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| Ageing Research Centre (ARC) New South Wales Health Department |
Randwick NSW | Australia | 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.
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| Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney |
Lidcombe | Australia | The research uses a 'life span continuum' which looks across generations.
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| Aging Brain Center (ABC) Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife |
Boston | USA | Conduct cutting-edge research that will improve daily functioning and quality of life for older people.
Conduct rigorous 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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| Aging Research Center (ARC) Karolinska Institutet Stockholm University |
Stockholm | Sweden | Epidemiological studies on different health related aspects of brain aging and the elderly.
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| Alzheimer's and Aging Research Center | San Diego | USA | Support biomedical research directed towards further increasing our understanding of the aging process, allowing seniors to live ever fuller and more enjoyable lives.
Focus on a variety of conditions commonly related to the aging process. Research topics:
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| Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) School of Medicine, Emory University |
Atlanta | USA | Provide Georgia and surrounding states with outstanding clinical, research, and educational programs related to the treatment, care, and cure of Alzheimer’s disease.
The emphasis on mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is influenced by shared interests in:
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| Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (Knight ADRC) Washington University School of Medicine |
St. Louis | USA | Support research of Alzheimer's Disease and other aging-related brain disorders.
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| Aston Research Centre for Healthy Ageing (ARCHA) Aston University |
Birmingham | UK | 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.
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| Australian Institute for Population Ageing Research (AIPAR) University of New South Wales |
Sydney | Australia | It has been developed as 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 |
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| Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies Health Science Center, University of Texas |
San Antonio | USA | Dedicated to enhancing the quality of gerontological research and clinical application, with the ultimate goal of providing humankind with longer lives, free of debilitating disease.
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| Baycrest Research Centre for Aging and the Brain | Toronto | Canada | Promote effective care and improved quality of life of the elderly through research into behavioural changes associated with the aging process (Rotman Research Institute - RRI).
The primary research focus 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. Conduct research alongside clinicians and apply the results directly to client care (Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit - KLARU). |
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| The Basic Biology of Aging University of Washington |
Washington | USA | The Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in 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. |
| Buck Institute for Age Research | Novato | USA | Increase the healthy years of life through basic biomedical research.
Studies are focused on the aging process itself, the development of age-related diseases and the potential use of stem cells to treat neurodegenerative diseases and arthritis. |
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| Center for Aging Research (CAR) 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 was designed to create a bridge between research, education and clinical programs. |
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| Center for Aging Research (IUCAR) Indiana University |
Indianapolis | USA | The centre is aimed at geriatric health services research with three highly integrated foci:
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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 Health & Human Sciences, Oregon State University |
Corvallis | USA | The centre aims at studying optimal aging across the lifespan within four research cores:
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| Center for Research and Education in Aging (CREA) University of California |
Berkeley | USA | Investigate the basic processes that cause aging, with the goal of improving and extending human health span. | |
| Center for Research on Aging University of Maryland, School of Medicine |
Baltimore | USA | Ageing research and training in primary and secondary aspects of aging, the pathogenesis and treatment of disease, rehabilitation and preventive medicine, and the mechanisms by which the health status of the elderly can be improved through innovative translational research. | |
| Center on Demography and Economics of Aging NORC and University of Chicago |
Illinois | USA | Provide research support services and encourage the development of new research projects and research foci in the demography and economics of aging.
Facilitate collaborative research and teaching ties between scientists working in the field of aging in the United States and the United Kingdom Concentration on four broad subject areas:
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| Centre for Active Management of Lifelong Ageing (CAMLA) Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick |
Limerick | Ireland | Support and foster research within the ageing research community locally, nationally and internationally.
CAMLA provides advice and support to researchers with an interest in Lifelong Ageing. |
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| 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) School of Health & Medicine, Lancaster University |
Lancashire | UK | Promotion of research-led teaching around ageing, older people and age-related disease.
The research encompasses neuro-generative disease (particularly Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease), molecular change associated with the ageing process as well as pathological developments associated with disease. Design and development of new technologies to support and enhance the health and wellbeing of older people and their care-givers. |
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| Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (CARDI) | Belfast | Ireland | Advance the ageing research agenda by identifying, coordinating, stimulating, and communicating strategic research on ageing and older people.
Intended as a means to improve the lives of older people in Ireland (Nort and South). |
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 | 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. Main specialisations:
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| Centre for Education and Research on Ageing (CERA) Concord Repatriation General Hospital The University of Sydney |
Concord | Australia | Expand and share knowledge of human ageing through collaborative, multidisciplinary research and education.
