Congratulations, Dr. Gendron!
Tracey Gendron, Ph.D. (M.S.'95/AHP; M.S.'12/H&S; Ph.D.'13/H&S), an assistant professor
of gerontology in the VCU School of Allied Health Professions, is one of 10 finalists
for the 2014 Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early 
Career Faculty.
The award, announced by the New England Resource Center for Higher Education and
 the Center for Engaged Democracy at Merrimack College, recognizes a faculty member
who connects his or her teaching, research and service to community engagement.
The Lynton Award recognizes early career faculty who are pre-tenure at tenure-granting
campuses or early career - within the first six years - at campuses with long-term
contracts.

Congratulations to Tracey Gendron, Stu Maddux, Lisa Krinsky, Jay White, Kelly Lockeman,

Yohvane Metcalfe and Sadashiv Aggarwal for the publication of their article titled

"Cultural Competence Training for Healthcare Professionals Working with LGBT Older

Adults."  This article was published in Educational Gerontology. Congratulations

 all!

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Both Dr. Ayn Welleford and Assistant Professor Tracey Gendron were recently alerted to honors which they have been awarded.  Dr. Welleford was recently honored at Senior Connections, the Capital Area Agency on Aging's annual Empty Plate Luncheon with the Mary Creath Payne Leadership award for her exceptional contributions to the field of aging. 

Tracey will be honored later in October with the Burnside-Watstein Award for her contribution to enriching the LGBT climate throughout Virginia Commonwealth University with her work on the University's Equity and Diversity Committee and her development of a person-centered caring curriculum for healthcare professionals on issues unique to the aging LGBT population.  Congratulations! 

 Assistant Professor Tracey Gendron and co-authors Stu Maddux, Lisa Krinsky, Jay White, MS, Sadashiv Aggarwal, MS, Kelly Lockerman and Yohvanne Metcalfe were recently informed that their paper titled "Cultural Competence Training for Healthcare Professionals Working with LGBT Older Adults" was accepted to Educational Gerontology. 

This well-respected, peer-reviewed journal offers up-to-date original research in the fields of gerontology, adult education, and the social and behavioral sciences. Papers published in the journal will also serve as authoritative contributions to the growing literature in this burgeoning field. Educational Gerontology is the only international journal of its kind to publish twelve issues per volume year.  Congratulations all!