Dr. Richard Allman
Director

Welcome to the web page of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Center for Aging. The UAB Center for Aging is a world leader in creating and using knowledge that will optimize function, enhance management of illness, and reduce health disparities among older adults. The Center involves an interdisciplinary community of more than 200 faculty members and staff working together to promote the health and well-being of older persons and their families research; training students and faculty to conduct research; educating students and professionals; and supporting community programs and specialty patient care.

Career development and education opportunities are offered to undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate trainees, health care professional students, and practitioners. These programs help prepare trainees and practitioners in multiple disciplines for research, education, or service careers related to gerontology and geriatrics. The Center for Aging offers AgeWell.com as an educational resource that provides information that will be useful to all members of the community.

The Center encourages and coordinates the activities of the multiple disciplines represented by the UAB schools of business, dentistry, education, engineering, health professions, medicine, natural sciences and mathematics, nursing, optometry, public health, and social and behavioral sciences to fulfill its mission.

Through the integration and coordination of these activities, the Center is adding years to life and life to years.

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