Associate Professor Keith Bellizzi has been invited to serve as Special Advisor to the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Outcomes Research Branch (ORB), for the 2016/2017 year.  He will be spending 30% of his time working for NCI. They chose Keith for his expertise in gerontology, patient outcomes research, and behavioral medicine, as they expand their research portfolio among the growing population of older patients and survivors who have multiple chronic conditions.  This is a great opportunity for Keith, and also helps the department’s visibility at NIH and as an important place for gerontology research.