AGS Now Accepting Applications for Committee Membership

The AGS is now accepting applications for membership in nine of its committees. These include the Clinical Practice and Models of Care, Education, Ethics, Ethnogeriatrics, Health Systems Innovation - Economics & Technology, Public Education, Public Policy, Quality and Performance Measurement, and Research committees.

Appointments will be made at the start of the new year and terms will begin during AGS' 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting, slated for April 29 to May 3 in Chicago. All terms run three years, finishing at the May 2012 meeting.

AGS members interested in committee membership should review information about these committees and their missions, at http://www.americangeriatrics.org/about/board_adv_comm.shtml#comm and information about committee member responsibilities, at http://www.americangeriatrics.org/membership/commresp.shtml.

Applicants should send Anne Marie Evriviades (aevriviades@americangeriatrics.org) the following by December 15:

1. A completed online application form
2. Two letters of support from current Board and/or committee members
3. A 2-page biographical sketch or short CV