Our Mission
Our mission is to conduct research that improves the health and well-being of older adults, people living with serious illness, and their care partners.
We are dedicated to:
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Identifying and mitigating care gaps and improving access to high-quality care.
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Building and sustaining an interdisciplinary team of investigators and training the next generation of researchers who advance geriatrics and palliative care research.
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Using a continuum of approaches, from large-scale data analysis to intervention development and implementation science.
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Partnering with community members and organizations in research and advocacy.

Our Vision
We envision a world where all older adults, people living with serious illness, and their care partners experience compassionate and personalized care that is driven by our transformative research.
Our Impact

Our Partners

Brazil
Chile
India
Jamaica
Kenya
Lesotho
Madagascar
Norway
Peru
Philippines
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Trinidad
Uganda
Zambia

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Griffin Health (CT)
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Harvard Medical School (MA)
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NY)
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Indiana University (IA)
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Johns Hopkins University (MD)
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Kaiser Permanente (CA)
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Kansas University (KS)
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Mass General Brigham (MA)
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MGB Population Health Service Organization
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Massachusetts (MA) Coalition for Serious Illness (MA)
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Mayo Clinic (MN)
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MessageLab (WA)
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Baylor Scott and White Health (TX)
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Binghamton University (NY)
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Boston Medical Center (MA)
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Brandeis University (MA)
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Brigham and Women's Hospital (MA)
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Brown University (MA)
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Cambridge Health Alliance (MA)
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Columbia University (NY)
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CORE - Cancer Outcomes Research and Education Program (MA)
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Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics (NH)
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Duke University (NC)
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Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board (SD)
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Memorial Sloan Kettering (NY)
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MD Anderson (TX)
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MGH Rural Health Program (MA)
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NIH-NCI National Cancer Institute (MD)
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NORC at University of Chicago (IL)
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Northern California Institute for Research and Education, Inc. (CA)
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The University of Maine (ME)
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MGH Rural Health Program (MA)
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NIH-NCI National Cancer Institute (MD)
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NORC at University of Chicago (IL)
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Northern California Institute for Research and Education, Inc. (CA)
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Northwestern University (IL)
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Queens University Medical (HI)
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SCAN HealthPlan (CA)
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South Dakota State University (SD)
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Syracuse University (NY)
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The University of Maine (ME)
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UMass Memorial Medical Center (MA)
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University of California, San Francisco (CA)
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University of Colorado at Denver (CO)
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University of Nebraska Medical Center (NE)
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The (NC)
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University of Pittsburgh (PA)
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University of Utah (UT)
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center (TN)
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VCU Home based primary care (VA)
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Wake Forest (NC)
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Washington University at St. Louis (MO)
Our Funders

