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Jennifer C. Mendez is the Director for Education and the Graduate Certificate in Gerontology and Co-Director of the Pre-Doctoral NIH Training Program at the Institute of Gerontology. Dr. Mendez received her doctorate in Educational Administration at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a Masters in Educational Administration from Philippine Christian University in Manila. Her two Bachelors in Arts and Education are from the University of Karachi in Pakistan.

Dr. Mendez serves on various boards and committees that focus on aging, health and social issues in the Metro Detroit area. Her training projects have emphasized Ethnogeriatrics, End-of-Life Care and Managing Difficult Behaviors in Dementia. Dr. Mendez has received numerous grant awards for her development of training programs for health and social service providers and faculty continuing education courses in geriatrics and gerontology. She has played a key role in the development of advocacy-focused senior coalitions on housing and neighborhood issues.

As a Fellow of the Association of Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), she continues to contribute to the national field of geriatric education, currently serving as Program Chair for the 2007 Annual AGHE Meeting in Portland, Oregon. Internationally, Mendez is the Co-Chair of the Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disabilities, Aging, and Technology,  to be held in Toronto, Canada in 2007.

Dr. Mendez has additionally served as the Editor of PIPELINE, the monthly newsletter for Geriatric Education Centers administrators and staff. As a Council Member of the National Association of Geriatric Education Centers, she has been very active in promoting the goals and objectives of these highly successful centers. Dr. Mendez currently is the Associate Director of the Geriatric Education Center of Michigan. In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she served as a Commissioner for Aging.

Training Offered

Online Training Modules

• End-of-Life Care
• Managing Difficult Behaviors in Persons with Dementia
• Ethnogeriatrics

CV

mendez_bio_jan_06.pdf

Professional Associations

• 2005  Program Chair, Annual Meeting, Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Portland, OR (2007)
• 2005  Co-Chair, Growing Older with a Disability, Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disabilities, Aging, and Technology, Toronto, Canada (2007)
• 2004  National Association of Geriatric Education Centers, Council Member
• 2004  Michigan Governor's Medicaid Long-Term Care Task Force
• 2004  Detroit Mayor's Task Force on Dying Before Their Time
• 2003  Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Senior Advisory Council
• 2003  Member, Presbyterian Village Redford, Board of Trustees
• 2002  Member, Detroit Area Agency on Aging, Long Range Planning Committee
• 2001, 2002, 2004  Chair, Exhibit Committee, Annual Meeting Association of Gerontology in Higher Education
• 2001  Vice-Chair, Metro Detroit Aging Coalition, Detroit, MI
• 2000  Board Member of the Metro Detroit Aging Coalition
• 1998-1999  Council Member, National Association of Geriatric Education Centers
• 1996-2002  Member, Education Committee, American Society on Aging
• 1994-present  Member, Education Committee, Association of Gerontology in Higher Education

Publications

Mendez, J. (Co-Editor) (2006) In press. Geriatric Education Centers Initiatives, Journal of Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 26(4).
Buttar, A.B., Mendez, J., & Periyakoil, V.S. (2006) In press. Pakistani Americans, chapter in Doorway Thoughts II.
Mendez, J. (Editor) (2003) Managing Difficult Behaviors (on-line)
Mendez, J. (Editor) (2002) End-of-Life Care Training Modules (on-line)
Hagan, J., Levkoff, S., Mackenzie, E., Mendez, J., Tumosa, N., Wallace, S., Yeo, G. (1999). Core Curriculum in Ethnogeriatrics (Contract #97-0260) Rockville, MD: Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services.
Mendez, J. (1997). Exposure to geriatrics and gerontology careers. Newsletter of the Association of Gerontology in Higher Education, September/October.
Ruff, J. C., & Mendez, J. (1988). Geriatric Education Center program. Journal of Dental Education. Abstract.
Ruff, J. C., & Mendez, J. (1988). Integrated geriatric dentistry program. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education (8), 3-4.