Geriatrics Professor Ken Brummel-Smith was selected by the National Research Council and the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, as a member of the Forum on Aging, Disability and Independence from March 15, 2016 through April 26, 2020. The Forum on Aging, Disability and Independence enables discussion of issues related to bridging the research, policy and practice interests of the aging and disability communities. The Forum will host its next workshop on June 27, 2016 in Washington, D.C.