Professor of Bioethics, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Medicine, Nursing, Political Science, and Sociology
Aging and Public Policy
Health Policy
Office Phone: 216-368-3717
e-mail: rhb3@case.edu
Bio
ROBERT H. BINSTOCK is Professor of Aging, Health, and Society, at Case Western Reserve University. His primary tenured appointments are in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics in the School of Medicine, and in the School of Nursing. He holds secondary appointments as Professor in the departments of Bioethics, Medicine, Political Science, and Sociology.
A former president of the Gerontological Society of America, Dr. Binstock has served as director of a White House Task Force on Older Americans, and as chairman and member of a number of advisory panels to the United States government, state and local governments, and foundations. He is also a former Chair of the Gerontological Health Section of the American Public Health Association. He has frequently testified before the U.S. Congress. He is presently a member of the MacArthur Foundation’s Research Network on an Aging Society.
Professor Binstock has published over 300 articles, book chapters, monographs, and books. Most of them deal with politics and policies affecting aging. His 26 authored and edited books include Aging Nation: The Economics and Politics of Growing Older in America (2008), and seven editions of the Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences (the latest published in 2011). Among the honors he has received for contributions to gerontology and the well-being of older persons are the Kent Award, the Brookdale Award, and the Lawton Award from the Gerontological Society of America; the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Key Award from the American Public Health Association’s Gerontological Health Section; the American Society on Aging Award and the American Society on Aging’s Hall of Fame Award, the Ollie A. Randall Award from the National Council on Aging, the UCLA Distinguished Professorship Award, and the Hvorka Prize from Case Western Reserve University. He received his A.B. and Ph.D. degrees in political science from Harvard University.
Recent Publications
Robert H. Binstock, “Resource Allocation in an Aging U.S. Society,” in Thomas R. Prohaska, Lynda Anderson, and Robert H. Binstock (eds.), Public Health for an Aging Society (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, in press).
Scott Davidson and Robert H. Binstock, “Political Marketing and Segmentation in Aging Democracies,” in Jennifer Lees-Marshment (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Political Marketing (London: Routledge, in Press).
Robert H. Binstock and Linda K. George, eds., Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, seventh edition (San Diego: Academic Press, 2011).
Merryn Gott, Andrew Ibrahim, and Robert H. Binstock, “The Disadvantaged Dying: Ageing, Ageism, and Palliative Care Provision for Older People in the UK,” in Merryn Gott & Christine Ingleton (eds.), Living with Ageing and Dying: End of Life Care for Older People 52-62(London: Oxford University Press, 2011), 52-62.
Robert H. Binstock, “Older Voters,” in Robert Mann and David D. Perlmutter (eds.), The Manship Guide to Political Communication (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2011), pp. 213-226.
Robert H. Binstock, “Biogerontology: The Early Struggles for Funding and Scientific Stature.” Public Policy and Aging Report, Vol. 20, No. 4(2011), 28-32.
Andrea Louise Campbell and Robert H. Binstock, “Politics and Aging in the United States,” in Robert H. Binstock and Linda K. George (eds.), Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, 7th edition (San Diego: Academic Press, 2011), 265-279.
Robert H. Binstock, “Ethical, Moral, and Policy Challenges in Our Aging Society,” in May L. Wykle and Sarah Gueldner (eds.), Health Aging: Gerontological Education for Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals (Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2011), pp. 3-16.
Contact Information
Bob Binstock, Ph.D.
Professor of Aging, Health, and Society
School of Medicine, Rm. WG-43
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106-4945
tel 216-368-3717
fax 216-368-3970
e-mail: rhb3@case.edu
