Week In Review

The AGS is seeking nominations for national awards that recognize individuals whose outstanding work in geriatric education, research and clinical practice contributes to the delivery of high-quality healthcare for older people. The submission deadline for the awards below is December 2, 2026.

Below, you’ll find a list of this year’s awards along with a brief description of each. For more information—including eligibility and application details, as well as current and past award recipients—please visit AGS Awards and Who We Honor.

• The Arti Hurria Memorial Award for Emerging Investigators in Internal Medicine recognizes emerging investigators whose research, as evidenced by a submitted abstract, is focused on geriatrics aspects of their subspecialty and who are committed to a career in aging research.
• The Clinician of the Year Award recognizes the great contributions of practitioners as well as to showcase the importance of the geriatrics clinician in our healthcare system. 
• The Dennis W. Jahnigen Memorial Award is given to an AGS member who has provided leadership to train students in geriatrics and has contributed significantly to the progress of geriatrics education in health professions schools.
• The Jeffrey H. Silverstein Memorial Award for Emerging Investigators in the Surgical and Related Medical Specialties recognizes emerging investigators whose research is focused on the role of geriatrics expertise in their specialties, and who are committed to careers in aging research.
• The Nascher/Manning Award recognizes an individual with distinguished, life-long achievement in clinical geriatrics. 
• The Health in Aging Foundation New Investigator Awards are presented to individuals whose original research, as presented in a submitted abstract for an AGS Annual Scientific Meeting, reflects new and relevant research in geriatrics. 
• The Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year Award recognizes a junior investigator who demonstrates a record of accomplishments in aging/geriatrics research and demonstrates evidence of a career plan related to aging research.
• The Outstanding Junior Research Manuscript Award recognizes a junior investigator who is the first author on an outstanding peer-reviewed geriatrics research journal article. 
• The Thomas and Catherine Yoshikawa Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement in Clinical Investigation recognizes outstanding achievement in clinical research addressing health problems for older adults as evaluated by an investigator actively involved in direct care. 
• The AGS/ADGAP Geriatric Medicine Education Coordinator of the Year Award recognizes the significant contributions that Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Coordinators make to advancing geriatrics education and training at their institutions.

Educator Awards

• The Outstanding Mid-Career Clinician Educator of the Year Award recognizes a clinician educator faculty member who has made significant contributions to the education and training of students/trainees in geriatrics and the progress of geriatrics education in health professions schools. 
• The Outstanding Junior Clinical Education Manuscript Award recognizes a clinician-educator in the development stages of their career who has first-authored an outstanding peer-reviewed clinical education journal article focused on the care of older adults. 
• The Outstanding Junior Clinician Educator of the Year Award recognizes an AGS Member in the development stages of their career who has made a significant contribution to the education and training of students/trainees in geriatrics and to the progress of geriatrics education in health professions schools.

Awards for Students/Trainees

• The Edward Henderson Student Award is presented to an undergraduate student who is interested in pursuing a career in geriatrics and with demonstrated excellence in contributing to the field. 
• The Scientist-in-Training Research Award is presented to a pre-doctoral candidate who submitted the most outstanding abstract for the AGS Annual Scientific Meeting.
• The Clinical Student Research Award honors an undergraduate student who submitted the most outstanding student abstract for the AGS Annual Scientific Meeting.

Award information and applications are available on MyAGSOnline. Please note, you must be signed into your AGS account in order to submit an application. For login or password assistance, please contact membership@americangeriatrics.org. If you are not a member and do not have an account, you can create one here.

For more information regarding the submission and nomination process, visit the AGS annual meeting website at https://meeting.americangeriatrics.org/submissions.

The AGS is pleased to announce that the Call for Abstracts is now open for the 2027 AGS Annual Scientific Meeting. We invite researchers, clinicians, educators, trainees, and other professionals working to improve the health, independence, and quality of life of older adults to share their work with the geriatrics community.

Whether you're generating new evidence or putting innovative ideas into practice, the 2027 AGS Annual Scientific Meeting is an opportunity to share what you've learned and connect with colleagues who are working toward the same goal: improving care for older adults.

Visit https://ags2027.abstractcentral.com and submit your abstract today! Hard copy submissions will not be accepted.

The abstract submission deadline is December 2, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern time.

Thank you for continuing to support the Larry A. Green Center’s series of clinician surveys designed to better understand the effects, response, and capacity of primary care practices during a period of rapid changes in federal policy. Results from past surveys are posted on the Green Center’s website and have been published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The results have also informed news stories as well as new legislation. This month’s survey covers the role of private equity in practices and the effects on patients. It takes less than 5 minutes to complete and responses are required by Thursday, October 15. Click here to take the survey

The following AGS Section and Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings are coming up soon. Save the date and be sure to attend!

AGS Sections and SIGs are grassroots, member-led communities focused on specific areas and topics of interest regarding care for all of us as we age. These groups provide a forum for members to broaden their professional interests, connect with peers, share ideas and experiences, and collaborate with colleagues who share their interests. Each week, the WIR will feature which SIG meeting is coming up next.

AGS members are welcome to join any Section or SIG that they are interested in, and can join and browse events and discussion through a SIG's online community. Just login and click "join community" next to the community name. Click here for the full list of Section and SIGs and co-chairs and view the full schedule of Section and SIG fall meetings.

AGS member, Mindy J. Fain, MD, has been named the next Editor-in-Chief of The American Journal of Medicine, beginning in 2027. Dr. Fain currently serves as Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, and Palliative Medicine at the University of Arizona where she also serves as the Director of the University of Arizona Center on Aging. She has served The American Journal of Medicine as Specialty Editor in Practical Geriatrics since 2015. Dr. Fain brings more than four decades of clinical, academic, and editorial experience spanning internal medicine, geriatrics, palliative medicine, and aging research to her new role.

Congratulations to Dr. Fain on this well-deserved appointment!