NIA Centers on the Demography of Aging

The Behavioral and Social Research Program at the National Institute on Aging supports fourteen P30 Centers on the Demography of Aging at leading universities and policy organizations around the U.S. The purpose of the centers is to foster research in demography, economics and epidemiology of aging and to promote use of important datasets in the field. MORE...

News From the Centers

Linda Waite, Deborah Carr, Laura Carstensen and Toni Antonucci comment on living alone without loneliness.

Health and Retirement Study adds genetic data to NIH database.

Ana Diez Roux notes that life expectancy is rising with weak economy as during Great Depression.

William H. Frey says age of senior citizen status a "gray area".

U-Penn's Claudia Valeggia wins Presidential Early Career Award for work in Argentina.

Key activities of the Centers include:

Research on Aging
Pilot Projects on Innovative Topics
Data Resource Development
Statistical Enclaves for Sensitive Data
Methodological Research
Training Programs
Workshops and Conferences
Newsletters and Reports
Web-Based Information and Resources
Multi-Disciplinary Collaborations
International Collaborations