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Richard Schulz PhD

Emeritas Director

Richard Schulz PhD

Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine Professor of Epidemiology, Sociology, Psychology, Community Health, Nursing, & Health and Rehabilitation Science

Richard Schulz PhD

Program Director, Gerontology Research Program, UCSUR

Richard Schulz PhD

Director, Geriatric Education Center of Pennsylvania

Richard Schulz PhD

Associate Director, Aging Institute of UPMC Senior Services and the University of Pittsburgh

Milestone - Establishment of the Schulz Aging Graduate Student Resource Fund

On October 17, 2024, Richard Schulz (Director Emeritus, UCSUR; and Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry, Emeritus, School of Medicine) made an irrevocable gift of $100,000 to the University of Pittsburgh. This fund shall be used to provide support for graduate student(s) in the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health for education-related expenses, with preference given to student(s) whose research focuses on aging. 

Highlights of Richard Schulz’s career at Pitt:

  • 1984: Recruited by the Department of Psychiatry and UCSUR to serve as director of the Gerontology Program, a University-wide position charged with building the research capacity on aging throughout the University. He played a pivotal role in developing the expertise and infrastructure to support research on aging through recruitment, mentoring junior faculty, providing pilot grant support, and raising the profile of research on aging both locally and nationally. By the end of the 20th century, the research portfolio on aging at Pitt was second to none among U.S. universities.
     
  • 1995: Appointed interim director of USCUR and appointed director in 1999. During his tenure as director (1995-2016), he continued to serve as director of the Gerontology Program. He also served as director of the Geriatric Education Center of Pennsylvania (1985-2020), cofounded the Institute on Aging of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh (2003), and established the Gerontology Graduate Certificate Program (2004).
     
  • 2014: Appointed chair of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s landmark study, Families Caring for an Aging America.