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| Ageing Research University of Liverpool |
Liverpool | UK | Research is focused on biological, medical, psychological and social aspects of ageing. The University fosters interdisciplinary collaborations to help understand the process of ageing as well as help improve the quality of life of a growing elderly population by preventing or delaying the onset of physical or mental decline | |
| Ageing Research Centre (ARC) New South Wales Health Department |
Randwick NSW | Australia | The centre aims to research, develop and promote clinical and community understanding of the neurodegenerative diseases associated with population ageing, and their impact on the delivery of health care, community services and residential care. Research topics:
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| Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney |
Lidcombe | Australia | The research uses a ‘life span continuum‘ which looks across generations. Four main approaches:
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| Age Institute | Helsinki | Finland | The Age Institute studies the everyday lives of older adults, develops services for older people, produces new innovations for older adults and their families, disseminates information about the results of new studies, offers training to professionals, and participates in current discussion on age related issues, values and attitudes. Research topics:
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| Aging Brain Center (ABC) Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife |
Boston | USA | The ABC focuses on examining risk factors, pathophysiology, intervention strategies, clinical trials, and broader societal implications for conditions associated with cognitive impairment in older adults. It performs cutting-edge research that will improve daily functioning and quality of life for older people. Research topics:
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| Aging Institute of UPMC Senior Services and the University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | USA | The institute promotes innovative research on ageing to understand its causes and concomitants, both social, and biological, as well as how best to intervene in illnesses associated with the ageing process. Furthermore, the Aging Institute provides access to services for aged persons and the public. Educational programs for the public and health care professionals are offered. | formerly known as University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging (UPIA) |
| Aging Research Center (ARC) Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University |
Stockholm | Sweden | The primary goals of the ARC are to carry out and support high-quality ageing research, advance multidisciplinary efforts in ageing research, offer a high-quality educational program, foster collaborations, develop cross-links between available data-sets, and direct the knowledge into interventions. ARC carries out epidemiological studies on different health related aspects of brain aging and the elderly. Research topics:
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| Alberta Centre on Aging University of Alberta |
Edmonton | Canada | It is an interdisciplinary research and network centre dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of research into ageing. The mission is to promote cutting-edge research, education, and service in ageing, through interdisciplinary collaboration and through partnerships with stakeholders. The Centre‘s focus is on the promotion of best outcomes for older people, to engage the community and to link researchers. | |
| Alzheimer‘s and Aging Research Center | San Diego | USA | The research centre supports biomedical research directed towards further increasing our understanding of the ageing process, allowing seniors to live ever fuller and more enjoyable lives. The research focuses on Alzheimer´s disease and other ageing-related diseases, especially on finding treatments for these diseases. The Center provides information to the scientific community and the public and supports education and training. Research topics:
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| Alzheimer‘s Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center | Silver Spring | USA | The ADEAR Center distributes information about Alzheimer‘s disease to health professionals, patients and their families, and the public. | Founded by the National Institute on Aging |
| Alzheimer‘s Disease Research Center (ADRC) University of Pittsburgh |
Pittsburgh | USA | The ADRC is specialed in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related disorders. The aim of the Center is to study the pathophysiology of Alzheimer´s disease to improve the reliability of diagnosis and to develop effective treatment strategies. | |
| Alzheimer‘s Disease Research Center (ADRC) School of Medicine, Emory University |
Atlanta | USA | The centre provides outstanding clinical, research, and educational programs on memory loss, mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease. | |
| Arizona Center on Aging University of Arizona |
Tucson | USA | The mission of the centre is to promote healthy and functional lives for older adults through comprehensive programs in research, education and training, and clinical care. | |
| Arizona Geriatric Education Center (AzGEC) University of Arizona |
Tucson | USA | The mission of AzGEC is to improve the health and wellbeing of seniors by educating and training health care professionals in the special health care needs of this rapidly growing group. | |
| Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing (ARCHA) Aston University |
Birmingham | UK | The ARCHA aims to understand, predict, prevent and intervene with scientific research to facilitate healthy ageing, with a specific focus on the eye, the mind, the metabolism and healing in the context of the psychological, social and policy contexts of ageing lives. Research topics:
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| Australian Institute for Population Ageing Research (AIPAR) University of New South Wales |
Sydney | Australia | The institute is an umbrella for research initiatives focused on demographic transition. One current initiative is the production of a regular Longevity Index which aims to emphasise the importance of longevity risk and insurance. | |
| Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies UT Health Science Center, University of Texas |
San Antonio | USA | The Barshop Institute will enhance the quality of gerontological research and clinical application with the ultimate goal of bringing good health and enhanced quality of life to our ageing population. Research topics:
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| Baycrest Research Centre for Aging and the Brain | Toronto | Canada | Baycrest is a leader in cognitive neuroscience and memory research, with the goal of transforming the journey of ageing. The Rotman Research Institute (RRI) and the Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied and Evaluative Research Unit (KLAERU) are parts of Baycrest. The primary research focus of the RRI is on memory and the executive (frontal lobe) functions of the brain, both in normal aging and in the presence of diseases and conditions which affect the brain, such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer‘s disease and other dementias. KLAERU provides resources and expertise to support clinical, evaluative, and translational research at Baycrest. At KLAERU, the development and implementation of innovative wellness, prevention, education and care projects is supported across Baycrest. Research topics:
