Enhancing Geriatric Oncology Training

Grant Summary

This grant was awarded to the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) to implement a model for combined training in geriatrics and oncology at the fellowship and/or junior faculty level. The grant will support a selection of up to seven training centers. Each will receive three years of support to develop leaders in the emerging field of geriatric oncology and to create a sustainable joint research program.This grant is a continuation of a project begun through a grant to the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry under which 12 academic health centers collaborated on the development of a training model to enable fellows to gain certifications in both geriatrics and oncology in a three-year training period. ASCO was chosen as the home for the second phase to bring the program increased national visibility.