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Living Long & Well in the 21st Century Strategic Directions for Research on Aging

Research Goals
A. Improve our understanding of healthy aging and disease and disability among older adults.

» B. Continue to develop and disseminate information about interventions to reduce disease and disability and improve the health and quality of life of older adults.

C. Improve our understanding of and develop interventions to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease, other dementias of aging, and the aging brain.

D. Improve our understanding of the consequences of an aging society and provide that information to inform intervention development and policy decisions.

E. Improve our ability to reduce health disparities and eliminate health inequities among older adults.

Infrastructure and Resource Goal
F. Support the infrastructure and resources needed to promote high-quality research and communicate its results.

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Links to NIA research relevant to Objective B-2

Clinical Trials

e-CHAMP: Enhancing Care for Hospitalized Older Adults With Memory Problems
Growth Hormone Administration and the Human Immune System - I (Recruiting)
Growth Hormone Administration and the Human Immune System – II (Not yet open to recruitment)

Research Advances

Current Funding Opportunities

Research on Social Work Practice and Concepts in Health (PA-07-292/R01)
Harmonization of Longitudinal Cross-National Surveys of Aging (PAS-07-387/R21)
Oral Health of Special Needs and Older Populations (PA-07-151/R01)

Funding Opportunities No Longer Open

Retirement Economics (PA-07-075/R01)
Developing Integrated Economic Models of Health and Retirement (RFA-AG-07-007/R01)
Developmental Research on Elder Mistreatment (RFA-AG-06-009/R21)

Return to Goal B

Page last updated May 14, 2008