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| Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging | New York | USA | The Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging improves the lives of older adults through research, policy, and professional development. | |
| Brunel Institute for Ageing Studies (BIAS) Brunel University London |
London | UK | The purpose of BIAS is to conduct interdisciplinary research in gerontology to improving the quality of life and health of older people. | |
| Buck Institute for Age Research | Novato | USA | The institute focuses on understanding the connection between ageing and chronic disease. The mission is to increase the healthy years of life. Research topics:
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| caesar - center of advanced european studies and research Max Planck Society |
Bonn | Germany | caesar is doing research in the field of neurosciences, cell biology, and biophysics, with special focus on signal processing in cells (neurons). Research topics:
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| Center for Aging Research The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice |
Dartmouth | USA | The focus of the centre is on health services research aimed at improving health and health care for older Americans. It will create a bridge between research, education, and clinical programs. | |
| Center for Aging Research (IU-CAR) Indiana University |
Indianapolis | USA | The mission of the centre is to test innovative strategies to improve the quality of healthcare and self-care for older adults. Research topics:
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| Center for Healthy Aging National Council on Aging (NCOA) |
Washington | USA | The centre promotes and assists healthy aging programs that deal with the following health topics:
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| Center for Healthy Aging Research College of Public Health & Human Sciences, Oregon State University |
Corvallis | USA | The centre aims at studying optimal aging across the lifespan. Research topics:
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| Center for HIV & Aging Gladstone Institutes |
San Francisco | USA | The center has two central imperatives: (i) to determine exactly how HIV promotes accelerated aging and what can be done to arrest the process and (ii) to improve the quality of life for people with HIV by delaying the onset of, and ultimately preventing, these age-related illnesses. | |
| Center for Neural Development and Disease University of Rochester Medical Center |
Rochester | USA | The centre explores a variety of issues relevant to neural development and disease. The focus is on the brain in health and disease. Research topics:
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| Center for Population Health and Aging (CPHA) Duke University |
Durham | USA | The centre facilitates research and training at Duke on topics related to population health and ageing. | Part of the Duke Population Research Institute (DuPRI) |
| Center for Research and Education in Aging (CREA) University of California |
Berkeley | USA | CREA investigates the basic processes that cause ageing, with the goal of improving and extending human health span. Research topics:
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| Center for Research on Aging School of Medicine, University of Maryland |
Baltimore | USA | The centre develops and implements collaborative research and training in the critical areas of ageing research and geriatric medicine. Research topics:
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| Center on Aging (COA) University of Iowa |
Iowa City | USA | This interdisciplinary centre serves as a state and university-wide resource to address the needs of older Iowans. The mission of the COA is to foster and enhance interdisciplinary research, eduction, and service efforts dedicated to understanding the ageing process and imporving the health and well being of older people. | |
| Center on Aging University of Maine |
Bangor | USA | The mission of the centre is to promote and facilitate activities on ageing in the areas of education, research and evaluation, and community service to maximize the quality of life of older citizens and their families. | |
| Center on Aging University of Utah |
Salt Lake City | USA | The centre unites aging-related research, education, and clinical programs at the University of Utah, thus it synergizes the growth and progress of interdisciplinary research to help people live longer and more fulfilling lifes. | |
| Center on Demography and Economics of Aging (CoA) NORC and University of Chicago |
Illinois | USA | The centre provides research support services and encourage the development of new research projects and research foci in the demography and economics of ageing. Research topics:
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| Centre for Active Management of Lifelong Ageing (CAMLA) Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick |
Limerick | Ireland | CAMLA supports and fosters research within the ageing research community locally, nationally and internationally. The centre provides advice and support to researchers with an interest in Lifelong Ageing. | |
| Centre for Ageing and Mental Health (CAMH) University Staffordshire |
Stafford | UK | The mission of the centre is to provide research, consultancy and education, promoting innovation in health and social care services for older people. Research topics:
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| Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Studies (CAPS) | Barton | Australia | The centre provides scholarships for ageing and pastoral studies. Quality of life issues for older people, including living with dementia, are subjects for research and education. | |
| Centre for Ageing and Supportive Environments (CASE) Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University |
Lund | Sweden | The centre is focused on person-environment relations influencing functional capacity, activity, participation, mobility, safety, and health in the ageing person and population. | |
| Centre for Ageing Research (C4AR) Faculty of Health & Medicine, Lancaster University |
Lancashire | UK | The centre conducts high quality interdisciplinary research and promotes research-led teaching around ageing, older people, and age-related disease. Research topics:
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| Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) | Belfast | Ireland | CARDI will advance the ageing research agenda by identifying, coordinating, stimulating, and communicating strategic research on ageing and older people as a means to improve the lives of older people in Ireland. It funds, publishes, and disseminates research on topics relating to ageing and older people. | It houses a database of Irish researchers and research centres, their interests, and present research projects. |
| Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology (CCACE) University of Edinburgh |
Edinburgh | UK | The mission is to elucidate the routes to the vulnerable ageing brain, and provide information to prevent or ameliorate cognitive disability and its negative consequences for health and wellbeing; determine the mechanisms by which lower cognitive ability through the lifecourse renders the body vulnerable to ill health and impaired wellbeing; and to provide an outstanding environment for interdisciplinary research training. Research topics:
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| Centre for Education and Research on Ageing (CERA) Concord Repatriation General Hospital, University of Sydney |
