Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development:

This article represents the author's thoughts as well as those of the Center's current director, Harvey Jay Cogen, and associate director, Linda George. It takes note of the history of The Duke Center; reflects concerns The Center, as well as the nation, has with the difficulty of maintaining interdisciplinary balance in gerontology and geriatrics; the importance of recruiting the "best and the brightest" as future scientists and clinicians in aging; and the need to improve the translation of research results into practice.