In September 2004, the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, nationally recognized for its commitment to geriatrics, awarded grants to four leading geriatrics institutions with the mandate to strengthen faculty expertise in geriatrics at academic health centers throughout the United States. Together, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and UCLA form the Donald W. Reynolds Consortium for Faculty Development to Advance Geriatrics Education (FD~AGE). These four academic leaders are united in guiding the development of U.S. geriatrics programs.

Primary goals of the FD~AGE Consortium include:

• Increasing the number of geriatricians who have expertise as clinician educators
• Developing geriatrics teaching skills among non-geriatrics faculty
• Improving the effectiveness of geriatrics faculty members at their home institutions

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The Donald W. Reynolds FD~AGE Consortium at Duke is part of the University’s Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. In 1955, Duke’s Aging Center was among the first established in the United States and remains the longest funded center focused on geriatric education and care in the United States.

Duke’s Aging Center coordinates university-wide, interdepartmental programs in research, education and clinical services in geriatrics. The Center’s programs, curriculums and activities are multi-disciplinary and provide opportunities for collaboration among clinicians, educators and scientists.