Mission
The Center for Equity in Aging seeks to create transformative knowledge to achieve equity and promote whole-person solutions across the lifespan that benefit older adults, caregivers and their communities. The Center draws upon a transdisciplinary network of faculty, trainees, and community members focused on improving equity in aging for all through world class research, clinical innovation, education, and policy.
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Objectives
Advance research focused on equity in aging and serious illness care across residential settings using a lifecourse approach
Foster an interdisciplinary community at JHU and beyond focused on equity in aging and serious illness care
Nurture emerging and established investigators at the SON focused on equity in aging and serious illness care
Disseminate new knowledge focused on aging and serious illness care
Build and grow linkages with policy and practice communities to advance equity
Engage diverse aging populations in research, meeting people where they are
PRIORITIES
The following topics represent the Center’s current priority areas:
- Equity in Aging Across the Lifespan
- Dementia and Cognitive Health
- Care Across Settings
- Hospice and Palliative Care
- Innovative Interventions
- Aging and Caregiving Policy
- Aging with Multimorbidity
- Health Services Research
How do we enhance equity?
The Center seeks to prioritize research that promotes social and racial justice by:
- Conducting research that identifies health disparities in aging throughout the lifecourse
- Developing interventions, policies, and systems that reduce inequities in the opportunities and resources needed to grow and age as healthily as possible
- engaging those who are disadvantaged in the research design
- Supporting diverse audiences for all scholarship activities