Cornell's
Center for Aging Research and Clinical Care was established
in January of 2000 with generous support from an anonymous donor.
The mission of the center is to improve the quality-of-life of older
adults through an integration of Cornell's Aging Programs in research,
clinical care, and teaching. A fundamental principle of the center
is the idea that multiple medical and social problems conspire to
erode the independence of older people, and therefore only a team
approach that marries scientists and clinicians from diverse fields
can avert this erosion. Cornell is especially well positioned for
such an undertaking because of multiple centers of excellence in
aging throughout its campuses, ranging from geriatric depression
to social integration of the older adult.
To
achieve this mission, the Center performs several functions:
The Center is a great source of information about career development awards
in aging, such as The
Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars Program. Another great
site for a listing of these awards can be found at the American
Geriatrics' Society site.
The Center serves as clearing house for Cornell investigators involved in translational
research, who are looking to move their basic research or health
services research discoveries into clinical practice so that they
might improve the quality of life of older adults.
The Center
serves as a home for medical students interested in pursuing a career
in geriatric medicine. Many students from Cornell and other institutions
partake in our Medical
Student Summer Scholar Program in Aging, funded generously by
The Fan Fox & Leslie
R. Samuels Foundation and administered by the American
Federation for Aging Research. The Center is administered by
the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at the Weill
Medical College of Cornell University. An Executive Committee is
responsible for the day to day operations of the center, and an
internal advisory committee assists the executive committee in linking
the center to other scientific activities at Cornell.
For more
information on the Cornell Summer Geriatrics Program or the Geriatric
Interest Group please contact the Division of Geriatrics and
Gerontology at (212) 746-1729.
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