The Network: Prof. Keefe to Join American Geriatrics Society’s Initiative Addressing Structural Racism and Ageism
Research assistant professor Bronwyn Keefe, director of The Network for Professional Education and the Center for Aging and Disability Education and Research (CADER) was invited to the American Geriatrics Society’s new initiative created to eliminate racism, ageism, and other forms of discrimination in the aging health community.
Excerpt from “American Geriatrics Society Taps Prof. Keefe to Join Initiative Addressing Structural Racism and Ageism” originally published on The Network for Professional Education:
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has invited BUSSW faculty member and aging expert Bronwyn Keefe to join a new initiative focused on the intersection of structural racism and ageism. The AGS, which announced its plans for the Intersection of Structural Racism and Aging Initiative last fall, appointed Keefe to the Healthcare Initiative Goals and Strategies Committee. She will help identify activities that address barriers to change, ideally leading to a healthcare system free of structural racism, ageism, and other forms of discrimination and bias.
Bronwyn Keefe is a research assistant professor, director of BUSSW’s Center for Aging and Disability Education and Research (CADER), and director of BUSSW’s Network for Professional Education. An expert in gerontology and aging, her focus is practitioner education and improving knowledge, skills and values in key practice areas with older adults. Through CADER, Keefe develops curriculum and evaluates training initiatives for professionals who work with older adults and people with disabilities. To date, she has trained more than 20,000 workers and provided online training in the area of aging to more than 450 community-based agencies and 20 state organizations nationwide.