Concord | Australia | CERA aims to expand and share knowledge of human ageing, so that the health and quality of life of older people can be imporved. The main purposes are promoting healthy ageing, minimising the impact of disease and disability, and improving the quality of life of the older population. | |
| Centre for Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (ZGGF) Medical School, University of Freiburg |
Freiburg | Germany | The ZGGF is a centre of excellence for the diagnosis and treatment of memory disorders. It provides diagnostic services and takes part in research of dementia. Research topics:
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| Centre for Innovative Ageing (CIA) Swansea University |
Swansea | UK | The CIA provides a centre of excellence for research and training in the study of ageing. It initiates, coordinates, and supports ageing research and fosters collaboration between researchers. In addition, it fosters collaboration between business and academia, with the intention of multiplying the benefits of public and private investment in knowledge. Research topics:
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| Centre for Integrated Systems Biology of Ageing and Nutrition (CISBAN) Newcastle University |
Newcastle | UK | The aim of CISBAN is to advance understanding of the complex mechanisms underpinning the ageing process and of how ageing is affected by nutrition using a systems biology approach. Research topics: |
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| Centre for Mental Health Research (CMHR) College of Medicine, Biology & Environment, Australian National University |
Canberra | Australia | The aim of the centre is to improve the mental health of Australians through research and development, training, policy, and the dissemination of health information. The mission is to reduce the prevalence of mental disorders and to improve the lived experience of people with mental illness. Research topics:
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| Centre for Policy on Ageing (CPA) Curtin University of Technology |
London | UK | The centre aims to raise awareness of issues around all aspects of ageing and to support good practice. CPA sustains a network of learning around ageing. Research topics:
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| Centre for Research on Ageing (CRA) School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton |
Southampton | UK | This international and multi-disciplinary research centre examines key issues in ageing across the lifecourse, informating policy and debating at the national and local level. Research topics:
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| Centre for Research on Ageing (CRA) Curtin University of Technology |
Perth | Australia | The centre will improve the health and well-being of older persons through a multidisciplinary research approach. Research topics:
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| Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG) University Surrey |
Guildford | UK | The aim of CRAG is to conduct policy relevant research on gender and ageing and to advance understanding of how gender influences the experience of ageing, and how ageing influences gender roles and relationships. | |
| Centre for Research on Personhood in Dementia (CRPD) University of British Columbia |
Vancouver | Canada | The mission of the CRPD is to initiate, facilitate, and integrate trans-disciplinary research that increases understanding and implementation of personhood approaches to dementia and dementia care. It aims to increase understanding of personhood in dementia and develop interventions for supporting personhood. | |
| Centre for Social Gerontology Keele University |
Keele | UK | The centre works on the social analysis of ageing. Research topics:
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| Centre Hospitalier Affilié Universitaire de Québec (CHA) | Quebec | Canada | Research Topics:
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| Centre on Aging University of Manitoba |
Winnipeg | Canada | The centre conducts, stimulates, and promotes research on ageing, provides an interdisciplinary focus for the research activities in ageing at the university in Manitoba, and supports the teaching. The centre distributes its findings to administration, policy makers, practitioners, and seniors to assist them in making decisions. Research topics:
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| Centre on Aging University of Victoria |
Victoria | Canada | The multidisciplinary research centre promotes and conducts basic and applied research throughout the lifespan. Research topics:
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| Clinical Ageing Research Unit (CARU) Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University |
Newcastle | UK | The primary focus of CARU is research into conditions associated with ageing to facilitate the development of early assessment and intervention strategies targeted at age-associated degenerative conditions. Research topics:
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| Cologne Cluster of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-associated Diseases (CECAD Cologne) University of Cologne Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging |
Cologne | Germany | The aim is to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the ageing process and thereby to set the ground to achieve the long-term objective of developing novel therapeutic interventions. Research topics:
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| Comprehensive Center on Brain Aging - An NYULMC Center of Excellence NYU Langone Medical Center |
New York | USA | The centre is devoted to research and clinical advances toward the treatment and cure of neurodegenerative diseases affecting cognition, the focus is on healthy brain ageing, Alzheimer‘s disease and memory disorders, Parkinson‘s disease and movement disorders, atypical dementias, and geriatric psychiatry. Research topics:
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| Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging (CITRA) Cornell University |
Ithaca | USA | CITRA cultivates and maintains close ties between Cornell researchers in social science, clinical research, and mental health, with community-based practitioners from throughout the five boroughs of New York City. | Server not found (since November 2012) |
| Danish Aging Research Center (DARC) University of Southern Denmark University of Aarhus University of Copenhagen |
Odense | Denmark | The DARC conducts research in human aging processes from a range of different angels, combining ageing research from the molecular level, to the individual and finally to the entire population. Research topics:
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| Danish Centre for Molecular Gerontology (DCMG) University of Aarhus |
Aarhus | Denmark | The aims of the DCMG are to identify molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the ageing process and in the origin of age-related diseases, to search for effective means of reducing age-related loss in cellular functions, to search for methods for recovery of lost biological activity during ageing, and to employ the knowledge obtained to prevent some of the age-related diseases. Research topics:
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International centre with participating laboratories in Aarhus, Vejle, and Baltimore, USA |
| Del E. Webb Neuroscience, Aging and Stem Cell Research Center (NASCR) Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute |
La Jolla | USA | Advance the understanding and treatment of degenerative diseases, as well as the normal aging process. They want to protect cells in the brain from a avriety of neurodegenerative diseases and to regenerate neurons and associated cells. Research topics:
