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Robert H. Binstock
Ph.D.
Professor of Bioethics
Professor of Aging, Health and Society
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Sociology
Aging and Public Policy
Health Policy
Office Phone: 216-368-3717
e-mail: rhb3@case.edu
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Biosketch
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Bio
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ROBERT H. BINSTOCK is Professor of Aging, Health, and Society, at Case Western Reserve University. His primary appointment is in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, in the School of Medicine. He holds secondary appointments as Professor in the departments of Bioethics, Medicine, Political Science, Sociology, and in the School of Nursing.
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.
Professor Binstock has published about 300 articles, book chapters, monographs, and books. Most of them deal with politics and policies affecting aging. His 25 authored and edited books include Aging Nation: The Economics and Politics of Growing Older in America (2006); six editions of the Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences (the most recent published in 2006); and The Fountain of Youth: Cultural, Scientific, and Ethical Perspectives on a Biomedical Goal (2004). Among the honors he has received for contributions to gerontology and the well-being of older persons are the Kent Award and the Brookdale 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.
He received his A.B. and Ph.D. degrees in political science
from Harvard University.
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Recent Publications
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James H. Schulz and Robert H. Binstock, Aging Nation: The Economics and Politics of Growing Older in America (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2006).
Robert H. Binstock and Linda K. George, eds., Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, sixth edition (San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2006).
Robert H. Binstock, “The Doomsters Are Wrong: What’s Needed Are Policies Aimed At Several Generations,” AARP Bulletin, Vol. 48, No. 3 (2007), p. 33.
James H. Schulz and Robert H. Binstock, “Future of Work and Retirement Key Concern for an Aging Nation,” Aging Today,Vol. XXVIII, No. 1 (2007), pp. 7 & 10.
Robert H. Binstock, “Older Persons and Political Engagement: From Avid Voters to ‘Cooled-Out Marks’,” Generations. Vol. XXX, No. 4 (2007), pp. 24-30.
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Recent Activities
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The Clark Tibbitts Award from the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, recognizing “individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions to the advancement of gerontology as a field of study in higher education.”
March 2, 2007: “A 45-Year Perspective on Gerontology in Higher Education,” the 2007 Tibbitts Award Lecture, at the 33 annual meeting of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Portland, Oregon.
March 8, 2007 “Politics of Aging in the 21st Century,” at the 2007 Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging and the National Council on the Aging, Chicago, Illinois.
March 9, 2007 “The New Deal and the Great Society: Will Promises Be Broken?” in a symposium on A Great Society for Older Americans: Have Promises Been Kept? At the Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging and the National Council on the Aging, Chicago, Illinois.
March 9, 2007: “Teaching Aging.” in a symposium on Let’s Rethink Aging in the University Classroom, at the Joint Conference of the American Society on Aging and the National Council on Aging, Chicago, Illinois.
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Contact Information
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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
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