The San Diego Imperial Geriatric Education Center is working to address care gaps and improve health outcomes for older adults, strengthen training of the geriatric workforce, and build age-friendly and dementia-friendly health systems and communities.

The American Geriatrics Society and public policy teams collaborated to create an interactive map of all Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Programs (GWEPs) and Geriatrics Academic Career Awardees (GACAs). Click here to view and use the interactive map. The AGS map displays all currently funded GWEPs and GACAs across the United States. Use this tool to see the distribution of both programs together and separately and hover over any pins on the map itself to see the name of the program, location, and principal investigator in the case of the GWEPs, individual awardee in the case of the GACAs, and funding amounts.

Caregivers As Partners in Care Teams (CAP-CT) is a training program that provides health care teams with the skills and confidence to include family caregivers in a patient’s care journey. CAP-CT launched its first course, Foundational Skills for Engaging Caregivers in Health Care, designed to help interprofessional primary care teams effectively identify, engage, and support caregivers.  

The training is offered as a self-paced, online course with the option to claim free continuing education credits. The course covers essential communication, coordination, and systems-wide approaches to improve patient's health and wellbeing through engaging caregivers. 

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Palliating Solid Tumor Advanced Cancer Pain and Symptoms with Cancer Therapy

Rebecca Shatsky, MD

Speaker Bio: Rebecca Shatsky, MD, co-leads the breast oncology team at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center and directs breast cancer clinical trials and the inflammatory/triple-negative breast cancer program. She specializes in personalized therapies for advanced breast cancer and leads a young breast cancer survivor group. Nationally, she co-chairs the I-SPY2 trial and serves on key advisory boards. Dr. Shatsky completed her fellowship at UC San Diego, residency at UCLA, and earned her MD from USC.

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Special Announcement: Continuing Education Credits now available for Social Workers!

Please e-mail Sasha Weiss (saweiss@health.ucsd.edu) to be added to the GGPC Grand Rounds invite list and receive the zoom link.

Dr. Michael J. Corley is an Associate Professor in Medicine within the Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology, & Palliative Care. He received his undergraduate degree from UCSD and a MA and PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience from the University of Hawaii and completed postdoctoral training at the John A. Burns School of Medicine in epigenetics, immunology, and infectious diseases. Dr. Corley leads a global epigenetics research program focusing on understanding the interplay between the immune system, viruses, and aging. His laboratory is at the forefront of generating critical data to advance the development, validation, and implementation of novel biomarkers and therapeutics aimed at promoting longevity.

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For more information, contact Judith Martinez at jemartinez@alz.org 

The National Center to Reframe Aging is dedicated to ending ageism by advancing an equitable and complete story about aging in America. The center is the trusted source for proven communication strategies and tools to effectively frame aging issues. It is the nation’s leading organization, cultivating an active community of individuals and organizations to spread awareness of implicit bias toward older people and influence policies and programs that benefit all of us as we age. Led by The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the National Center acts on behalf of and amplifies efforts of the ten Leaders of Aging Organizations.

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This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as part of grant number U1QHP53055, Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Project award totaling $5 million. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

San Diego / Imperial Geriatric Education Center

Questions? Contact us at:

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