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The Erickson School of Aging Studies breaks new ground by connecting the brainpower of a leading research
university with the practical expertise and knowledge of seniors housing and aging services leaders
nationwide. Established through a visionary gift from Erickson Retirement Communities' founder and CEO
John Erickson, the School provides executive
development, public policy leadership, and applied and investigative research related to senior
care and aging. Future plans also include the establishment of specialty degree programs at the undergraduate
and graduate levels.
UMBC, ranked in the top tier of U.S. research universities by the Carnegie Foundation, serves nearly
12,000 undergraduate and graduate students at its Baltimore, Maryland campus and is one of a handful
of universities in the nation offering the Ph.D. in Gerontology. Faculty and students collaborate regularly
with business and government, linking the campus with the abundant housing, healthcare and health policy
resources in the Baltimore-Washington corridor, including the National Institutes of Health/the National
Institute on Aging, the Social Security Administration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry, and each of the major industry
trade associations.
University faculty members associated with the Erickson School are nationally recognized experts in
the areas of seniors housing, long-term care quality, caregiving, aging and health policy. In addition
to research awards from such sources as the National Institute on Aging, the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, and foundations, faculty awards include a Fulbright Scholar, a Robert Wood Johnson
Health Policy Fellow, Fellows of the Gerontological Society of America, and Senior Fellowships from
the National Institutes of Health Service Award Program.
For additional information on The Erickson School of Aging Studies, please contact Kevin Heffner at 443-543-5624
or heffner@umbc.edu.
ERICKSON SCHOOL OF AGING STUDIES
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