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| Dementia Collaborative Research Centres (DCRC) | Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra | Australia | The purpose of the DCRCs is to conduct dementia research to improve the diagnosis, reduce the risk of dementia, as well as improve the lives of those people living with dementia, their families and carers. Research topics:
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| Dementia Research Centre (DRC) Institute of Neurology, University College London |
London | UK | The DRC try to identify, measure, monitor, and understand the cognitive changes associated with degenerative disease and normal ageing. Research topics:
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| Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging and Department of Geriatrics University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) |
Little Rock | USA | The institute‘s mission is to promote functional independence in older people through world class clinical care, cutting-edge research, and innovative educational programs. Research topics:
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| Duke Center on the Demography of Aging Duke University |
Durham | USA | The centre is focused on investigation the biodemography of ageing. Research topics:
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Part of the Duke Population Research Institute (DuPRI) formerly known as Duke University‘s Population, Policy and Aging Research Center (PPARC) |
| European Centre for Gerontology University of Malta |
Msida | Malta | The mission of the centre is to conduct research within the area of ageing and later life, to deliver postgraduate courses, to co-ordinate training programmes, to liase with government departments and voluntary agencies, to research issues, and to engage in public debates. | |
| Fischer Center for Alzheimer‘s Disease Research The Rockefeller University |
New York | USA | The research team at the Fisher Center try to find the cure for Alzheimer‘s disease. Research topics:
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| Flinders Centre for Ageing Studies (FCAS) School of Psychology, Flinders University |
Adelaide | Australia | The centre has a multidisciplinary focus on research, education, and professional gerontological activities locally, nationally, and internationally. The research core is the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ALSA). | |
| Geriatrics Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine |
New Haven | USA | The aim of the centre is to improve the quality of life and independence of older persons through a combination of research, interventions to improve function, clinical initiatives, and teaching activities. The research is focused on the Yale Program on Aging, an inter-departmental, multidisciplinary program whose objectives are to investigate clinical, translational, and epidemiologic topics related to the multi-factorial issues of ageing. | |
| Geriatrics Center & Institute of Gerontology University of Michigan |
Ann Arbor | USA | The centre seeks to increase the span of healthy, active life for older adults through interdisciplinary clinical care, education, research, and community service. It develops initiatives in geriatrics research and training to advance the state of knowledge regarding the medical problems of the older adult. Research topics:
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| Geriatric Studies Center / Alzheimer‘s Disease Research Center University of Southern California |
Los Angeles | USA | The centres support collaborative research efforts to improve the diagnosis and treatment of age-related memory loss. Patients and their families are given the opportunity to take part in a wide variety of clinical research projects. These include tests of new treatments for Alzheimer‘s disease and new procedures to improve the diagnostic accuracy. | |
| German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) | Bonn | Germany | Its mission is to understand the causes and risk factors that predispose to neurodegeneration and to develop new therapeutic and health care strategies. Specifically, the DZNE addresses causes, mechanisms, diagnosis, and therapy of neurodegenerative disorders. These include primarily age-related disorders as Alzheimer‘s and Parkinson‘s disease, but also rare neurodegenerative disorders (Prion diseases and Huntington‘s Disease, ALS, FTD). | The DZNE is a joint effort of several research institutes, universities and hospitals throughout Germany (Bonn, Cologne, Dresden, Göttingen, Greifswald, Jülich, Magdeburg, Munich, Rostock, Tübingen, Witten). |
| German Centre of Gerontology (DZA) | Berlin-Tempelhof | Germany | The DZA focuses on scientific research and documentation in the fields of social and behavioral ageing research. The purpose is to increase, collect, evaluate, process, and disseminate knowledge about the living arrangements of ageing and old people in order to use this knowledge for scientifically independent consultation in respect to the challenges of an ageing population for society and social policy. | |
| Gerontology Research Center (GRC) Simon Fraser University |
Burnaby | Canada | The GRC serves as a focal point for research, education, and information on individual and population ageing and maintains an active publications program to promote utilization of existing knowledge. Research topics:
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| Gerontology Research Unit Division of Psychiatric Neuroscience Research & Neurotherapeutics (PNRN), Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital |
London | UK | The Gerontology Research Unit offers a multidisciplinary and individualized approach to the diagnosis of memory disorders. Research topics:
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| Glenn Center for Aging Research Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
La Jolla | USA | The Glenn Center uses genetic analysis, stem cell biology, and metabolism research to address the overarching goal of defining a healthy lifespan, or healthspan. Researchers will find an answer to the question: Is there a defined biological process of aging that is universal to all organisms? | Currently under revision (since February 2013) |
| Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging Washington University |
St. Louis | USA | The centre provides academic and administrative leadership to foster the development and implementation of activities that enhance productive ageing. It promotes research, education, policy, and service initiatives that enhance the quality of life for older adults. | |
| Healthy Ageing Research Cluster (HARC) The University of Adelaide |
Adelaide | Australia | The vision is to enhance the quality of life of older Australians and promote healthy ageing. Research topics:
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| Huffington Center on Aging (HCOA) Baylor College of Medicine |
Houston | USA | The mission is to improve the quality of lives of people as they age through programs of research, education, and patient care. Research topics:
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| Institut für Gerontologische Forschung IGFe.v. | Munich | Germany | The institute is focused on the ageing society with the aim to identify and support conditions and options that allow a self-determined life in older age. Research topics:
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| Institute for Ageing and Health (IAH) Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University |
Newcastle | UK | The IAH performs multidisciplinary research addressing the understanding of the ageing process and age-related diseases, and to translate research knowledge into healthcare benefits. Research topics:
