The Huffington Center on Aging is committed to improving the quality of life for older people by training scientists and physicians to become leaders in the fields of gerontology and geriatrics.
As a leader in medical education for clinicians, the center is actively involved in training Baylor College of Medicine medical students, residents, and geriatric fellows. For healthcare professionals, the center provides educational opportunities for care providers of all disciplines. The center also provides valuable educational programs for the community at large.
HCOA faculty and faculty associates are course directors as well as faculty in education and training activities offered by the medical and graduate schools of the College and the postgraduate training programs of several clinical departments.
Graduate Education
Graduate Student Training
The Huffington Center on Aging is mandated to train the next generation of graduate students who will focus on the biology of aging, geroscience, or gerontology as career scientists.
Graduate students interested in the biology of aging must focus on aging-related research, attend the weekly Biology of Aging Seminar Series and participate in the Journal Club on Aging. First-year students must have at least two research rotations in laboratories studying aging-related biology and perform dissertation research on age-related studies.
Students will develop an understanding and become learned in the biology of aging, geroscience, and gerontology by enrolling in the didactic courses on the Biology of Aging I and the advanced Biology of Aging II offered by the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
Huffington Center Faculty
Postdoctoral Opportunities
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