title: RAND/Hartford initiative to build interdisciplinary geriatric health care research centers.
abstract: A RAND/John A. Hartford Foundation initiative, Building Interdisciplinary Geriatric Health Care Research Centers, seeks to promote such research through developing innovative clinical and health services interventions. Interdisciplinary education, mentoring, and training opportunities, particularly for junior investigators, are the critical components necessary to foster multiprofessional research endeavors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York City, USA. pincush@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu
authors.forename: Harold Alan
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Pincus
authors.forename: Donna J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Keyser
authors.forename: Dana J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Schultz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004501:Education, Medical; D005381:Financing, Organized; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000639:trends*; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008611:Mentors; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D015397:Program Evaluation; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000193:education*; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D014481:United States