November 20, 2006
 

Photograph of Dr. Peggye Dilworth-Anderson

Photograph of Dr. Peggye Dilworth-Anderson

Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, PhD , professor in the Department of Health Policy and Administration at the School of Public Health and associate director for aging and diversity in the UNC Institute on Aging, has been appointed to serve on the National Advisory Council on Aging, which advises the National Institute on Aging, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The appointment, effective January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2010, was made by Michael Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services in the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

This is not the first time Dilworth-Anderson’s expertise has been called upon at the national level. She served on the 2005 White House Conference on Aging Advisory Committee at the request of the Office of the President and has been elected to national leadership roles in the Alzheimer’s Association and the Gerontological Society of America. Her research interests include aging, dementia, family caregiving and health disparities.

Dilworth-Anderson received her doctorate in sociology from Northwestern University.

 

For more information, contact Ramona DuBose, director of communications for the UNC School of Public Health, by telephone at 919-966-7467 or by email at ramona_dubose@unc.edu.

 

 

RELATED PAGES
CONTACT INFORMATION
Gillings Admissions: 233 Rosenau Hall, (919) 445-1170
Student Affairs: 263 Rosenau Hall, (919) 966-2499
Dean's Office: 170 Rosenau Hall, (919) 966-3215
Business and Administration: 170 Rosenau Hall, (919) 966-3215
Academic Affairs: 307 Rosenau Hall, (919) 843-8044
Inclusive Excellence: 207B Rosenau Hall, (919) 966-7430
Room Reservations
Facilities


135 Dauer Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400