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Plan Outline

Director’s Message

Overview
  • NIA Mission
  • NIA Funding and Collaborations
  • NIA Research Planning

A. Research Goals to Reduce or Eliminate Health Disparities

A1. Advance Understanding of the development and progression of diseases and disability that contribute to health disparities in older racial and ethnic minority groups.
A2. Develop new or improved approaches for detecting or diagnosing the onset or progression of disease and disability among older ethnic and racial minorities.
A3. Develop new or improved approaches for preventing or delaying the onset or progression of disease and disability among older racial and ethnic minorities.
A4. Develop new or improved approaches for treating disease and disability.

B. Research Infrastructure Goals

B1. Support research training and career development
B2. Provide support for institutional resources

C. Public Information, Outreach and Education Goals

C1. Develop research-based information resources
C2. Communicate research-based information to increase public awareness
C3. Transfer knowledge to health care providers


Page last updated Sep 26, 2008