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

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

