The Center for Healthy Aging

The MUSC Center on Aging, which has served seniors in the Lowcountry since 1987, is now The Center for Healthy Aging! The Center for Healthy Aging will build on partnerships, education, and outreach previously cultivated through the Center on Aging. The Center for Healthy Aging will drive discovery in all aspects of healthy aging.

In alignment with the United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing, the MUSC Center for Healthy Aging embraces all aspects of healthy aging with an understanding that aging begins at birth, and healthy aging strategies must reach across the entire lifespan.

Our 4 Pillars

The Center for Healthy Aging is comprised of four pillars:

1. Education and Outreach.
2. Fundamental and Discovery Research.
3. Clinical Care and Research.
4. Population Health and Data Science.

Leadership

Hermes Florez, M.D., Ph.D., MPH
Endowed Chair and Executive Director of the MUSC Center for Healthy Aging

Ashish A. Deshmukh, Ph.D, MPH
Co-Director of Population Health and Data Science

Paul J. Nietert, Ph.D.
Co-Director of Population Health and Data Science

Kathleen Oare Lindell, Ph.D., RN, ATSF, FAAN
Co-Director of Education and Outreach

Whitney Smith, DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, GNP
Co-Director of Education and Outreach

Vanessa Hinson, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Clinical Research and Care

Amanda Overstreet, D.O.
Co-Director of Clinical Research and Care

William Hill, Ph.D.
Director of Fundamental and Discovery Science

Caroline Davila
Administrative Coordinator