Gene D. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.

The Center on Aging, Health & Humanities
The Center on Aging, Health & Humanities, directed by Gene D. Cohen, M.D.,
Ph.D. and founded in 1994, stimulates, coordinates, and conducts sponsored
research on both the problems and potentials of aging, with the goal of
improving the quality of life for older adults and their families. It is
located in the George Washington University Medical Center and is part of the
Department of Health Care Sciences. Particular attention is paid to
understanding and tapping creative potential in later life and to creative
problem solving for social and health challenges associated with aging.
Emphasis is also placed on studying creative intergenerational interactions
and opportunities among children, young adults, and older persons that can
translate into innovative program development to benefit families and society
as a whole. Research sites vary considerably, given the Center’s focus on the
new Landscape for Aging in America (the Geriatric Landscape)—the growing
number of settings where older adults both reside and receive care. Such
settings include one’s home, retirement communities, continuing care
retirement communities, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes, among
others. Within these diverse sites, an interdisciplinary approach is taken to
address the interacting dynamics of health and home—hence, the health and
humanities perspective. For more information about the Center, please visit
its website at http://www.gwumc.edu/cahh.

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The Creativity Discovery Corps
The Creativity Discovery Corps was founded in 1997 by Gene Cohen, M.D., Ph.D. and Barbara Soniat, MSW, Ph.D. of The Center on Aging, Health & Humanities at The George Washington University. The Corps is supported by organizations and individuals who appreciate the need for sharing the life stories and special creative talents of older adults. The mission of the Creativity Discovery Corps is: to identify older persons whose creative work or ideas have been undiscovered or under recognized and to provide visibility for their contributions; to identify and disseminate the best practices of programs, groups, and individuals in the community whose efforts create opportunities for older persons to explore, discover, and tap their human potential; to provide opportunities for volunteers of all ages to be creative in their efforts to discover both unidentified older talent and innovative community catalysts fostering such talent.

For more information about the Corps, please visit its website at: http://www.gwumc.edu/cahh/discover/index.htm.

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