Hendrie Earns Peer Recognition for Geriatric Psychiatry Research, USA

Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry
Article Date: 02 Mar 2005 - 11:00 PDT


A lifetime of research into the neurological diseases of aging has earned Hugh C. Hendrie, M.B., Ch.B., the former chairman of the Indiana University Department of Psychiatry, national honors from the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.

Dr. Hendrie will be honored March 3 with the 2005 Senior Investigator Award at the organization's annual meeting in San Diego, Calif. The award recognizes his "vital contributions to the body of research which has advanced the field of geriatric psychiatry internationally," said AAGP President Anand Kumar, M.D.

"This is a fitting tribute to Dr. Hendrie from his colleagues within AAGP," said Dr. Kumar. "He has been a champion in his field and this is an award he richly deserves for his many years of splendid service and dedicated research in international comparative studies of dementia."

Dr. Hendrie has spent his career studying the psychiatric issues of aging, including the epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease. Among his many career distinctions is an on-going, cross-cultural study showing that Alzheimer's disease is twice as prevalent in African-Americans in Indianapolis as those in Ibadan, Nigeria.

He also is active in research on intervention strategies for depression and dementia for elderly primary-care patients. During his distinguished career, he has written more than 300 articles, book chapters and abstracts on various topics in psychiatry, particularly psychogeriatrics.

In addition to leading the Department of Psychiatry at the IU School of Medicine for 25 years, Dr. Hendrie is a professor of psychiatry, a scientist at the IU Center on Aging Research, co-director of the Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Neuropsychiatric Disorders at the IU School of Medicine and a research scientist at the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., which is affiliated with the medical school.

CONTACT: Mary Hardin
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