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| Centre for Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (ZGGF) Medical School, University of Freiburg |
Freiburg | Germany | Basic research and differential diagnostics of older humans with brain disorder.
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| Centre for Innovative Ageing (CIA) Swansea University |
Swansea | UK | The centre has the philosophy of translating research into practice through active interaction with policy makers, managers and practitioners.
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 | Develop an understanding of the biology of ageing and ageing-related diseases and how these are affected by nutrition using a systems biology approach.
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| Centre for Mental Health Research College of Medicine, Biology & Environment, Australian National University |
Canberra | Australia | Improve the mental health of Australians through research and development, training, policy and the dissemination of health information.
Population-based mental health research with the following goals:
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| Centre for Policy on Ageing Curtin University of Technology |
London | UK | Policy and research work that covers a broad range of issues having an impact on ageing and old age.
Concerned with the analysis of public policy as it affects older people, research into related issues and the promotion of good practice in service design and provision. Research topics:
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| Centre for Research on Ageing Curtin University of Technology |
Perth | Australia | Improve the health and well-being of older persons through a multidisciplinary research approach.
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| Centre for Research on Ageing (CRA) University of Southampton, School of Social Sciences |
Southampton | UK | International and multi-disciplinary research centre examining key issues in ageing and the lifecourse, informing policy and debating at the national and local level.
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| Centre for Social Gerontology Keele University |
Keele | UK | The centre works on the social analysis of ageing.
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| Center of Excellence on Brain Aging NYU Langone Medical Center |
New York | USA | Devoted to the understanding, treatment, cure and prevention of aging-related cognitive decline through translational research, education and evidence-based geriatric care.
Committed to promoting healthy brain ageing through early diagnosis and comprehensive treatment of emergent memory problems and interfacing our efforts with other medical disciplines encompassing ageing and disease-related prevention. Research topics:
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| Centre on Aging University of Manitoba |
Winnipeg | Canada | Coordinate between research affiliates and community representatives, provide access to sources of funding, and distribute findings to administrators, policy makers, practitioners, seniors, caregivers of seniors, and community members at large.
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| Centre on Aging University of Victoria |
Victoria | Canada | Advance knowledge in the field of aging in order to assist seniors, their families, those working with seniors, health-care providers and the government in meeting the challenges and potentials of an aging society.
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| Chemical Biology of Neurodegenerative Diseases - center of advanced european studies and research (caesar) |
Bonn | Germany | Research in the field of neurosciences with modern photonic, molecular biological and chemical methods as well as methods of microtechnology.
Investigation of key biological processes by means of tailored organic molecules synthesised in the laboratory in order to analyze molecular causes for neurodegenerative diseases. |
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| Clinical Ageing Research Unit (CARU) Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University |
Newcastle | UK | The primary focus is research into conditions associated with ageing.
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 | Unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying lifespan regulation and aging-associated diseases to set the ground to achieve the long-term objective of developing novel therapeutic interventions.
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| Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging (CITRA) Cornell University |
Ithaca | USA | Cultivate and maintain 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. | |
| Danish Aging Research Center (DARC) University of Southern Denmark University of Aarhus University of Copenhagen |
Odense | Denmark | Research in human aging processes from a range of different angels. Combine aging research from a molecular level, to the individual and finally to the entire population.
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| Danish Centre for Molecular Gerontology (DCMG) University of Aarhus |
Aarhus | Denmark | Identify molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the ageing process and in the origin of age-related diseases.
Search for effective means of reducing age-related loss in cellular functions. Search for methods for recovery of lost biological activity during ageing. Employ the knowledge obtained to prevent some of the age-related diseases. |
International center 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.
Produce new drugs to protect the brain, heart, and pancreas, and develop regenerative brain, heart, and diabetes therapies using stem cells. Research topics:
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| Dementia Research Centre (DRC) Institute of Neurology, University College London |
London | UK | Identify, measure, monitor and understand the cognitive changes associated with degenerative disease and normal ageing.
Clinical research into dementia, e.g. longitudinal studies of Familial Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia. |
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| Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging and Departments of Geriatrics University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) |
Little Rock | USA | Research topics:
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| Duke University's Population, Policy and Aging Research Center (PPARC) Duke University |
Durham | USA | The centre is focused on investigations into the genetic and non-genetic determinants of longevity.
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| Flinders Centre for Ageing Studies (FCAS) School of Psychology, Flinders University |
Adelaide | Australia | Multidisciplinary focus on research, education and professional gerontological activities locally, nationally and internationally.
