The NIA’s Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN) is seeking to fund two or more pilot or developmental projects that involve multiple NIA-sponsored research centers to foster new research in the area of Behavior Change to Benefit Older Adults including...
“Older black adults with high blood pressure, and especially black men, show more severe cognitive declines than white adults who have high blood pressure”
Led by Marguerite Burns, PhD, Department of Population Health Sciences at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, and co-principal investigator Ryan Westergaard, MD, PhD, department of Medicine, the project will explore the effects of the April 2014 expansion of...
In this video post to kick off the New Year, NIA Director Dr. Richard Hodes discusses opportunities ahead for researchers in aging and Alzheimer’s and related dementias science, including budget, pay lines, and growing the field, as well as upcoming events and funding...
Caregivers 60 and older who provide “marginal” assistance–spending up to an hour helping often with just one activity–report worse well-being than those who help two hours a day handling various activities, according to Vicki Freedman, research...
