Aug 19, 2020
CALERIE (Comprehensive Assessment of the Long-term Effects of Reducing Intake of Energy) at Duke University has collected a trove of biosamples and data. NIA continues to fund research opportunities using CALERIE data. Caloric restriction (CR) has been shown in...
Aug 19, 2020
The National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging, funded by the NIA and housed at Michigan, acquires and disseminates datasets relevant to gerontological research – processing these data as needed to promote their effective research use. With thousands of...
Aug 19, 2020
The pioneering Future Elderly Model (FEM) allows microsimulation of future trends in the health, functional status, health spending, and earnings for people over age 50. Led by USC, the NIA-supported FEM has collaborators at Harvard, Stanford, RAND, Michigan, and...
Aug 19, 2020
Using NHATS data, 2011-2015, Vicki Freedman, Judith Kasper, Brenda Spillman, and Brenda Plassman analyze the prevalence of probable dementia over this period among Americans 70 and older, finding declines that are concentrated among women, non-Hispanic whites and...
Aug 19, 2020
Developed by Wisconsin’s Amy Kind, the Neighborhood Atlas uses the Area Deprivation Index of 17 measures of education, housing, and poverty, updated with current ACS data. Users can rank area neighborhoods by disadvantage to study effects on health/mortality and...
