Center for Improving Care Delivery for the Aging (CICADA)
University of Pennsylvania
The Center for Improving Care Delivery for the Aging aims to train emerging scientists from underrepresented backgrounds in the interdisciplinary science of health services research as it applies to the most pressing issues for aging Americans, particularly minority elders. CICADA focuses on training researchers in the priority areas of social, behavioral, and economic research on aging, addressing issues of health equity, care quality, access, and affordability using quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods, econometric, and implementation science approaches. Housed within the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at Penn, CICADA Scientists benefit from the resources available through LDI’s extensive network of mentors and scholars, research infrastructure, and translation and dissemination support.