Thomas Michael Gill, MD
Humana Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics) and Professor of Epidemiology (Chronic Diseases) and of Investigative Medicine; Director, Yale Program on Aging; Director, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center; Director, Yale Center for Disability and Disabling Disorders; Director, Yale Training Program in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-Related Research

Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical GroupSchool of Public Health: Secondary Faculty
Internal Medicine: Geriatric Medicine: Dorothy Adler Geriatric Assessment Center
Biography
Dr. Thomas Gill is Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Investigative Medicine and the Humana Foundation Professor of Geriatric Medicine at Yale University. He received his research training in clinical epidemiology as a Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Clinical Scholar at Yale, and he joined the faculty in 1994 after completing an additional year as a geriatrics fellow. Dr. Gill is a leading authority on the epidemiology and prevention of disability among older persons and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholars in Aging Research Award, the RWJ Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar Award, the 2001 Outstanding Scientific Achievement for Clinical Investigation Award from the American Geriatrics Society, and the Ewald W. Busse Research Award in the Biomedical Sciences. He holds several leadership positions at Yale, including Director of the Program on Aging and Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Director of the Center on Disability and Disabling Disorders, and Director of an NIA-funded postdoctoral training program in Geriatric Clinical Epidemiology and Aging-Related Research. Dr. Gill’s research and mentoring program is currently supported by an NIA Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research and an NIA-funded R01, and includes two NIA-funded multi-site clinical trials. His research accomplishments have been recognized through receipt of a MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health and election to the American Society of Clinical Investigation and Association of American Physicians.Education
- B.S., Loyola University, 1983
- BA, Loyola University, 1985
- M.D., University of Chicago, 1987
Selected Publication
- Gill TM, Allore HG, Gahbauer EA, Murphy TE. Change in Disability after Hospitalization or Restricted Activity in Older Persons. JAMA 2010; 304:1919-1928.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Ewald W. Busse Research Award in the Biomedical Sciences (2009)
Articles

Sept/Oct 2009
Leading geriatrics researcher is Humana Foundation Professor
Thomas M. Gill, M.D., newly named the Humana Foundation Professor of Geriatric Medicine, is a leading authority on the...

May/June 2006
Disability is no dead-end for elders, Yale research finds
Between the daunting complexities of Medicare’s new prescription drug plans, the uncertainties surrounding the solvency...

June/July 2005
Grants and contracts awarded to Yale School of Medicine
FederalKaren Anderson, NIH, A Novel Approach for Studying Transient Enzyme Intermediates, 4 years, $1,219,062Susan...



