{"id":877,"date":"2016-12-22T15:10:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T20:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/dev-aging\/?page_id=877"},"modified":"2025-08-05T14:13:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T18:13:39","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n \n \n Research by geriatricians and gerontologists is changing the way we view aging. As life expectancies continue to rise, many of us will spend more years as older adults than past generations. Our team of physicians, faculty, and researchers is leading the way to ensure that aging adults can add life to their years.

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Memory Assessment Program<\/a><\/h5>\t\t\n \n Call Today For An Appointment\n 1-84-GET-UCONN\n \n The Center on Aging runs clinical trials to increase our knowledge of the aging process and discover new strategies to promote the functional health and quality of life of older adults.\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJOIN A CLINICAL TRIAL\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

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UConn Center on Aging at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine is seeking a Geriatrician. Ability to provide high-quality geriatric care as both a consultant and a primary care provider is essential. A medical degree (MD, DO, equivalent) and training in Geriatric Medicine are required. Located on the UConn Health campus in Farmington CT, midway between Boston and New York, UConn Center on Aging is the multidisciplinary home to investigators in biological, clinical, social, behavioral, and population sciences. Our collaborative efforts seek to enhance function and independence in later life with a particular emphasis on strategies to better define and target heterogeneity of aging. In addition to a NIA Older Americans Independence “Pepper” Center, UConn Center on Aging is nationally recognized for translational efforts spanning from bench to bedside, and from the institution to the community and health policy. Extensive collaborative opportunities exist throughout the university and the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine on our campus including joint awards from the NIH Common Fund SenNET initiative. This position offers 10% time devoted to education.<\/p>\n

Interested applicants should apply at\u00a0https:\/\/jobs.uchc.edu<\/a>,\u00a0search numbers\u00a02024-1094<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and submit a cover letter and a curriculum vitae. Questions regarding this search should be addressed to Anastasia Harper at \u00a0anharper@uchc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UConn Health is an affirmative action employer in addition to an EEO and M\/F\/V\/PwD employer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tFaculty Position – Geriatrician Fellowship Director <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

UConn Center on Aging at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine is seeking a Geriatrician Physician-Educator with a track record of developing educational programs. Direct involvement in a geriatric medicine fellowship, ideally at the level of associate or program director will be preferred. A medical degree (MD, DO, equivalent) and training in Geriatric Medicine are required. Located on the UConn Health campus in Farmington CT, midway between Boston and New York, UConn Center on Aging is the multidisciplinary home to investigators in biological, clinical, social, behavioral, and population sciences. Our collaborative efforts seek to enhance function and independence in later life with a particular emphasis on strategies to better define and target heterogeneity of aging. In addition to a NIA Older Americans Independence “Pepper” Center, UConn Center on Aging is nationally recognized for translational efforts spanning from bench to bedside, and from the institution to the community and health policy. Extensive collaborative opportunities exist throughout the university and the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine on our campus including joint awards from the NIH Common Fund SenNET initiative. This position provides 40% time or more devoted to education.<\/p>\n

Interested applicants should apply at\u00a0https:\/\/jobs.uchc.edu<\/a>,\u00a0search numbers\u00a02024-072<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and submit a cover letter and a curriculum vitae. Questions regarding this search should be addressed to Anastasia Harper at \u00a0anharper@uchc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UConn Health is an affirmative action employer in addition to an EEO and M\/F\/V\/PwD employer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tFaculty Position – Geriatrician Scientist (Tenure Track\/Tenured) <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

UConn Center on Aging at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine is seeking a Geriatrician Physician-Scientist with a track record of high-quality aging research for a research-intensive tenure track\/tenured position. A medical degree (MD, DO, equivalent) and training in Geriatric Medicine are required. Located on the UConn Health campus in Farmington CT, midway between Boston and New York, UConn Center on Aging is the multidisciplinary home to investigators in biological, clinical, social, behavioral, and population sciences. Our collaborative efforts seek to enhance function and independence in later life with a particular emphasis on strategies to better define and target heterogeneity of aging. In addition to a NIA Older Americans Independence “Pepper” Center, UConn Center on Aging is nationally recognized for translational efforts spanning from bench to bedside, and from the institution to the community and health policy. Extensive collaborative opportunities exist throughout the university and the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine on our campus including joint awards from the NIH Common Fund SenNET initiative. This position provides 80% plus protected research time.<\/p>\n

Interested applicants should apply at\u00a0https:\/\/jobs.uchc.edu<\/a>,\u00a0search numbers\u00a02024-176<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and submit a cover letter and a curriculum vitae. Questions regarding this search should be addressed to Anastasia Harper at \u00a0anharper@uchc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UConn Health is an affirmative action employer in addition to an EEO and M\/F\/V\/PwD<\/p>\n

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