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| Institute for Aging Research (IFAR) Hebrew SeniorLife |
Boston | USA | The IFAR conducts medical and social studies aimed at developing strategies that maximize strength, vigor, and physical well-being, as well as preserve cognitive and functional independence for adults as they age. Research topics:
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| Institute for Biomedical Aging Research (IBA) Austrian Academy of Sciences |
Innsbruck | Austria | The goal of the institute is to study aging processes at the cellular, molecular, and organismic level in order to better understand age-related impairments and diseases; and to define measures to postpone/prevent age-related impairments and diseases in order to improve the quality of life in old age. Research topics:
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| Institute for Biostatistics and Informatics in Medicine and Ageing Research (IBIMA) University of Rostock |
Rostock | Germany | The IBIMA is focused on the bioinformatics of molecular ageing, stem cell data, and chronic disease processes. Research topics:
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| Institute for Life Course and Aging University of Toronto |
Toronto | Canada | The institute carries out research into aging from a life course perspective, including population aging, and the aged, in the social, psychological and health sciences. | Presentation Portal |
| Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND) University of California |
Irvine | USA | UCI MIND seeks to conduct research to enhance the quality of life for the elderly by identifying factors and life-style approaches that promote successful brain aging. | |
| Institute of Aging (IA) Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
Vancouver | Canada | The IA is focused on the aging person in an aging society, and the effects of different diseases and conditions on aging. Its goal is to improve the quality of life and health of older Canadians by understanding and addressing or preventing the consequences of a wide range of factors associated with aging. Research topics:
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| Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer (IDAC) Tohoku University |
Aoba-ku Sendai | Japan | The IDAC aims to clarify basic mechanisms of ageing, as well as to control age-related diseases (e.g. dementia, intractable cancers). Research topics:
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| Institute of Gerontology (IFG) Ruprechts Carls University of Heidelberg |
Heidelberg | Germany | The IFG is focused on social and behavioural science. Research topics:
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| Institute of Gerontology College of Public Health, University of Georgia |
Athens | USA | The institute coordinates and promotes multi- and inter-disciplinary ageing research, training, and outreach services at the University of Georgia. Keystone research project was The Georgia Centenarian Study (1998 to 2007) of longevity and survival of the oldest old. Research topics:
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| Institute of Gerontology (IOG) Wayne State University |
Michigan | USA | Research is focused on research in social and behavioral sciences and cognitive neuroscience to issues of ageing and urban health. Research topics:
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| Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics "Ana Aslan" | Bucharest | Rumanian | The main activities of the institute are medical geriatric assistance and social gerontology research. | |
| Institute of Healthy Ageing (IHA) University College London (UCL) |
London | UK | The institute will merge biogerontology and the study of ageing-related diseases to develop a translational biogerontology using the ageing process as a point of intervention to protect against the diseases of old age. Research topics:
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| Institute of Psychogerontology (IPG) University Erlangen-Nuremberg |
Erlangen | Germany | The IPG focuses on determining the biological, cognitive, psychological, and social conditions enabling the highest possible productivity, autonomy, vitality, and quality of life throughout ageing. Research topics:
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| Institute on Aging University of California |
San Francisco | USA | The mission is to enhance the quality of life for adults as they age. This is fulfilled by developing and providing innovative programs in health, social service, creative arts, community, and professional education. | |
| Institute on Aging University of Florida |
Gainesville | USA | The mission is to improve the health, independence, and quality of life of older adults. | |
| Institute on Aging (IOA) University of North Carolina |
Chapel Hill | USA | The IOA promotes collaborative applied and basic gerontological research, develops innovative programs of interdisciplinary gerontological education and practice, and provides state-of-the-art information to policy makers, program managers, service providers, clinicians, and the general public. | |
| Institute on Aging University of Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia | USA | The institute will improve the health of older adults by increasing the quality and quantity of clinical and basic research as well as educational programs that focus on normal aging and aging-related diseases. | |
| Institute on Aging University of Virginia |
Charlottesville | USA | The goal is to stimulate interdisciplinary, innovative research and education related to ageing issues. Research topics:
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| Institute on Aging University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Madison | USA | The mission is to promote the health and well-being of the ageing population. It addresses the problems of ageing, which include diseases and impairments (e.g., osteoporosis, dementia, Parkinsons, glaucoma, mobility problems) and the challenges of later life (e.g., widowhood, retirement, caregiving, relocation) as well as the potential of ageing, which refers to the notable strengths, resources, and vitality of those in their 70s and beyond. Research topics:
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| International Institute on Ageing | Valletta | Malta | The institute aims to fulfill the training needs of developing countries and to facilitate the implementation of the Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing. It provides mulit-disciplinary education and training in specific areas related to ageing, and also acts as a catalyst as regards the exchange of information on issues concerned with ageing. | |
| International Research Centre for Healthy Ageing and Longevity (IRCHAL) | Byron Bay | Australia | IRCHAL‘s mission is to promote healthy ageing & longevity through interdisciplinary collaboration amongst world‘s leading experts on the science of health, ageing, and longevity, and to disseminate evidence-based knowledge throughout the nations. Research topics:
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| Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (ICSG) National University of Ireland |
Galway | Ireland | The mission of ICSG is to develop and promote the social and economic aspects of ageing in Ireland for the purpose of supporting a balanced and holistic view of ageing; and to act as a resource for all involved in ageing in Ireland. | |
| Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) Tufts University |
