Casey Rust (M.D. 2016), an assistant professor in the Department of Geriatrics at the Florida State University College of Medicine, was recently awarded a Geriatrics Academic Career Award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

The four-year, $326,984 grant will allow her to acquire new educational and research skills while advancing programs designed to improve geriatrics education for students and interprofessional teams in nursing homes.

This career advancement award is one of only 26 given this year by HRSA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for improving access to health-care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable.