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Dr. Thomas Cudjoe is an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology and Core Faculty at the JHU Center on Aging and Health. He is board certified internal medicine and geriatric medicine. In addition, Dr. Cudjoe is a Major in the US Army Reserves, a participant in the inaugural cohort of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leaders Program and serves on board of the East Baltimore Community School- Henderson Hopkins. In 2019, Dr. Cudjoe was appointed as a Commissioner to the Baltimore City Commission on Aging and Retirement Education. Dr. Cudjoe is actively engaged in the medical care of homebound older adults via the Johns Hopkins Home Based Medicine program. Dr. Cudjoe is a recipient of the National Institute on Aging Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists’ Transition to Aging Research.  Dr. Cudjoe is focused on understanding how social factors influence the health of older adults and developing strategies to improve the health trajectory of older adults. His research has focused on identifying risk factors for social isolation and currently examines the relationship between social connections and health outcomes.

Dr. Cudjoe received his undergraduate degree (summa cum laude) in Cellular and Molecular Biology at Hampton University and was active in the Honors College and Army ROTC program (Distinguished Military Graduate-Top 20% of Graduates in Nation). He graduated from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and earned his master’s degree in public health in health policy at Harvard School of Public Health. He completed his internal medicine residency Internal Medicine at Howard University Hospital in Washington DC. He completed clinical and research fellowship in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.  

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Maria Shriver is a mother of four, an Emmy and Peabody award-winning journalist, a seven-time New York Times best-selling author, an NBC News Special Anchor and the founder of The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement. 

A trailblazer for empowering women, Shriver uses her voice and her platforms to advance some of our nation’s most pressing issues affecting women and women’s health. In 2010, she broke new ground when, in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Takes on Alzheimer’s reported for the first time ever that women are at an increased risk for the disease. She also worked tirelessly on behalf of women and families, particularly those living on the brink of poverty, during her time as First Lady of California from 2003-2010.

Shriver’s life and career are driven by her fervent belief that everyone has the ability to be an “Architect of Change” and make the world a better place. Her media company, Shriver Media, and its newsletter, The Sunday Paper, seek to inspire hearts and minds and elevate the voices of others who are moving humanity forward as well. Shriver’s latest books, New York Times bestseller I’ve Been Thinking and its companion I’ve Been Thinking…The Journal offer wisdom, guidance, encouragement and inspiration for those seeking to create a meaningful life of their own.

More at MariaShriver.com.

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