Announcements

 
Congratulations Jana Hirsch. Jana has been selected as one of the 2011-2012 T32 Interdisciplinary Training on Public Health and Aging awardees. Jana will receive a 2 year award including tuition, stipend and travel allowance to support her early-stage graduate research training.

The Interdisciplinary Training Program on Public Health and Aging emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary work in public health and aging. Trainees gain a broad spectrum of knowledge and skills about the biology of aging, genetics and biomarkers as pathways in population based research, and assessment of medical care and treatment in the context of observational and experimental studies, in addition to linkages between public health sciences, medicine, social science and policy are strongly emphasized. Trainees will gain knowledge and skill about how public health scientists and professionals can translate population based health information into practice in community and governmental settings and into policies that can influence health of the elderly