The research core is the Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ALSA):
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| Geriatric Studies Center / Alzheimer's Disease Research Center University of Southern California |
Los Angeles | USA | Support collaborative research efforts to improve the diagnosis and treatment of dementia.
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. |
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| Geriatrics Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine |
New Haven | USA | 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 aging. |
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| German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) | Bonn | Germany | Understand the causes and risk factors that predispose to neurodegeneration and to develop new therapeutic and health care strategies.
Address 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 | Focus on scientific research and documentation in the fields of social and behavioral ageing research.
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. |
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| Gerontology Research Center (GRC) Simon Fraser University |
Burnaby | Canada | Research topics:
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| Gerontology Research Unit Division of Psychiatric Neuroscience Research & Neurotherapeutics (PNRN), Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital |
London | UK | Research topics:
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| Glenn Center for Aging Research Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
La Jolla | USA | Use genetic analysis, stem cell biology and metabolism research to address the overarching goal of defining a healthy lifespan, or healthspan.
Find an answer to the question: Is there a defined biological process of aging that is universal to all organisms? |
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| Healthy Ageing Research Cluster (HARC) The University of Adelaide |
Adelaide | Australia | Enhance the quality of life of older Australians and promote healthy ageing by making contributions to both local and global communities.
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| Huffington Center on Aging (HCOA) Baylor College of Medicine |
Houston | USA | Improve the quality of lives of people as they age through programs of research, education and patient care.
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| Institute for Ageing and Health (IAH) Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University |
Newcastle | UK | Multidisciplinary research addressing how and why we age, the treatment of associated disease and disability and the support of through-life health, wellbeing, and independence.
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| Institute for Aging Research (IFAR) Hebrew SeniorLife |
Boston | USA | Promote scientific investigation that considers the complex relationship between biological, social and psychological factors that influence how well we can all live in old age now, and in the future.
Conduct rigorous 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 | Study aging processes at the cellular/molecular level in order to better understand age-related impairments and diseases.
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 | Focus on the bioinformatics of molecular ageing, stem cell data and chronic disease processes.
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| Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND) University of California |
Irvine | USA | Understand the causes leading to neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease, frontotemporal dementia, Lewy body dementia, and Huntington's Disease.
Identify factors and life-style approaches that promote successful brain aging. |
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| Institute of Aging (IA) Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
Vancouver | Canada | Focus on the aging person in an aging society, and the effects of different diseases and conditions on aging.
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 | Study intractable diseases in relation to aging, including cancer and degenerative brain diseases.
Analyze the molecular mechanisms of development and differentiation, carcinogenesis, and self defense mechanisms. |
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| Institute of Gerontology (IFG) Ruprechts Carls University of Heidelberg |
Heidelberg | Germany | Focus on social and behavioural science.
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| Institute of Gerontology College of Public Health, University of Georgia |
Athens | USA | Coordinate and promote 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) University of Michigan |
Ann Arbor | USA | Focus on biological, clinical and social research on ageing and age-related diseases.
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| Institute of Gerontology (IOG) Wayne State University |
Michigan | USA | Focus on issues of aging and urban health.
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| Institute of Healthy Ageing (IHA) University College London (UCL) |
London | UK | 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.
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| Institute of Psychogerontology (IPG) University Erlangen-Nuremberg |
Erlangen | Germany | Focus on determining the biological, cognitive, psychological, and social conditions enabling the highest possible productivity, autonomy, vitality and quality of life throughout ageing.
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| Institute on Aging (IOA) University of California |
San Francisco | USA | Focus on issues of practical importance to the health and well-being of the elderly.
Investigate treatments and therapies for illnesses affecting older adults, such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, mental depression, and HIV in older adults. |
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| Institute on Aging University of Florida |
Gainesville | USA | Improve the health, independence and quality of life of older adults by means of interdisciplinary teams in the areas of research, education and health care. | |
| Institute on Aging (IOA) University of North Carolina |
Chapel Hill | USA | Promote collaborative applied and basic gerontological research.
Develop innovative programs of interdisciplinary gerontological education and practice, and provide state-of-the-art information to policy makers, program managers, service providers, clinicians, and the general public. |
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| Institute on Aging (IOA) University of Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia | USA | 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 | Promote basic and applied research on topics related to aging.
