Amy S. Kelley, MD, MSHS, appointed Associate Dean for Population Science

The Board of Regents has approved the appointment of Amy S. Kelley, M.D., MSHS, as associate dean for population science in the Medical School, effective Oct. 1. The Department of Internal Medicine previously announced her appointment as chief of the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, and director of the Geriatrics Center and the Institute for Gerontology, also effective Oct. 1.

In her dean role, Kelley will develop and implement interdisciplinary strategies to improve health outcomes across the populations we serve. She will work with other leaders in the Medical School, U-M Health, and the university to integrate our strengths in population health, health services research, primary care innovation, aging, data science, implementation science, and community-engaged research. She also will work to elevate Michigan’s national leadership in primary care, population outcomes, health services research, and learning health system innovation. 

Kelley completed medical school at Weill Cornell Medical College and her postgraduate training at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center. She spent a brief time at UCLA completing research training before returning to New York and joining the faculty at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai as an assistant professor where she ascended through the ranks. In 2020, Kelley became a tenured professor at Icahn School of Medicine where she also served as senior associate dean in research affairs. In 2022, she was appointed deputy director of the National Institute on Aging.

Kelley’s scholarship and funding portfolio is focused on the needs of older adults, particularly how serious illness during aging impacts the financial burdens faced by many families.