Hillary Lum, MD, PhD is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus. She is a geriatrician, palliative medicine physician, and health services researcher. Dr. Lum’s work focuses on improving care for older adults with serious illnesses, including those with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia and family care partners. She is particularly interested in designing real-world interventions with older adults and other partners for primary care and community settings. Her work includes design and testing of novel interventions to improve patient-centered outcomes related to advance care planning, dementia models of care, and digital health interventions. She uses methods related to community engagement, pragmatic research, learning health systems, and implementation science. She mentors trainees and junior faculty through her roles as Director of the ACCORDS Training, Education, and Mentorship (TEaM) Core, Co-Director for the Clinical Faculty Scholars Program, and Co-Director of the Palliative Care and Aging Fellowship Program