Janet C. Frank, DrPH
Janet C. Frank, DrPH is Associate Director of the UCLA Multicampus Program in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology.
Following completion of a Master’s in Gerontology from the University of Southern California, Dr. Frank received her Doctorate of Public Health from UCLA’s School of Public Health.
She is Director of the California Geriatric Education Center, an interdisciplinary statewide training center; serves as the Administrator for the UCLA Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Center (OAIC); and directs the NIA-funded Coordinating Center for the Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR).
Dr. Frank is the principal investigator for “A System’s Approach to Improving Aging Education in California” project, funded by the US Department of Education’s Funds to Improve Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) program.
An Adjunct Assistant Professor in the UCLA School of Public Health since 1997, Dr. Frank is a Past-President of the California Council on Gerontology and Geriatrics, following service from 2003-2007. Janet was also recently elected as a member-at-large to the Executive Committee of the Association of Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE) for the 2007-2009 term.
Dr. Frank’s contributions to a wide-range of collaborative projects continue to build upon her background in gerontology, public health and interdisciplinary applied research interests including chronic illness health behavior, behavior change, health systems delivery, and geriatrics education.
