The Institute for Health & Aging (IHA) is the University of California's first campus-wide organized research unit (ORU) devoted to the study of health and aging and is the only ORU in the School of Nursing (SON) at UCSF. Dr. Wendy Max has served as Director of IHA since June 2013. Since being established in 1985, IHA has been successful in obtaining $326 million extramural funding and establishing partnerships and collaborations within the university as well as with external groups, particularly with the State of California Department of Public Health (CDPH). Our research has had an impact in the broad areas of aging and health and in the health policy arena.
The Institute for Health & Aging at the School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, provides comprehensive education and training in aging, health policy, and health services research for pre- and post-doctoral scholars in a variety of social science disciplines.
Over the past 5 years, IHA faculty members have mentored 125 predoctoral students and postdoctoral researchers, and 9 visiting scholars.
The Institute for Health & Aging also has a scholarship program with four components. The Carroll L. Estes Critical Scholars Program provides support to graduate students studying aging, health, long-term care, and disability with particular attention to issues of social policy and social justice. The Estes Program in Law, Health and Aging, provides support to law and social science grad students interested in issues related to law, health, and aging. The third component of the scholarship program is the Senior Scholar Program, named in honor of Maggie Kuhn, cofounder of the Gray Panthers, and Tish Sommers, cofounder and president of OWL, Older Women’s League. This program provides support to distinguished older people who wish to spend time at UCSF working with our scholars on major issues related to aging in America. It may also support younger scholars with similar interests. The fourth program is the The Patrick Fox Scholarship Fund which was established in the Institute for Health & Aging (IHA) to support the research, teaching, and public service missions of IHA. The Fund honors the research, educational, and public service work of Dr. Patrick Fox. The Fund is for students in the medical sociology and nursing health policy programs in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. The fund supports student research-related needs.
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