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Gerontology (GERON)

4 courses in the 1985–86 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.

Notes

Faculty listed in 1985–86

Professor, Director of the Program W.F. Forbes, 8Sc, PhD, DSc (London)

Professor, Graduate Advisor B.D. McPherson, MA (Wester Ontario), PhD (Wisconsin)

Associate Professors, Undergraduate

Advisors

Faculty listed in 1985–86

J.C. Carlson, MSc, PhD (Massachusetts)

N.H. Charness, MS, PhD (Carnegie- Mellon)

Faculty listed in 1985–86

Associate Professor, Part-time Studies Advisor, Dean of St. Jerome's College P. Naus, PhD (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

Professor

H.S. Coblentz, BA Hons 5 (Durham, MRP (North Carolina), FRTPI, AICP, FSS, MIES

Course Descriptions

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GERON 265 The Biology of AgingW 0.5

An introductory study of the biological processes of aging at the molecular, cellular and systemic levels. The topics will include an examination of the theories of aging, methods used to study the aging process, the role of diseases and chronological changes in the organism during senescence. Cross-listed as SCI 255.

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GERON 400 Multidisciplinary Seminar on AgingS 0.5

Faculty members and students from a variety of disciplines meet to discuss

. individual and population aging from a

multidisciplinary perspective. Topics examined include the definition of aging, the demography of aging, evolutionary and genetic factors, aging as a social process, and human aging patterns.

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GERON 401A Directed Studies in Special Topics

For the student who desires to pursue a particular topic in depth through independent research and/or extensive reading. A faculty member must approve a student's project prior to registration for this course. Open to exceptional students who have permission of the instructor and the director of the program.

Course Descriptions

Gerontology

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GERON 402 Topics in Mathematical Aspects of Chemistry, Biology and the Medical Sciences Ii (Epidemiology of Aging)W 20 0.5

Factors contributing to various disease processes will be discussed with special reference to the quantitative evaluation of environmental factors relevant to aging and human disease processes. Cross-listed as MTHEL 402b.

Department of Health Studies

Associate Professor, Chairman of

Department of Health Studies

AJR. Cameron,’ BA, MA, PhD (Waterloo)

Assistant Professor, Associate Chairman Graduate Affairs D. Mills, BSAg (Purdue), PhD (Indiana)

Assistant Professor, Associate Chairman

Undergraduate Affairs

P. Wainwright,’ BSc (Rhodes, S.A.), MA, PhD (Waterloo)

Professor M.E. Houston,? 8Se (Toronto), PhD (Waterloo)

Associate Professors

J.A. Best, BA (Queen's), PhD (Waterloo)

K.S. Brown,? BMath, PhD (Waterloo)

R.P. Schlegel, BA (Western Ontario), MSc (illinois), PhD (Ohio State)

M.T. Sharratt,? BA, MA (Western Ontario), PhD (Wisconsin)

Assistant Professors

M.E. Haight,* BSc, MSc, PhD (McMaster)

L. Hoffman-Goetz, BA (SUNY, Bing hamton), MA, PhO (Michigan)

R.S. McColl, BSc (McGill), PhD (Purdue)

A. Myers, BA (Winnipeg), MA, PhD (York)

K. Prkachin, BA, MA, PhD (British Columbia)

Research Assistant Professor D. Wilims, BA (Waterloo), MA (McMaster), PhD (British Columbia)

Adjunct Faculty

N. Kreiger, BA (Pennsytvania), MPH, PhD (Yale)

A.E. LeBlanc, BA (Queen’s), MSc, PhD (Toronto)

Cou c oe . Health Studies

N. White, MDCM, DPsych (McGill), FRCP (C) (Royal College)

Faculty Members of Health Studies holding cross appointments to: Psychology

Faculty Members holding cross or joint appointments fo Health Studies from: 2Kinesiology.

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Urban and Regional Plahning

Course Descriptions

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