Dr. Peng Du presents "Population Aging and Social Gerontology Research in China"

Online, March 24, 2010 (Newswire.com) - The UNCG Gerontology Research Network's Lunch and Learn Series is featuring Dr. Peng Du as our guest speaker. His presentation, Population Aging and Social Gerontology Research in China, is scheduled for Tuesday, April 6, 2010 from 12:00-1:00pm following an 11:45 a.m. luncheon. The presentation will be held in the Kirkland Room in the UNCG Elliot University Center. It is free and open to the campus and community.

If you are unable to attend, there will be a link to the conference on the UNCG Gerontology website allowing you to listen to his presentation live while viewing his presentation slides. You'll have an opportunity to text in questions via a chat feature. A link to Dr. Du's talk on the UNCG Gerontology webpage: http://www.uncg.edu/gro will be posted on Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Once you are on the Gerontology website, click on the web-link to Dr. Du's presentation and provide the requested information to join the web conference. If you have any technical difficulties, please call 336.256.1020. Remember, the link will not be 'live' until Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at noon.

Prof. Peng Du, Ph. D. is Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the School of Social Work and School of Gerontology at USC in 2010. Du also is Director and Professor of the Gerontology Institute, Renmin University of China, Deputy Director, Centre for Population and Development Studies at Renmin University. His academic titles include Vice-President, China Gerontological Society; President of Beijing Association of Gerontology; Chair of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics Asia/Oceania Region, Board member of United Nations International Institute on Ageing, and Board member of HelpAge International. Dr. Du has published numerous books and manuscripts on aging and persons with disabilities. Whether your interests are aging-related research or sociological trends in Asian countries, you'll want to attend this lunch and learn opportunity: Development of Population Aging and Social Gerontology Research in China: current research priorities and emerging issues.

The UNCG Gerontology Research Network, a cooperative group consisting of over twenty-five UNCG departments of faculty, research staff, and students, was formed in 2007 to facilitate and support transdisciplinary aging-related research. Dr. Du's presentation is one of the 2009-2010 UNCG Gerontology Research Network Lunch & Learn Series presentations on age-related research presentations. For updates and details visit http://www.uncg.edu/gro/geroresearch.uncg.edu/index.html.