Mark Brennan Ing, PhD, FGSA, is geropsychologist. Their work focuses on psychosocial issues affecting older people living with HIV and older sexual minority and gender diverse adults. Dr. Brennan Ing received their BA in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and completed their graduate education at Fordham University with a doctoral degree in Applied Developmental Psychology. They are a Past-President and current Board Member of the State Society on Aging of New York (SSANY), a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), a Fellow of Division 44 (Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity) and Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging) of the American Psychological Association, and past Board Member of the New York Association on HIV over Fifty (NYAHOF). They were the Principal Convener for GSA’s HIV/AIDS and Aging interest group, a member of the American Society on Aging’s LGBT Aging Information Network Leadership Council, and 2016 Chair of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. They were an invited member of the NIH Office of AIDS Research Working Group on HIV and Aging in 2011. Dr. Brennan Ing has been recognized for their work by the Hunter-Brookdale Center on Aging, Pride Senior Network, and the New York State Office for the Aging. In 2017 they received the Walter M. Beattie Award from SSANY. Dr. Brennan Ing was the lead editor of Older Adults with HIV: An In-depth Examination of an Emerging Population (2009), the 2016 book HIV and Aging: Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology and Geriatrics (which received a “High Commendation” from the British Medical Association), and Aging with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: Health and Psychosocial Perspectives (2022). Recent activities include serving on the working group to update APA's Practice Guidelines for Older adults and a member of the GSA Advisory Board on Ageism in Healthcare. They have authored and co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles. Download their CV here.
