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17th President
Gloria Gutman, PhD
Canada

Dr. Gloria Gutman, Immediate Past President of the International Association of Gerontology, developed and directs the Gerontology Research Centre and is Professor Emeritus in the Gerontology Department at Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, Canada which she also developed. Dr. Gutman served as the 17th President of the International Association of Gerontology from 2001 -2005.

Dr. Gutman is the author/editor of twenty books and over 200 scholarly articles, reports, and conference papers. She has been a consultant to the Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing in B.C., the Continuing Care Division of the B.C. Ministry of Health and to Health Canada. She has served on a number of federal-provincial task forces, including one which established guidelines for comprehensive services for the psychiatrically impaired elderly, and one which developed design guidelines for housing and care facilities for the elderly.

Dr. Gutman’s research interests are wide-ranging; they include seniors’ housing, long term care, health promotion, dementia care and environmental design. Recent research includes "Behavioral Outcomes of Environmental Design Interventions in a SCU" and "Housing Options for Older Canadians: Case Studies and User Satisfaction." She is currently developing a series of projects to be conducted in the Dr. Tong Louie Living Laboratory, a full-scale simulated residence established to study effective design of environments and products for older persons and adults with disabilities.

Dr. Gutman has been very active in scholarly and community organizations. She was the Founding President of the Gerontology Association of British Columbia and served two terms as President of the Canadian Association on Gerontology (1987-1991). She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, a member of the National Statistics Council which advises the Chief Statistician of Canada, a member of the World Health Organization’s Expert Advisory Panel on Ageing and Health and a director of the International Institute on Ageing - United Nations Malta. Locally, she is co-leader of the British Columbia Network for Aging Research (BCNAR), a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Network. Previously she served on the Health Services Subcommittee of the B.C. Health Research Foundation, the Advisory Committee for the L'Chaim Adult Day Care Centre, the Board of Directors of the Louis Briar Home and Hospital for the Aged, the Vancouver-Richmond Health Board’s Research and Evaluation Advisory Committee and from 1994-96 was Chair of the Board of the B.C. Institute Against Family Violence. In 2005 INPEA named Dr. Gutman as the recipient of the Rosalie Wolf Memorial Award.

Selected Publications

• Gutman, G.M., Wister, A.V., Adams, R., & Chou, P.H. (2005). Fact book on aging in British Columbia, 4th Edition. Vancouver: Simon Fraser University Gerontology Research Centre.
  
• McWilliam, C., Gutman, G.M., Penning, M., Mutch, B., Plouffe, L., Stewart, M., & Tamblyn, R. (2005). A national knowledge translation exercise to create evidence-based policy, programs and practice to promote seniors' independence. In: CIHR (Eds.) The IHSPR knowledge translation casebook, Ottawa, Canada: CIHR. (In press).
  
• Gutman, G.M. (2003). Gerontechnology and the home environment. In N. Charness & W.K. Schaie (Eds.) Impact of technology on successful aging (pp.251-261). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
  
• Livadiotakis, G., Gutman, G.M., & Hollander, M.J. (2003). Rationing home care resources: How discharged seniors cope. Home Health Care Quarterly, 22(2), 31-42.
  
• Gutman, G.M., Clarke Scott, M.A. & Gnaedinger, N. (2001). Housing Options for Older Canadians: User Satisfaction Studies. Ottawa: Research Division, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

• Gutman, G.M., Stark, A. Donald, A. & Beattie, B.L. (2001). The contribution of self-reported health ratings to predicting frailty, institutionalization and death over a 5-year period. International Psychogeriatrics, 13 (Suppl 1):223-231
  
• Gee E.M. & Gutman, G. (Eds.) (2000). The Overselling of Population Aging: Apocalyptic Demography, Intergenerational Challenges and Social Policy. Toronto: Oxford Univerity Press.
  
• Gutman, G.M. (Ed). (1998). Technology Innovation for an Aging Society: Blending Research, Public and Private Sectors. Vancouver: The Gerontology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University
  
• Wister, A.V. & Gutman, G.M. (Eds.) (1998). Health Systems and Aging in Selected Pacific Rim Countries: Cultural Diversity and Change. Vancouver: The Gerontology Research Center, Simon Fraser University.
  
• Wister, A.V. & Gutman, G.M. (1997). Housing Older Canadians: Patterns, Preferences and Policies. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 12 (1/2), 19-35.
  
• Gee, E.M. & Gutman, G.M. (Eds.) (1995). Rethinking Retirement. Vancouver: The Gerontology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University.