Geriatric Practice: UNC Programs

The Geriatric Oncology Program brings together expertise from across UNC to ensure the highest quality cancer care for older patients and to conduct research that furthers understanding of the factors affecting cancer treatment in the elderly. Program faculty also aim to educate medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty on issues related to geriatric oncology.

Our researchers seek to understand the process of aging and the health and well-being of older people. Gillings researchers examine the protective factors and the diseases and conditions associated with growing older, with the goal of extending an active and healthy lifestyle across the lifespan.

The Partnerships in Aging Program (PiAP) is a campus-wide program at The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. At PiAP we understand later life in the 21st century as a time for continued growth and invigoration. We want to challenge stereotypes that frame aging as an experience of diminishment and loss. By collaborating with organizations and institutions we nurture dialogue about the personal and societal meaning of having a long life, and advance civic engagement as a way to bring about a new kind of aging. PiAP provides expertise and resources to UNC faculty, students, and community partners seeking to reframe the aging experience, together.