About this journal

Aims & Scope
Cogent Gerontology is an international, interdisciplinary peer-reviewed open access journal, publishing content related to the field of gerontology and geriatrics. The journal’s broad scope enables us to reach multiple disciplines and communities, thus facilitating dialogue and connections in a number of topic areas. We consider original research articles, brief reports, case reports, registered reports, and review articles from researchers, clinicians, practitioners, educators and policy makers in the following broad areas:

1. Disparities and Inequities with Age
2. Public Policy, Ethics and Aging
3. The Aging Services Network
4. Dementia
5. Chronic and Acute Health Conditions
6. Nutrition and Aging
7. Healthcare Services
8. Environment, Housing and Technology
9. Psychosocial Issues in Older Adults
10. Employment and Retirement
11. Intergenerational Relationships
12. Special Populations

Founding Co-Editors-in-Chief

Judith L. Howe
Dr. Howe holds a PhD in social welfare and a Master of Public Administration and is Professor in the Departments of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, as well as Associate Director/Education at the Bronx VA Geriatrics Research, Education and Clinical Center. Her background in public administration, social welfare, and gerontology brings an interdisciplinary perspective to her education, research, mentoring, and program development work. She has received substantial funding from DHHS/HRSA and the VA Office of Rural Health to develop, disseminate and evaluate programs to expand the geriatrics workforce, including a large national program for rural VA healthcare staff. Her scholarship has produced peer-reviewed papers, chapters and edited books on gerontological social work and interdisciplinary education. Dr. Howe’s elected positions include President of the National Association for Geriatric Education and President of the State Society on Aging of NY. She has served in multiple roles in the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), including the Executive and Program Committees. As President and then Chair of the Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), she navigated AGHE’s integration with GSA. While Editor-in-Chief of Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, she led the growth of the journal, resulting in significant international and evidence-based contributions to the field. Dr. Howe is a Fellow in GSA, AGHE and the New York Academy of Medicine. She is the incoming Vice President of GSA, followed by terms as President and Chair of the Board of Directors.


Anthony Pak-Hin Kong
Dr. Kong holds a PhD in speech and hearing sciences and is a professor and research scientist specialized in aphasiology at the University of Hong Kong. He is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and Academy of Aphasia. In 2013, he also received the ASHA Recognition for Outstanding Contribution in International Achievement. Trained as a speech-language pathologist, Dr. Kong’s research interests include stroke-induced aphasia, discourse analyses, and neurogenic communication disorders in multilingual speakers. His research has received continuous funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Hong Kong Government, and multiple (inter)national universities and private foundations. Over the years, he has developed several clinically-oriented language and cognitive assessment tools/batteries of Chinese speakers with aphasia. Dr. Kong was elected as Vice Chairperson of the Hong Kong Association
of Speech Therapists (2004-07). As a world-renowned scholar in communication sciences and disorders, he serves and served as Consultant/Advisor to provide research, clinical, and/or professional consultations to many (inter)national agencies, such as Aphasia United, Project BRIDGE (Building Research Initiatives by Developing Group Effort, USA), the Hong
Kong Hospital Authority, and the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation.

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Editor-in Chief:
Judith L. Howe - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA

Deputy Editor:
Omar Amir, PhD - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA

Section Editors
Aging Services Network - Kelly Niles-Yokum, PhD, MPA, Professor, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
Disparities and Inequities with Age - Charles Musselwhite, PhD, Professor, Abreystwyth University, Wales, UK
Environment, Housing and Technology – Dana Burr Bradley, PhD, Dean and Professor, Erickson School of Aging Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD
Public Policy, Ethics and Aging – Mary Beth Morrissey, PhD, MPH, JD, Associate Professor, Yeshiva University, New York, NY
Special Populations – Kelly Fitzgerald, PhD, Chair, NGO Committee on Aging-Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Editorial Board
Connie Bales, PhD - Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University School of Medicine, US
Tina Kilaberia, PhD, Assistant Professor – NYU Silver School of Social Work, US
Nicholas Koufacos, LCSW, ACHP-SW - VISN 2 Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), US
Robert J. Maxwell, MA, CCC-SLP, CDP - Powerback Rehabilitation, USA
Gulnara A. Minnigaleeva, PhD - National Research University Higher School Of Economics, HSE University, Russia
Gojiro Nakagami, PhD, RN - Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo
Hiroaki Ono, PhD - Shimane Rehabilitation College, Japan
Merryn Thomas, PhD - Swansea University, UK
Winsy Wong, PhD - Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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