The Interdisciplinary Center for Aging Research: Uniting Scientists (ICARUS)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of seven institutions nationwide to be awarded a two-year $300,000 grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation and RAND Corporation. Funding started in January 2007 to develop a new center focused on improving the health of older adults through innovative, interdisciplinary research.
The Interdisciplinary Center for Aging Research: Uniting Scientists (ICARUS) represents the combined efforts of the UNC Schools of Social Work, Nursing, and Medicine and includes faculty from multiple departments and institutes at UNC Chapel Hill. The mission of the Center is to create a strategic plan to focus on aging research, provide interdisciplinary research and training opportunities for new and established investigators, and to develop and study innovative clinical and health services interventions in geriatrics. ICARUS will work closely with community partners and focus on four interrelated activities: scholarship for discovery, integration, application, and teaching.
ICARUS is administered through the School of Medicine Program on Aging. The lead principal investigator is School of Social Work Professor and Director of Aging Research, Sheryl Zimmerman, PhD. Co-principal investigators are School of Nursing Umphlet Distinguished Professor in Aging Mary H. Palmer, PhD, RN,C, and School of Medicine Professor, Chief of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Program on Aging Director, Jan Busby-Whitehead, MD.
School of Social Work contact: Dr. Sheryl Zimmerman, (919) 962-2417
School of Nursing contact: Dr. Mary H. Palmer, (919) 966-7204
School of Medicine contact: Dr. Jan Busby-Whitehead, (919) 966-5945
