Dr. Adam Perzynski Named a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America
Dr. Adam Perzynski was recently named a Fellow of the “Gerontological Society of America (GSA).” Fellowship in GSA is an acknowledgment of outstanding and continuing work in the field of gerontology. Dr. Perzynski, Associate Professor of Medicine, sociologist, and faculty member in the Center for Health Care Research and Policy has been an active member of GSA since his first presentation at the annual meeting in 2002. Since being a graduate student at the University of Toledo under Dr. Cary Kart in 1997, he has been commitment to research and teaching that improves the lives of older adults.
Center researchers have published a landmark article demonstrating that neighborhood disadvantage is a powerful predictor of cardiovascular outcomes. Cleveland Clinic Statistician Dr. Jarrod Dalton, a Senior Scholar in the Center, was joined by Center Faculty including 
Dr. Perzynski, together with Dr. Amy Sheon, and among representatives of multiple community organizations, gave invited testimony at a special hearing of Cleveland City Council. The hearing was reported on at Cleveland Scene in the story, “Strapped with Low Internet Access, Cleveland Takes a Close Look at How to Solve Digital Divide.” At the hearing, Dr. Perzynski presented findings from research recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
Dr. Adam Perzynski recently presented research on broadband internet access and use of patient portals at the CTRL + ALT + CLE: Data Days event, Cleveland’s first annual celebration of civic technology, data & the doers working to improve our region.