Emily Gadbois, Assistant Professor, has been selected  as a 2020-21 Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow in the Sheridan Center's year-long program.   Read More.

Congratulations to Professor Vince Mor on being named one of McKnight's Senior Living 40 notable newsmakers celebrated on their 40th anniversary!  Professor Mor has been the principal investigator of more than 40 National Institutes of Health-funded grants during his 40 years at Brown University.  Read More.

Portia Cornell, Investigator, Center for Gerontology was recently awarded a USC AD RCMAR Pilot Award.  This pilot award is for scholars in the early stages of their research career from academic and research institutions and who are interested in conducting research on the health and economic wellbeing of minority elder populations. This funding cycle was for scholars who have a special interest in cognitive decline and/or Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. 

Congratulations to Maricruz Rivera-Hernandez, PhD, Assistant Professor, here at the Center for Gerontology & Health Care Research.  Dr. Rivera-Hernandez was awarded the Early Stages Disparities Investigator Award at the 2020 Academy Health Virtual Meeting.  A quote from Dr.

Kali S. Thomas, Associate Professor, has just been recently named as one of the 33 individuals for fellow status within the Gerontological Society of America.  Fellow status is peer recognition for outstanding contributions to the field of gerontology and represents the highest class of membership. This distinction comes at varying points in a person’s career and is given for diverse activities that include research, teaching, administration, public service, practice, and notable participation in the Society.