In 2005, the Center for Aging and Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) was named a John A. Hartford Foundation Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine, one of only 24 such Centers in the United States.

The overall program goal is to further develop the Center’s institutional ability to increase the total number of fellows in geriatric medicine, relevant specialties and/or subspecialties, while preparing them for careers as academic researchers and investigators, teachers, and clinicians.

To reach this goal, the Center aims to:

• Recruit second- and/or third-year geriatrics or related specialty fellows into research projects;
• Enhance the Center’s geriatric medicine and subspecialty fellowship program by developing a shared research support core consisting of research assistants and coordinators; biostatistical, data management and administrative services; and pilot funding for Hartford COE fellows conducting aging-relevant research;
• Recruit additional faculty members for the Center of Excellence;
• Develop institutional expertise in underdeveloped research areas.

The UNC-CH faculty who collaborate on the Center's projects include representatives from the following disciplines:

• Allied health
• Biostatistics
• Family medicine
• Geriatrics
• Internal medicine
• Nursing
• Public health
• Rheumatology

Hartford Center of Excellence Fellows

Anthony Caprio, MD
David Halpern, MD
Terrence Holt, MD, PhD
Christine Khandelwal, DO
Michael LaMantia, MD
Amanda Nelson, MD

Hartford Career Development Faculty

Laura Hanson, MD, MPH
Norman Sharpless, MD, PhD

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Last updated 7/28/2008.