Center of Excellence Renewal

Grant Summary

The John A. Hartford Foundation renewed six grants in order to continue to increase the number of physician faculty dedicated to geriatrics. These grants allow academic health centers to provide support for fellows and junior faculty beginning their careers in academic geriatrics as well as efforts to attract academic physicians from other areas of medicine to geriatric issues. The Foundation's Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine program began in 1988 to meet the need for physician faculty trained to advance research and prepare physicians in the health care needs of older adults. There are currently 20 centers located around the nation. They have succeeded in increasing the number of academically-oriented physicians rained in geriatrics. In addition, these faculty have strengthened geriatrics in their institutions by obtaining additional research funds and developing new approaches to education and training.