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RAND/Hartford initiative to build interdisciplinary geriatric health care research centers.

Pincus HA, Keyser DJ, Schultz DJ

Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York City, USA. pincush@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu

A RAND/John A. Hartford Foundation initiative, Building Interdisciplinary Geriatric Health Care Research Centers, seeks to promote such research through developing innovative clinical and health services interventions. Interdisciplinary education, mentoring, and training opportunities, particularly for junior investigators, are the critical components necessary to foster multiprofessional research endeavors.

Published 9 January 2007 in Health Aff (Millwood), 26(1): 279-83.
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