Boston | USA | The mission is to explore the relationship between nutrition, ageing, and health by determining the nutrient requirements that are necessary to promote health and well-being for older adults and examining the degenerative conditions associated with aging. Research topics:
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| Jena Centre for Systems Biology of Ageing (JenAge) Leibniz Institute for Age Research - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) Leibniz Institute for Natural Products Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute (HKI) Friedrich Schiller University (FSU) University Hospital Jena (UKJ) |
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| Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health (COAH) School of Medicine, University of Maryland |
Baltimore | USA | The focal point is to optimize health in ageing and to provide the necessary expertise and infrastructure for the sustainable conduct of research and its translation into improving the health of older adults. | |
| KEEPS - The KRONOS Early Estrogen Prevention Study at KRONOS Longevity Research Institute (KLRI) | Phoenix | USA | The KLRI is aimed to conduct clinical translational research aimed at early detection and prevention of age-related diseases and slowing or reversing the ageing process. | |
| Landon Center on Aging Medical Center, University of Kansas |
Kansas City | USA | This state-funded interdisciplinary center conducts, sponsors, and supports the development of educational, clinical, and research programs related to ageing. | |
| Leibniz Institute for Age Research - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) | Jena | Germany | The FLI aims to understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie the ageing process and that lead to age-related diseases. Research topics:
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| Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine (IUF) Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf GmbH |
Düsseldorf | Germany | The major task is to carry out molecular preventive medical research in the area of environmental health. The main objective is the analysis and evaluation of risks to human health that result from environmental factors. Research topics:
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| Lifespan Health Research Center (LHRC) Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University |
Kettering | USA | The mission of the research centre is to advance and disseminate knowledge through the pursuit of excellence in research, teaching, and professional serviceAt the LHRC research related to the changes that occur in individuals throughout their life spans is conducted. It is home to the Fels Longitudinal Study. Research topics:
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| Longevity Institute | California | USA | This non-profit research corporation provides information linking nutrition and good health and information about the health benefits of nutritional supplements. | |
| Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing | Cologne | Germany | The goal of the institute is to uncover the basic causes and processes of ageing by using model organisms, and to understand the nature of longevity and age-related diseases. Research topics:
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| Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research | Rostock | Germany | This MPI investigates the structure and dynamics of populations. Research topics:
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| Max Planck International Research Network on Aging (MaxNetAging) Max Planck Society |
MaxNetAging is a virtual institute for the advancement of research on the causes, patterns, processes, and consequences of aging. it provides a platform for an international collaboration endeavor between the Max Planck Institutes and outstanding scholars from other institutions. Research topics:
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| Max-Planck Odense Center on the Biodemography of Aging University of Southern Denmark |
Odense | Denmark | The center will endeavor to advance innovative research to discover the basic causes and key consequences of longer and healthier lives, including also its policy implications. Research topics:
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| McGill Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA) | Verdun | Canada | The MCSA has developed a strong expertise in brain ageing. Research topics:
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| Memory and Aging Center (MAC) Alzheimer Disease Research Center (ADRC), University of Southern California |
Los Angeles | USA | The research centre is focused on Alzheimer‘s disease and related disorders; it provides precise and accurate diagnoses, comprehensive care plans, and access to leading-edge clinical trials. | |
| Mercer‘s Institute for Research on Ageing (MIRA) Medical Gerontology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin |
Dublin | Ireland | The goal of MIRA is to enhance the health and care of the older person in both home and care settings, as well as research and determine innovative responses to the ageing process. In addition, the institute provides and supports training and educational services around ageing and associated issues, with a particular emphasis on the concept of successful ageing. | |
| Michiana Gerontology Institute (MGI) Holy Cross College |
Notre Dame | USA | The Michiana Gerontology Institute provides intergenerational outreach and education to improve the lives of elderly through service and awareness. | |
| Michigan Alzheimer‘s Disease Center (MADC) University of Michigan Health System |
Ann Arbor | USA | The MADC aims to conduct and support innovative memory and ageing research to enhance our understanding of Alzheimer‘s disease and related disorders. Research topics:
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| Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA) | Ann Arbor | USA | MiCDA helps spur new research on the economics and demography of ageing and encourages the use of major datasets in the field. Research topics:
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| Monash Research for an Ageing Society (MonRAS) Monash University |
Victoria | Australia | MonRAS is facilitating a cross-faculty multidisciplinary approach to the study of ageing to consolidate the focus of research activities and resources of the entire university to the development of service, technologies, therapies, policies, and programs that address significant issues and improve quality of life of older people. Research topics:
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| Munich Center for the Economics of Aging (MEA) Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy |
Munich | Germany | The mission of MEA is to evaluate, anticipate, and accompany the micro- and macroeconomic aspects of demographic change by developing empirical models that predict these developments. Research topics:
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formerly known as Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), University of Mannheim |
| Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging University of Michigan |
Ann Arbor | USA | The centre is focused on the fundamental mechanisms of the biology of ageing. Research topics:
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This centre is one out of several "Nathan Shock Center of Excellence" funded by the National Institute on Aging. |
| Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging University of Washington |
