Advocates are health professionals and other stakeholders who stay engaged with legislative rules and regulations that affect their work or the people they serve. Anyone can be an advocate for our health, independence, quality of life, and care as we age. Visit our Advocacy Center to see how you can show your support.
Read on to see how some advocates carry out their work.
Dr. Thomas Cudjoe, MD, MPH, MA is the recipient of the 2026 Arti Hurria Memorial Award for Emerging Investigators in Internal Medicine that are focused on the Care of Older Adults. Dr. Cudjoe is an Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the Department of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology with joint appointments at the John Hopkins University Schools of Public Health (Epidemiology) and Nursing.
Researchers are the doctors, nurses, pharmacists, scientists, social workers and other healthcare professionals whose career focus is finding evidence-based answers to the health and social issues that concern older adults.
A researcher may or may not also have a clinical practice. He or she often works in interdisciplinary teams, across many hospital and academic settings.
Read on to see how some researchers carry out their work.
Geriatrics is the healthcare specialty dedicated to supporting our health, safety, and independence as we age. Because geriatrics is so person-centered, different people may benefit from our expertise at different times. There’s no “rule,” but it’s generally best to start working with a geriatrics professional when:
The five-year U13 Bench-to-Bedside conference grant is a cooperative effort between the National Institute on Aging and the American Geriatrics Society.
The GSI has developed and provided these resources and publications to enhance the Geriatrics education and research of surgical and related medical specialists.
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is committed to improving the health, independence, and quality of life for all of Americans as we age. We believe it is important for Americans to understand how elected officials and candidates for office view federal, state, and local programs that support older Americans. What programs and policies are they championing and what is their vision for the future of aging in the United States?
Improving the well-being of America’s older adults by increasing specialty physicians’ competence in geriatrics (the unique health care we all need as we age).
Since launching in 1994, we have worked across healthcare to:
The GSI is collaborating with our specialty society partners on the initiatives described below.
COVID-19 is the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus. In providing leadership to clinicians, legislators, and the public, the AGS aims to ensure our national response to this pandemic supports us all as we age.
The AGS Annual Scientific Meeting offers a range of opportunities for surgical and medical specialists including educational and networking sessions.
As part of the Clinician Specialists’ Rising Stars in Aging Research Mentoring Program, The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is pleased to have hosted virtual workshops in partnership with the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) Clinician-Scientists Trandisciplinary Aging Research Coordinating Center (Clin-STAR CC) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
To improve the health, independence, and quality of life of all older people.
We are all able to contribute to our communities and maintain our health, safety, and independence as we age.
We all have access to high-quality, person-centered care informed by geriatrics principles and free of ageism.
The GWEP-CC Continuous Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) Action Community is being held exclusively for the current 42 Cohort 3 GWEPs. Launched in January 2025, this continuous action community maintains a learning community for all GWEPs and their partners as they collectively work towards achieving Age-Friendly recognition.
The GSI’s Jahnigen Career Development Awards (JCDA) program, and its sister program, the T. Franklin Williams program, formerly of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM), were funded by The John A. Harford Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies from 2002-2015. Both programs offered awards to early career physician-scientists and researchers from more than 23 surgical and related medical subspecialties and internal medicine subspecialties. More than 200 Jahnigen and Williams Scholars received funding to conduct geriatrics research related to their specialties.
The AGS/AGING Learning, Educating, And, Researching National Initiative in Geriatrics (“LEARNING”) Collaborative, an R25 grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), has been awarded to the American Geriatrics Society in partnership with the Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN)-Older Americans Independence Centers (OAICs) AGING (Advancing Geriatrics Infrastructure and Network Growth)
Check this list often for geriatrics and aging-related opportunities such as grant funding, presentation or publication submissions, travel stipends for scholarly meetings, networking events, comment periods, and in-person or virtual meetings and webinars.
For an additional list of organizations with ongoing funding opportunities, click here.
The goal of the AGS Older Adults Vaccine Initiative is to increase immunization rates in older adults who are eligible for routine vaccinations in the United States. The AGS Older Adults Vaccine Initiative is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award to the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS), with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS.
Membership for a licensed Nurse Practitioner with special training or interest in geriatrics.
In 2021, the National Institute on Aging awarded AGS more than $173,000 in funding over five years that will support three conferences focused on resilience.
The following member resources have been devel
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