To meet the growing need for healthcare professionals specializing in gerontology, the UTC School of Nursing hired Dr. Brittany Cusack as the Vicky B. Gregg Chair of Gerontology in the School of Nursing. Since joining the nursing faculty, Cusack led the efforts to start an Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program in the School of Nursing, and to create a gerontology concentration in the master of social work program.