In the News: Janet M. Wilmoth

Non-combat and combat veterans without a PD or TBI are less likely than nonveterans to be daily drinkers.

“Although past research has documented a higher overall mortality risk among veterans compared to non-veterans, no study until now has considered the contribution of SCD to veteran-non-veteran mortality differentials,” says Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology and the paper’s lead author.

The nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging has chosen Janet Wilmoth, professor of sociology, as its treasurer.

A major, international conference, hosted by Syracuse University’s Aging Studies Institute, explored how aging citizens fit in and contribute — here and around the globe. 

Syracuse’s new Institute for Veterans and Military Families considers the impact of service on soldiers and on the people around them.

The study of gerontology at Syracuse — including research done in Maxwell’s Center for Policy Research — has gotten a boost with a new Aging Studies Institute and a named professorship. Already prominent, SU’s gerontological programs are poised for growth and greater recognition.