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Media alert: press briefings and special sessions at the GSA's Annual Meeting

out centenarians and their children.

The press briefing will feature new research being presented at other sessions:

  • Dellara F. Terry, Familial Traits of Longevity in Children of Centenarians (Nov. 26 at 10:45)
  • Jessica A. Evert, Gender and Functional Decline Among Centenarians (Nov. 26 at 10:45)
  • Thomas Perls, Genetic Study Approaches to Exceptionally Long-Lived Families and Siblings (Nov. 23 at 10:30)
The press briefing will occur immediately following the symposium session. Members of the media are invited to attend both.

1:45 2:45 p.m. Symposium; Salon F, Marriott
3:00 3:30 p.m. Press Briefing; GSA Press Room, Marriott
Special Presidential Session with Congressman Barney Frank
Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA), member of the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on the Judiciary, will speak on aging issues in the new Congress.
Members of the media are requested to hold questions until the press briefing following Congressman Frank's speech.

Media Registration
Members of the media can pre-register for GSA's Annual Meeting by faxing the Media Registration Form, available online at http://www.geron.org/AnnualMeeting/signup1.htm, to 202-842-1150, attn: Melanie Radkiewicz. Pre-registrants must check in at the GSA Press Room (Tufts Room, Third Fl, Marriott) to receive their name badge, etc. On-site registration is also available at the GSA Press Room.

Information for Non-Attendees
If you cannot attend the meeting but would like to receive material from the press briefings and/or arrange for telephone interviews with presenters during the Annual Meeting, please contact Melanie Radkiewicz at mradkiewicz@geron.org. During the Annual Meeting, please call the Boston Marriott Copley Place (617-236-5800) and ask for the GSA
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Contact: Melanie Radkiewicz
mradkiewicz@geron.org
202-842-1275
The Gerontological Society of America
14-Nov-2002


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