Mark Brennan-Ing conducts psychosocial research on how vulnerable older adults cope and adapt to chronic conditions. Their work focuses especially on people with HIV and sexual and gender minorities. Prior to their appointment at Brookdale, Dr. Brennan-Ing was the director for research and evaluation at ACRIA, an HIV research and education organization. Earlier, they were a senior research associate at the New York City Department for the Aging and at Lighthouse International. They are a past president of the State Society on Aging of New York (SSANY), a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, and a past chair of the American Psychological Association’s Committee on Sexual Minority and Gender Diversity. They were an invited member of the NIH Office of AIDS Research Working Group on HIV and Aging. Dr. Brennan-Ing has been recognized for their work by Brookdale, Pride Senior Network, the Gerontological Society of America, the American Psychological Association, and the New York State Office for the Aging. In 2017, they received the SSANY’s Walter M. Beattie Award. Dr. Brennan-Ing was the lead editor of Older Adults with HIV: An In-depth Examination of an Emerging Population (2009), and HIV and Aging: Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology and Geriatrics (2016), which received a “High Commendation” from the British Medical Association. They have authored over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, chapters and books. Dr. Brennan-Ing received their BA in psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and their MA in psychology and PhD in applied developmental psychology from Fordham University. Download their CV here.
