Ishan Williams
Stephen Marson
Stephen Marson

Applied Gerontologist Award

Kim McRae
Kim McRae

Rhoda Jennings Distinguished Older Advocate Award

Helen Mack
Helen Mack

Best Practices Award

2020 Best Practices Award Winner - Riverside Health System
Barry Rumble, BS, RPh, Manager & Jennifer Purdy, PharmD, BCGP, BCACP

Media Award

2020 Media Award Winner - Culture Change
Culture Change

SGS Older Adult Travel Scholarship

2020 Older Adult Travel Scholarship Winner - Mary Anne Adams
Mary Anne Adams

SGS Student Scholarship Awards

2020 Student Scholarship Award Winner - Carlyn Vogel
Carlyn Vogel
2020 Student Scholarship Award Winner - Jana Sherril
Jana Sherril

SGS Student Scholarship Awards

The Southern Gerontological Society Student Support Scholarship Award was established in 2014 to support student members of SGS who have been accepted to present at the SGS annual meeting.

Two students were granted scholarships to help to defray travel costs associated with attending and presenting at the Annual Meeting.

Note: Given the circumstances that this meeting was held virtually, the award committee determined that the scholarship funds would be used to offset the conference registration costs for any student presenting as the first author on their presentation at the 2021 SGS Virtual Conference. There were 38 awards given to students who met this criteria.

Student Paper Award

2020 Student Paper Award Winner - Ngozi Chima
Ngozi Chima

Victor Marshall Fellowship

2020 VWM Fellow Inductee - Adrienne Cohen
Adrienne Cohen
2020 VWM Fellow Inductee - Ethlyn Gibson
Ethlyn Gibson
2020 VWM Fellow Inductee - Christine Jensen
Christine Jensen
2020 VWM Fellow Inductee - Christopher Kelly
Christopher Kelly
2020 VWM Fellow Inductee - Candace Kemp
Candace Kemp
2020 VWM Fellow Inductee - Bert Waters
Bert Waters

GRITS Hall of Fame

2020 SGS GRITS Hall of Fame - Jodi Teitelman
Jodi Teitelman
2020 SGS GRITS Hall of Fame - Malcolm Cutchin
Malcolm Cutchin
2020 SGS GRITS Hall of Fame - Carter Osterbind
Carter Osterbind