Serve as an information and education resource about aging issues. Influence the development and implementation of public policy that addresses the needs of older adults. Understand and enhance the aging process throughout the human lifespan. Research topics:
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| Institute on Aging (IOA) University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Madison | USA | Focus on addressing the problems of aging, 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 aging, which refers to the notable strengths, resources, and vitality of those in their 70s and beyond.
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| International Institute on Ageing and Longevity | Valletta | Malta | Empower the less developed countries to cope with the challenges of the consequences of mass longevity in the next decades by building capacity for them to be able to educate and train their own personnel to formulate and implement their own appropriate policies.
Establish regional training centres for this purpose in the less developed countries and regions by training and educating key personnel in different aspects of ageing, including social gerontology, the economic and financial aspects of ageing, medical gerontology, policy formulation and demography of ageing. Provide continuing support and continuity to sustain both the individual personnel and the centres by modern information technology. Promote interactive networks and partnerships to sustain these initiatives, both between developing countries and to make available in an appropriate mode, expertise from developed countries. |
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| International Research Centre for Healthy Ageing and Longevity (IRCHAL) | Byron Bay | Australia | Promote healthy ageing & longevity through interdisciplinary collaboration amongst the world's leading experts on the science of health, ageing and longevity.
Disseminate evidence-based knowledge throughout the nations of the developed and developing world. Research topics:
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| Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) Tufts University |
Boston | USA | Explore the relationship between nutrition, aging 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.
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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) |
Jena | Germany | Identify conserved transcriptional and metabolic networks activated by mild stress and to investigate their role in preserving functional integrity in old age.
Join forces between age research and systems biology. | |
| Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health (COAH) School of Medicine, University of Maryland |
Baltimore | USA | Optimize the health and quality of life of older populations, and to see the discoveries pay off as added years of healthy life for older adults.
Cover the full spectrum of aging research, from the biology of aging to health policy, facilitating the translation of research discoveries into applications that will directly improve the health of older adults. Provide key infrastructure, such as the statistical data core, that supports clinical- and population-based research and education, with expertise in research with older adults. |
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| Kronos Longevity Research Institute (KLRI) | Phoenix | USA | Understand the human aging process and prevent age-related disease.
Move basic discoveries into clinical practice and communicate research results to scientific and healthcare professionals and to the public so that people may enjoy longer and healthier lives. |
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| Leibniz Institute for Age Research - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) | Jena | Germany | Understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie the ageing process and that lead to age-related diseases.
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| Lifespan Health Research Center (LHRC) Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University |
Kettering | USA | Conduct research related to the changes that occur in individuals throughout their life spans.
Fels Longitudinal Study (started 1927-1932)
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| Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA) University of Mannheim |
Mannheim | Germany | Evaluate, anticipate and accompany the micro- and macroeconomic aspects of demographic change.
Develop and administer empirical models that predict these developments. Research topics:
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| Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing | Cologne | Germany | Research on the aging process using model organisms.
Tackle the whole ageing process, and identify genes and mechanisms that have ubiquitous effects on processes of damage and deterioration. Research topics:
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| Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research | Rostock | Germany | Research topics:
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| McGill Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA) | Verdun | Canada | Research topics:
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| Memory and Aging Center (MAC) Alzheimer Disease Research Center (ADRC), University of Southern California |
Los Angeles | USA | Provide participants with precise and accurate diagnoses, comprehensive care plans and access to leading-edge clinical trials while advancing the understanding of Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders. | |
| Mercer's Institute for Research on Ageing (MIRA) Medical Gerontology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin |
Dublin | Ireland | 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.
Provide and support training and educational services around ageing and associated issues, with a particular emphasis on the concept of successful ageing. |
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| Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (MADRC) | Ann Arbor | USA | Devoted to research, clinical care, and providing current information on Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders.
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| Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA) | Ann Arbor | USA | Spur new research on the economics and demography of aging and encourage use of major datasets in the field.
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| Monash Research for an Ageing Society (MonRAS) Monash University |
Victoria | Australia | 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.
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| Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging University of Michigan |
Ann Arbor | USA | 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 | Conduct research into all aspects of ageing.
Provide and promote education on ageing by the expansion, advancement and dissemination of knowledge concerning all aspects of ageing. Research topics:
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| National Institute on Aging (NIA) U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
Bethesda | USA | Support and conduct genetic, biological, clinical, behavioral, social, and economic research related to the aging process, diseases and conditions associated with aging, and other special problems and needs of older Americans.
Foster the development of research and clinician scientists in aging. Communicate information about aging and advances in research on aging to the scientific community, health care providers, and the public. Research topics:
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| New Zealand Institute for Research on Ageing (NZiRA) Victoria University of Wellington |
Wellington | New Zealand | Increase and enhance multi-disciplinary research on human ageing, particularly within the New Zealand context.
