Elder Abuse and the Public's Health

Pamela B. Teaster, PhD, is the Associate Director of the Center for Gerontology and a Professor in the Department of Human Development at Virginia Tech. She is the Secretary General of the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and is on the Board of Trustees of the Center for Guardianship Certification. She helped established the Kentucky Justice Center for Elders and Vulnerable Adults and the Kentucky Guardianship Association. Her research concerns the abuse of elders and vulnerable adults, public and private guardianship, the ethics of surrogate decision making, public policy, and quality of life. Her work has involved working with international, national, state, and community organizations and entities. Dr. Teaster is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. She is the recipient of the Rosalie Wolf Award for Research on Elder Abuse. She has published over 100 scholarly articles and book chapters and is editor/author of 4 books.