Washington | USA | The Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging at the University of Washington provides resources to support the large community of University of Washington investigators studying aspects of the basic biology of aging. The goal of the Genetic Approaches to Aging Training Program is to train new independent investigators who will utilize contemporary genetic and molecular genetic techniques to investigate the underlying mechanisms of aging. | This centre is one out of several "Nathan Shock Center of Excellence" funded by the National Institute on Aging. |
| Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging - The Jackson Laboratory | Bar Harbor | USA | Jackson Laboratory research focused on problems of aging to improving resources for the aging research community and to understand the molecular mechanisms at work in lifespan and healthspan. Research topics:
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This centre is one out of several "Nathan Shock Center of Excellence" funded by the National Institute on Aging. |
| National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) | Parkville | Australia | NARI aims to be the centre of excellence in Australia for research into ageing and improving the quality of life and health of older people. Research topics:
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| National Institute for the Study of Ageing and Later Life (NISAL) Linköping University |
Linköping | Sweden | At NISAL, researcher study the interplay between the cultural, social, political, health-related and technical aspects of ageing in a changing society. Research topics:
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The International Journal of Ageing and Later Life (IJAL) was founded by NISAL. |
| National Institute on Aging (NIA) U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
Bethesda | USA | NIA supports and conducts genetic, biological, clinical, behavioral, social, and economic research related to the ageing process, diseases and conditions associated with ageing, and other special problems and needs of older Americans. It fosters the development of research and clinician scientists in aging and communicates information about ageing and advances in research on ageing to the scientific community, health care providers, and the public. Research topics:
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| National Resource Center on LGBT Aging (LGBT - lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) | New York | USA | The National Resource Center on LGBT Aging is a technical assistance resource center aimed at improving the quality of services and supports offered to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults. | |
| NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre in Ageing & Chronic Disease Medical School, Newcastle University |
Newcastle | UK | The aim of the centre is to comprehensively address the complex health care needs of the older people, based on an advanced understanding of the ageing process and age-related disease. Research topics:
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| Newfoundland & Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research (NLCAHR) Memorial University of Newfoundland |
Newfoundland | Canada | NLCAHR’s mission is to contribute to the effectiveness of the health and community services system of Newfoundland and Labrador and to the physical, social, and psychological health and wellbeing of the province’s population by supporting the development and the use of applied health research in this province. One part of the centres work is the administration of the Newfoundland and Labrador Healthy Aging Research Program (NL-HARP) sponsored by the Department of Health and Community Services (DHCS). Research topics:
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| New Zealand Institute for Research on Ageing (NZiRA) Victoria University of Wellington |
Wellington | New Zealand | NZiRA aimed to increase and enhance multi-disciplinary research on human ageing, particularly within the New Zealand context, to advance understanding of individual and societal ageing and its implications. | The work has been transferred to the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies. |
| NYC Elder Abuse Center (NYCEAC) | New York | USA | The NYCEAC will improve the way professionals, organizations and systems respond to elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation. | |
| Oxford Institute of Population Ageing University of Oxford |
Oxford | UK | The global challenge of population ageing is addressed by two research centres:
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| Pacific Parkinson‘s Research Centre (PPRC) | Vancouver | Canada | The mission of the PPRC is to act as a centre of excellence for diagnosis and management of Parkinson‘s and other related disorders; and to conduct a strong research program that spans preclinical, clinical and population studies. | |
| Perceptual & Cognitive Aging Lab University of Calgary |
Calgary | Canada | The centre aims to investigate the age-related change in visual perception and cognitive processes. Research topics:
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| Population Aging Research Center (PARC) University of Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia | USA | The institute fosters research on the demography and economics of health and ageing. Research topics:
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| Population Studies Center (PSC) University of Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia | USA | At PSC the aim is to study the growth and structure of human populations, primarily in terms of fertility, mortality, and migration. Research topics:
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| Princeton Longevity Center (PLC) | Princeton | USA | The PLC provides the most advanced and individually-tailored programs for improving and sustaining health and longevity. | |
| RAND Center for the Study of Aging | Santa Monica | USA | The centre aims to help improve public policy through both data collection and data analysis. Research is focused on the interrelationship among health, economic status, socioeconomic factors, and public policy. | |
| Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) University of Kentucky |
Lexington | USA | The SBCoA is dedicated to understanding the ageing process and age-related brain diseases, and education, outreach and clinical programs that promote healthy brain ageing. Research topics:
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| Sau Po Centre on Ageing University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong | China | The centre focuses on enhancing the quality of life of older persons in Asia through gerontology research, education, and policy advocacy. Research topics:
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| Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA) | Kitchener | Canada | The RIA promotes research, training, and practice to enhance care and quality of life for seniors. Research topics:
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| School of Aging Studies College of Behavorial and Community Sciences, University of South Florida (USF) |
Tampa | USA | The mission is excellence in applied ageing research and education. Research topics:
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| Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing (SISA) University of Sheffield |
Sheffield | UK | Research topics:
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| Smart Ageing International Research Center (SAIRC) Tohoku University (IDAC) |
Sendai | Japan | The centre will promote international cooperative research on smart ageing so that individuals can cope more effectively with the changes brought on by ageing and can, within society, mature intellectually. In addition, the centre will change the negative view of ageing in research and society to a positive one. Research topics:
