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The European Centre of Gerontology was established at the University of Malta in 1989 to develop inter-disciplinary teaching, education and research in a wide range of areas in the field of ageing. The Centre conducts a nine month international programme leading to a Postgraduate Diploma in Gerontology and Geriatrics (Dip.Ger.) and a Research Programme (18 months full time and 36 months part time) leading to a Master's degree (M.Ger.) Both programmes offer a unique opportunity for a systematic multi-disciplinary training in the areas of Gerontology and Geriatrics.. The Postgraduate Diploma Course was designed by an international group of experts convened by the International Institute on Aging, United Nations-Malta and with the participation of representatives from WHO, ILO and UNESCO. The Masters degree is based on research work carried out in the candidate's own country under the supervision of a member of staff of the Centre. Through the variety of its courses, the Centre provides high academic opportunities for correlation of theory and practice, and experience in innovative practices, service planning and delivery. In 1995, the World Health Organisation designated the Centre as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Aging. In 1997, the Centre became the head office of the Mediterranean and Middle East Gerontological and Geriatric Association. The Centre collaborates very closely and enjoys exchange programmes with a number of University Institutes and other academic Centres in the field of aging throughout the world. During the years 1990-2003, the Centre has attracted 215 students from 45 different countries to read for the Postgraduate Diploma. A sizeable number have also successfully completed the Masters degree.
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University of Malta / European Centre of Gerontology
Tal-Qroqq, MSD 2080
Msida
phone: +356 2340 2237 , +356 2340 2238
fax: +356 21 319526
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Prof.Joseph Troisi is the Director of the European Centre of Gerontology, University of Malta and Deputy Director of the International Institute on Aging, United Nations-Malta. He also directs the WHO Collaborating Centre on Healthy Ageing, Malta and heads the Department of Sociology, University of Malta. A founding member of the Maltese Association of Gerontologists and Geriatricians and of the Mediterranean and Middle East Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, he serves as President and Honorary Secretary of the two organisations since their inception.As temporary advisor in the field of ageing with the World Heralth Organisation, he has served as government consultant in Croatia, India, Kuwait and Yugoslavia.Prof. Troisi serves as a Member of the Scietific Committee of a number of international academic organisations in the field of ageing including The Bessie & Louis Stein International Geriatrics Conference, Israel; the West Virginia International Rural Ageing Project, West Virginia, USA. He has servied on a number of expert groups meetings and workshops organised by the United Nations in the field of aging.Prof.Troisi has conducted training programmes in various aspects of Gerontology throughout the world and has lectured in a number of universities in Australia, China, Croatia, Egypt, Ghana, India, Kuwait, Mexico, Panama, the Phillipines, Singapore, St.Petersburg, Thailand and Turkey. He has conducted extensive research in various areas of Sociology and Social Gerontology. He is at present engaged in two international research projects, namely: AGEING WELL a 15 country research project centered at the Indiana University, Bloomington, USA and a European Union funded research project entitled EUROFAMCARE with the University of Hamburg, Germany.He is the author of a number of books and articles in scholarly journals.He has participated and read papers in a number of International for a, conferences and seminars.
Recent Publications:
Ageing in the Mediterranean (forthcoming) PEG publications, 2004, pp.152Older Persons as a Resource, International Institute on Ageing, United Nations-Malta, (forthcoming) 2004"Social Rehabilitation of Older Persons" in Selected Papers from the Fourth Bessie and Louis Stein International Geriatrics Conference, Tel Aviv, 19-22 January 2003"Investing for Older Age: The Education of Women" in Population Ageing and Development: Social, Health and Gender Issues, United Nations Population Fund, No.3, 2002, pp.57-59"Ageing in a Changing World: Older Persons as a Resource", in Prof. Dr. Yesim Gokce-Kutsal (ed), Geriatri 2002, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, April 2002, pp1-7"Training to Provide hor Healthy Rural Ageing", The Journal of Rural Health, Vol.17, No.4, Fall 2001, pp.336-340"National and International Policies on Ageing", Consultation of SAARC Countries on Ageing, August 2001, Pune, India"The Role of the Family as Care Giver to the Frail Elderly" in Selected Papers from the Second Bessie and Louis Stein International Geriatrics Conference, Tel Aviv, 1999"Social Policy and Successful Ageing", Rights of the Ageing Population - Islamic Perspective, Islamic Organisation for Medical Sciences, Kuwait, 1999"Elderly Women in Malta: Choices and Challenges" in Gender Issues and Statistics, Central Office of Statistics and Department for Women's Rights, Government of Malta, 1999"Demographic Perspectives and Implications of Population Ageing in the Mediterranean Region", in Friedman Gideon & Brodsky Jenny (Eds), Aging in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, Jerusalem, Israel, 1998, pp.3-42"Bridging the Gap: Maintaining Information Exchange on Ageing", Austra;asian Journal on Ageing, Vol.17, No.1, 1998, Melbourne, Australia"Meeting the Challenges of Ageing in India" in BOLD, Vol.8, No.3, May 1998, International Institute on Ageing, United Nations-Malta, pp.4-6 |
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