Frailty in Aging Populations: Assessing Vulnerability in Clinical Care, Population Health, and Research

​The Aging Initiative is excited to announce a translational research speaker event with Dr. Dae Hyun Kim, a leading physician-scientist in geriatric medicine and aging research. Dr. Kim is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a senior investigator at the Marcus Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife, where he focuses on improving the care of older adults through innovative frailty science and population health research. At the Marcus Institute, Dr. Kim founded and directs the Frailty Research Center, where his work aims to enable clinicians and health care systems to deliver clinical care tailored to a patient’s frailty level. 

​His pioneering work developing scalable, claims-based frailty indices has enabled researchers and health systems to identify vulnerable older adults across large populations, transforming the ability to study treatment effectiveness, surgical risk, medication safety, and health outcomes in real-world settings. Through his translational approach, Dr. Kim continues to advance the science of vulnerability in aging, helping clinicians, researchers, and policymakers move toward more precise, equitable, and person-centered care for older adults.