Vangani and supports the Health Aging program. With an interest in the health of older people, Heidi sought out opportunities to learn more about the best models of geriatric care while at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Through masters studies in nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, she had the opportunity to work in a number of successful programs for older people including the Veteran Administration’s home-based primary care program and a home care program, assisting those with dementia successfully transition to their homes after a hospital stay. Her experience includes nurse practitioner at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center in their long-term care facility and working as a nurse at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for a medical/surgical unit and then a medical oncology unit.