Dartmouth Health gets grant to study needs of people aging with serious illnessemail0LinkedinPrintDartmouth Health has received nearly $12 million to create a program to study the needs of people who are aging and have serious illnesses. Dartmouth Health has named its aging study program the Center for Aging with Serious Illness. The grant will allow the center to collaborate with other research institutions, support early-career clinician-scientists, and broaden the Dartmouth Health research community focusing on older adults with serious illness. Sitting in one of the oldest rural areas in the country, Joanne Conroy, CEO and president of Dartmouth Health, said in a press release that her organization’s location gives it the opportunity to lead on aging research. “Rural America is the next frontier in healthcare, and nowhere is that clearer than in the care of older adults living with serious illness,” said Conroy.