UMTRI Staff Fellowships

Posted 08/26/2008
David W. Eby elected GSA Fellow

David W. Eby, head of UMTRI's Social and Behavioral Analysis Division and director of the Michigan Center for Advancing Safe Transportation throughout the Lifespan (M-CASTL), was recently elected a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA).

GSA Fellows are nominated and elected by members of the organization in recognition of their overall contributions to the field of gerontology. The Fellow designation represents the highest class of membership in GSA. The recognition is awarded at varying points of a member's career for diverse activities that include research, teaching, administration, public services, practice, and notable participation in the organization.

Eby has been a member of GSA for about twelve years and was awarded Fellow status though the Behavioral and Social Sciences Section of the GSA. Eby is active in the GSA Transportation and Aging Interest Group, for which he has served as a convener and as a co-convener. As a new Fellow, Eby will be recognized in November at an award ceremony at the GSA annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland.

The Gerontological Society of America is a non-profit professional organization with more than 5,000 members in the field of aging. GSA provides researchers, educators, practitioners, and policy makers with opportunities to understand, advance, integrate, and use basic and applied research on aging to improve the quality of life as one ages.