Founded by Dr. Sidney Katz in 1986, Brown's Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research trains clinicians and non-clinicians in health services research with an emphasis on geriatrics, gerontology, and chronic disease management.

The Postdoctoral Programs at the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research provides postdoctoral fellows with an exciting opportunity to participate in groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research in such areas as health promotion and prevention, long-term care, community-based systems of care, health care organizations, and methodological approaches to health services research.

The Center runs two fellowship programs: an AHRQ Post-Doctoral Program, and a SURDNA Fellowship Program. Fellows graduating from both programs have gone on to publish widely in their respective fields and have assumed positions in major research institutions throughout the country.