Amy S. Kelley, MD, MSHS, was appointed Deputy Director at the National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health, in September 2022. Dr. Kelley works closely with the NIA director, provides strategic leadership, supervises daily operations, and serves as an ambassador and spokesperson for the Institute. Additionally, she oversees diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives. Prior to coming to NIH, Dr. Kelley was Hermann Merkin Professor in Palliative Care, Professor and Vice Chair for Health Policy and Faculty Development in the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, and Senior Associate Dean for Gender Equity in Research Affairs, at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. Her research, which bridges geriatrics and palliative medicine by focusing on the needs of seriously ill older adults and their families, has been funded by NIA through multiple grants, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the National Palliative Care Research Center, among others.