Center of Excellence Renewal Baylor College of Medicine

Grant Summary

The John A. Hartford Foundation renewed the following eight grants to increase the number of physician faculty dedicated to geriatrics. These grants enable academic health centers to provide a focus on support to fellows and junior faculty developing their careers in academic geriatrics as well as efforts to attract academic physicians from other areas of medicine to additional geriatric issues.The Foundation"s Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine program began in 1988. There are currently 20 centers receiving support.