SGS GRITS Hall of Fame

GRITS Hall of Fame Member

2021 Inductee

Christy Jensen is Director of Health Services Research with the Martha W. Goodson Center, in Williamsburg and faculty affiliate in the Department of Gerontology at VCU. She obtained her Ph.D. in Human Development & Family Studies, with a specialty in gerontology, from the University of Delaware. She is active with the Gerontological Society of America, the Southern Gerontological Society (Past President), and serves on the Advisory Council of the Virginia Center on Aging and the Lindsay Institute for Innovations in Caregiving.

She is Past Chair of the Virginia Caregiver Coalition. The Center for Excellence in Aging has been honored with a 2013 Commonwealth Council on Aging Best Practices Award for her work with family caregiver programming and with a 2012 Best Practices Award by the Southern Gerontological Society. Jensen is a Master Trainer with the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers and was named the 2015 Applied Gerontologist of the Year by the Southern Gerontological Society. The Center was named the 2018 Rosalynn Carter Leadership in Caregiving Awardee, the highest award given in caregiving. Her current work focuses on programming and person‐centered training to support family and professional caregivers.