AFAR congratulates grantee Amy S. Kelley, MD, MSHS, on her appointment as the new Deputy Director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In this role, Dr. Kelley will work closely with NIA Director Dr. Richard Hodes, providing strategic leadership, supervising daily operations, and serving as an ambassador and spokesperson for the institute, as well as oversee the NIA’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives.
Dr. Kelley is a 2011 Hartford Scholar in Geriatric Medicine recipient, and a 2012 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Careering Development Award in Agingreceipt. She is also a professor and vice chair for health policy and faculty development, Hermann Merkin Professor in Palliative Care in the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, and senior associate dean for gender equity in research affairs at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
For more on Dr. Kelley's new role, read a related NIA announcement here.