Promote collaboration amongst researchers in the area of ageing throughout New Zealand and internationally. Advance understanding of individual and societal ageing and its implications. Communicate research findings to improve public awareness, practice, and policy and monitor the impact of research. |
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| Newfoundland & Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research (NLCAHR) | Newfoundland | Canada | 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).
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| Newcastle NIHR Biomedical Research Centre in Ageing Medical School, Newcastle University |
Newcastle | UK | Translate advances in biomedical sciences to clinical research for the benefit of patients.
Focus on the effects of age and ageing on organ dysfunction with considerable cross fertilisation at the basic science and clinical levels. Research topics:
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| Oxford Institute of Ageing University of Oxford |
Oxford | UK | The global challenge of population ageing is addressed by two research centres:
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| Penn State Gerontology Center The Pennsylvania State University |
Pennsylvania | USA | Promote interdisciplinary research that explores the diversity and complexity of the process of human aging.
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| Population Aging Research Center (PARC) University of Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia | USA | Research on the demography and economics of health and aging.
Focus on population and individual processes in the areas of aging, including both the determinants and the effects of population composition and population processes. Research topics:
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| Population Studies Center (PSC) University of Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia | USA | Study of the growth and structure of human populations, primarily in terms of fertility, mortality, and migration.
Understanding of the dynamics of human populations. Research topics:
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| RAND Center for the Study of Aging | Santa Monica | USA | Conduct objective, independent, behavioral research on the elderly population.
Improve public policy through both primary data collection and secondary data analysis. Research topics:
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| Sanders-Brown Center on Aging University of Kentucky |
Lexington | USA | Support life-long growth and development and improve the lives of older individuals.
Sponsor a wide range of research, service, and educational activities. 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 | Promote international cooperative research on smart aging so that individuals can cope more effectively with the changes brought on by aging and can, within society, mature intellectually.
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 | Research into the social policy impacts and implications of ageing.
Generate 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 | Among others the centre has two ageing-related research programs:
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| Stanford Center on Longevity (SCL) Stanford University |
Stanford | USA | Study 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 and improve the well-being of people of all ages.
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| Stanford / VA / NIA Aging Clinical Research Center (ACRC) Stanford University |
Palo Alto | USA | Focus on Alzheimer's Disease and memory losses associated with normal aging.
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| Stanford / VA Alzheimer's Research Center Stanford University |
Palo Alto | USA | Offer information, referral services and comprehensive diagnostic assessments of individuals with memory problems.
Provide 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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| Tulane Center for Aging School of Medicine, Tulane University |
New Orleans | USA | 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.
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| UAB Center for Aging University of Alabama |
Birmingham | USA | Create and use knowledge that will optimize function, enhance management of illness, and reduce health disparities among older adults.
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| UCLA Memory and Aging Center Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior |
Los Angeles | USA | Provide state-of-the-art cognitive and brain scanning assessments, programs for improving mental performance, and opportunities to volunteer for brain imaging and memory research.
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| UCSD Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging (SIRA) University of California |
San Diego | USA | 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.
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| UCSF Memory and Aging Center Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC), University of California |
San Francisco | USA | 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.
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| University of Michigan Geriatrics Center University of Michigan |
Ann Arbor | USA | Increase the span of healthy, active life for older adults through interdisciplinary clinical care, education, research and community service.
Develop initiatives in geriatrics research and training to advance the state of knowledge regarding the medical problems of the older adult. Research programs are designed to complement the multidisciplinary approaches to clinical care and education that are characteristic of the field of Geriatrics. |
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| University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging (UPIA) | Pittsburgh | USA | Bridge the gap between existing knowledge and practice and utilize research findings to influence policy locally, statewide, and nationally.
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| USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography & Population Health (CBPH) Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California |
Los Angeles | USA | 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. | |
| USC Davis School of Gerontology Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California |
Los Angeles | USA | Shed new light on the multiple processes of aging and to better understand the implications of these processes for individuals, families, organizations and society.
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| USDA Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) | Boston | USA | Explore the interrelationships between nutrition, aging, and health.
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| Virtual Institute of Neurodegeneration & Ageing | Munich-Neuherberg | Germany | Achieve 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.
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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 | Improve the quality-of-life of older adults through an integration of Cornell's ageing programs in research, clinical care, and teaching.
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| Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases (CARD) King's College London |
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