Richard C. Adelman, Ph.D | Institute of Gerontology

Research Professor Emeritus, IoG
Professor Emeritus of Biological Chemistry
Medical School

300 North Ingalls
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2007
Tel: (734) 764-3715
Fax: (734) 936-2116
Email: radelman@umich.edu

Dr. Adelman’s Research currently addresses each of the following two topics:

1) how young and old generations influence the way each other learn when they share educational settings; and

2) the social impact of specific illnesses on newspaper coverage.

The intergenerational program examines structured interactions between undergraduate and graduate students from the University of Michigan and a local assisted living facility that selects elderly residents who are dedicated to life-long learning. The most recent analysis of newspaper coverage utilizes the LEXIS-NEXIS computerized database to distinguish between the social factors that contribute to growing fascination in the chronic nature of Alzheimer Disease and declining interest in the chronic nature of AIDS.

Select Publications

Adelman, R.C. The Alzheimerization of Aging. The Gerontologist 35(4): 526-532 (1995)

Adelman, R.C. A View from the Other Side. Book Review: Toward the End of Time by John Updike. Science 279(Feb. 6): 819 (1998)

Adelman, R.C., and Verbrugge, L.M. Death Makes News: The Social Impact of Disease on Newspaper Coverage. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 41: 347-367 (2000)

Adelman, R.C., Cristofalo, V.J., Masoro, E.J., and Roberts, J. The Philadelphia Mafia: Networking in the Development of Biological Gerontology. Contemporary Gerontology 8(2): 46-57 (2001)

Cristofalo, V.J., and Adelman, R.C., vol. Eds., Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Vol. 21: Modern Topics in the Biology of Aging. K. Warner Schaie, series Ed. Springer Publishing Co., NY, 2001