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| Social Policy and Ageing Research Centre (SPARC) Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin |
Dublin | Ireland | SPARC views on research into the social policy impacts and implications of ageing and generates policy advice and insights that can in turn be used by policy makers and practitioners to improve the lives of older people. Research topics:
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| SRI International Center for Health Sciences | Menlo Park | USA | Neurodegenerative Diseases Program (Parkinson‘s, Alzheimer‘s, and Gaucher disease) are in the focus of research at the SRI‘s Center for Health Sciences and SRI Biosciences. The aim is to determine the causes of such neurodegenerative diseases. Ageing research at the SRI is focused on blood pressure and cognition in the elderly, sleep apnea in elderly twins and more. Research topics:
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| Stanford / VA / NIA Aging Clinical Research Center (ACRC) Stanford University |
Palo Alto | USA | ACRC focuses on Alzheimer‘s disease and memory losses associated with normal ageing. Research topics:
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| Stanford / VA Alzheimer‘s Research Center Stanford University |
Palo Alto | USA | The centre conducts research into causes and treatment of Alzheimer‘s disease and it offers information, referral services, and comprehensive diagnostic assessments of individuals with memory problems. It provides advanced caregiver support, intervention, community education, and professional training, and develop a central pool of information on Alzheimer‘s disease in California. Research topics:
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| Stanford Center on Longevity (SCL) Stanford University |
Stanford | USA | The mission of the centre is to redisgn long life by exploring the nature and development of the entire human life span, looking for innovative ways to use science and technology to solve the problems of people over 50 in order to improve the well-being of people of all ages. Research topics:
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| The Center for Healthy Ageing The Pennsylvania State University |
Pennsylvania | USA | The centre aims to advance the understanding of how social, psychological, and biological processes interact to confer either risk or resilience for the ageing individual. Research topics:
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formerly known as Penn State Gerontology Center |
| The Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer‘s Disease Research Center (Knight ADRC) School of Medicine, Washington University |
St. Louis | USA | The Knight ADRC supports research of Alzheimer‘s Disease and other aging-related brain disorders. Research topics:
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| The Parkinson‘s Institute and Clinical Center (The PI) | Sunnyvale | USA | The mission of ‘The PI‘ is to provide comprehensive patient care, while discovering new treatment options to improve the quality of life for all Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. | |
| Tulane Center for Aging School of Medicine, Tulane University |
New Orleans | USA | The centre is dedicated to the enhancement of the quality of life of an aging population through research, education, and innovative approaches to healthcare and community planning and design. Research topics:
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| UAB Center for Aging University of Alabama |
Birmingham | USA | The UAB creates and uses knowledge that will optimize function, enhance management of illness, and reduce health disparities among older adults. Research topics:
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| UCLA Longevity Center Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior |
Los Angeles | USA | The UCLA Longevity Center is dedicated to improving quality of life through the alleviation of age-related memory loss. The centre provides state-of-the-art cognitive and brain scanning assessments, programs for improving mental performance, and opportunities to volunteer for brain imaging and memory research. Research topics:
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formerly known as UCLA Memory and Aging Center |
| UCSD Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging (SIRA) University of California |
San Diego | USA | The Stein Institute is dedicated to the development and application of the latest advances in biomedical and behavioral science knowledge to issues of successful ageing and the prevention and reduction of the burden of disability and disease in late life. Research topics:
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| UCSF Institute for Health & Aging (IHA) School of Nursing, University of California |
San Fransisco | USA | The mission of the IHA is to optimize the health and ageing of individuals, communities, and society through research, education, and public service in the social and behavioral sciences. | |
| UCSF Memory and Aging Center Alzheimer‘s Disease Research Center (ADRC), University of California |
San Francisco | USA | The mission of the UCSF Memory and Aging Center is to provide the highest quality of care for individuals with cognitive problems, conduct research on the causes and cures for degenerative brain diseases, and educate health professionals, patients, and their families. Research topics:
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| USC Davis School of Gerontology & Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center University of Southern California |
Los Angeles | USA | The mission is to shed new light on the multiple processes of ageing and to better understand the implications of these processes for individuals, families, organizations, and society. The school is aimed at equipping future professionals in the field of ageing with the specific skills and knowledge necessary to respond effectively to the needs of an ageing population. Research topics:
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| USC/UCLA Center of Biodemography & Population Health (CBPH) Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California |
Los Angeles | USA | The aim of the CBPH is to provide a synergistic research environment for the integration and translation of research findings from a variety of disciplines such as epidemiology, clinical geriatrics, biostatistics, and biology into their effects on the health status of populations and the expected life cycles of individuals. | |
| Virtual Institute of Neurodegeneration & Ageing Helmholtz Association |
Munich-Neuherberg | Germany | The Virtual Institute is an interactive platform for research and education in the field of neurosciences and is achieved to a better understanding of the pathogenic principles of neurodegenerative diseases via exploring their interaction with mechanisms of ageing in the central nervous system (CNS) in general. Research topics:
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| Weill-Cornell‘s Center for Aging Research and Clinical Care Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College, Cornell University |
New York | USA | The mission is to improve the quality-of-life of older adults through an integration of Cornell‘s ageing programs in research, clinical care, and teaching. Research topics:
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| Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases (CARD) King‘s College London |
London | UK | The research at the centre is aimed towards developing treatments for a number of age-related problems. Research topics:
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