Executive Education
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 Industries, 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 Deborah Adler at 410-455-3361 or dadler@umbc.edu.
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