German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics
| German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics (DGGG) |
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| legal form | registered association |
| founding | 1992 |
| Seat | Berlin |
| purpose | scientific society for gerontology and geriatrics |
| Chair | Ursula Müller-Werdan |
| Website | dggg-online.de |
The German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics e. V. ( DGGG ) is a scientific association of psychologists, social scientists, biologists, lawyers, practitioners and medical professionals who are active in geriatrics and geriatric medicine. The association promotes research and teaching on aging in the various specialist disciplines.
Every two years the society organizes congresses at which topics of gerontology and geriatrics are dealt with on an interdisciplinary basis. She is a member of the World Association of Scientific Gerontological Societies and of the Working Group of Scientific Medical Societies ( AWMF ).
history
In 1938 the internist Max Bürger founded the “German Society for Aging Research” in Leipzig, which was renamed “German Society for Aging Research” a year later. In post-war Germany, the company was initially continued in the GDR until 1964.
The association was reorganized as a nationwide society in 1992 at their joint 1st congress after German reunification in Berlin. It brought together the German Society for Gerontology (DGG), which had existed in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1966, with the German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics of the GDR.
organization
There are four sections:
- Section I: Society for Experimental Gerontology
- Section II: Society for Geriatric Medicine
- Section III: Society for Social and Behavioral Gerontology
- Section IV: Society for Social Gerontology and Elderly Work
The sections regulate their specific affairs independently. Each section has a chairperson and at least one deputy who, together with the president, president-elect, past president, and secretary, form the presidium.
Max Bürger Prize
Since 1976 the association has awarded the Max-Bürger-Preis every two years as part of its congresses. The award has been suspended since 2014 in order to have Wolfgang Wippermann's biography examined historically and scientifically. The members of the society decided at the general meeting on September 26, 2014 with a clear majority to follow the recommendation of the executive committee not to continue the naming. From 2015 onwards, the Max-Bürger-Preis will be renamed “Research Prize of the German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics”.
President
- 1966–1977 René Schubert
- 1977–1980 Hans Thomae
- 1980–1985 Erich Lang
- 1985–1987 Ingeborg Falck
- 1987–1991 Rudolf M. Schütz
or in the GDR (Society for Aging Research of the GDR)
- 1966–1969 Werner Ries
- 1969–1973 H. Siggelkow
- 1973–1979 Friedrich-Horst Schulz
- 1979-1984 W. Rühland
- 1984-1991 J. Haase
after 1991 (DGGG)
- 1991–1997 RM Schütz
- 1997–1998 Ursula Lehr
- 1998–2002 Wolf Oswald
- 2002-2004 A.-K. Meyer
- 2004–2008 Thomas Klie
- 2008–2010 Clemens Tesch-Römer
- 2010–2012 Manfred Gogol
- 2012–2014 Andreas Simm
- 2014–2016 Astrid Hedtke-Becker
literature
- Hendrik Thiene: Max Bürger - Full Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of the Leipzig Medical University Clinic 1937–1945 and 1947–1957 , Diss., Leipzig 2010.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.dggg-online.de/ueber-uns/praesidium.html
- ↑ Hans-Werner Wahl , Vera Heyl: Gerontology. Introduction and story. 2nd, completely revised edition. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-17-026125-9 .
- ↑ Press release of the German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics from October 1, 2014.