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On Wednesday, the appointed , MD, MPH, as a member of the . The council advises the on research and training matters associated with diseases and conditions of aging. Dr. Fried is director of the School�s Center on Aging and Health and director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology and the Epidemiology of Aging at the . She is also a professor of Medicine, and .

Also appointed to the National Advisory Council on Aging were Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, MSc, professor at the University of California, San Francisco; Melissa M. Brown, MD, APN, MBA, director for the Center for Value-Based Medicine and faculty member of the Cataract and Primary Eye Care Service at Wills Eye Hospital; and Spero M. Manson, PhD, professor and head of the American Indian and Alaska Native Programs at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.