Gerontology Resourses for Students

The Doctoral Program in Gerontology offers unparalleled gerontology resources to its students and scholars.  These resources include the academic programs and libraries of two universities, internationally recognized gerontology research centers, and a large and diverse gerontology faculty conducting cutting edge research.  In addition, its location in the Baltimore-Washington, DC corridor provides access to key government agencies including the National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, and the Administration on Aging.  Specific resources include:

• Faculty research and instruction through the UMBC departments of economics, emergency health services, geography and environmental systems, public policy, psychology, and sociology & anthropology and through the UMB Graduate Schools of dentistry, law, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and social work.
  
• The University of Maryland Medical System and the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
  
• Research Centers and Educational Programs:
  
  • The Baltimore Hip Studies 
    (www.gerontology.umaryland.edu/hipstudy.html)
  
  • Center for Aging Studies
  
  • Center for Health Program Development and Management 
    (www.research.umbc.edu/chpdm/index.html)
  
  • Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center 
    (www.gerontology.umaryland.edu/pepper.html)
  
  • Geriatrics and Gerontology Education and Research Program 
    (www.gerontology.umaryland.edu/ggear_intro.html)
  
  • Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center 
    (http://www.grecc.umaryland.edu/)
  
  • The Law and Health Program 
    (www.gerontology.umaryland.edu/lawschool.html)
  
  • The Maryland Long Term Care Project 
    (www.gerontology.umaryland.edu/longterm.html)
  
  • The Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research 
    (www.umbc.edu/mipar/index.html)
  
  • The Peter Lamy Center for Drug Therapy and Aging 
    (www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/lamy)
  
  • University of Maryland Center for Research on Aging 
    (www.agingresearch.umaryland.edu)
  
  • Erickson School of Aging Studies 
    (www.umbc.edu/erickson)
  
  • HANDLS (Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span) 
    (http://handls.nih.gov/)

The Doctoral Program in Gerontology integrates these resources into a program of study and scholarship that contributes to our mission of preparing the next generation of gerontology scholars.