ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan psychologist James S. Jackson has been named a member of the National Institute on Aging‘s National Advisory Council on Aging by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala. Jackson is the Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and director of the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the U-M Institute for Social Research. He is also a faculty associate at the U-M Institute of Gerontology and professor of health behavior and health education at the U-M School of Public Health.

He also directs the Program for Research on Black Americans, and actively researches and publishes on issues including adult development and aging, health and mental health, and intergenerational relations.

Jackson has taught at the U-M since 1971. His awards and honors include the Hill Distinguished Visiting Professor, All- University Center on Aging, University of Minnesota; the Robert W. Kleemeier Award for Research from the Gerontological Society of America, the Fogarty Senior International Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health, and Distinguished Lecturer in Gerontology, University of California at Los Angeles.

The National Advisory Council on Aging advises on the conduct and support of biomedical, social and behavioral research, training, health information dissemination and other programs involving aging and the diseases and needs of the aged. Two-thirds of the 18-member council are from health and scientific disciplines and one-third from the general public. Council members are appointed for overlapping terms of four years.

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