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November 4, 2004

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NOTED BOSTON RESEARCHER OF MEDICINE AND GERIATRICS TO SPEAK
AT UH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK SCHOLARSHIP DINNER

Thomas Perls, Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics at Boston University School of Medicine, is the distinguished lecturer for the UH Graduate School of Social Work’s R. J. DeBottis Gerontology Scholarship Dinner.

The dinner is planned for Monday, Nov. 8 at The Terrace, 5151 Buffalo Speedway.

Perls is the director of the New England Centenarian Study (NECS) the largest comprehensive study of centenarians in the world. Since 1994, the NECS has chronicled the lives of more than 1,500 centenarians. Researchers hypothesize that those people who reach the age of 100 or more escape the usual diseases associated with aging and have sharper mental faculties.

Among those attending the dinner will be Houston professionals in the field of social work, nursing and medicine, as well as those involved in the field of aging.

The R.J. DeBottis Scholarship is awarded annually to a continuing student who has demonstrated activism and advocacy for older adults while maintaining a GPA of 3.33 or higher. To date, more than $10,000 in scholarships have been awarded.

WHAT: The UH Graduate School of Social Work R.J. DeBottis Gerontology Scholarship Dinner.
WHERE: The Terrace, 5151 Buffalo Speedway
WHEN: Monday, Nov. 8, 5 p.m.

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