Rachel Michelle Skains, MD, MSPH

I have been an AGEM member since 2019, serving on the Grants and Awards Subcommittee for the past two years. As Chair of the Grants and Awards Subcommittee this year, we have provided letters of support to AGEM researchers for dissemination of products within the AGEM mission: to improve the quality of emergency are received by older patients by advancing research, education, and faculty development. Further, we are currently developing an AGEM researcher database to connect early career investigators with mentors within Geriatric EM. If elected as a Member-At-Large on the AGEM Executive Committee, I hope to continue this work by advancing research, education, and faculty development. I aspire to create an AGEM network through a database of AGEM members that includes researchers, institutions, publications, didactics, webinars, and funded grants. The AGEM database will facilitate collaboration among members in Geriatric EM. Through this initiative, I aim to foster mentorship, networking, and collaboration between AGEM members in research, education, and faculty development. I am extremely committed to AGEM’s mission, and I appreciate the consideration in my application to serve on the executive committee as Member-At-Large.