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Gerontology
and Aging: Professional Associations,
Research Institutes, Government
Agencies
American
Federation for Aging Research
- AFAR supports biomedical research to
promote healthier aging and a further
understanding of the aging process. This
organization administers eight grant
programs yearly for medical students and
scientists. Source: AFAR
American
Society on Aging
- ASA offers comprehensive educational
programming, publications, information and
training resources on aging-related
issues. Source: ASA
Foundation
for Health in Aging
- Established by the American Geriatrics
Society, the Foundation champions
initiatives in public education, clinical
research and public policy related to
healthy aging. Source: AGS
Gerontological
Society of America
- GSA promotes multi-and interdisciplinary
research in aging and disseminates
gerontological research knowledge. Source:
GSA
HealthandAge.com
: the Novartis Foundation for Gerontology
- This website features a "virtual
university," weekly health news, access to
articles on a variety of topics and issues
in geriatrics and gerontology, and more.
Viewers can select a viewer profile that
is appropriate for them, including
profiles for physicians and researchers,
other health care professionals, and
consumers. Source: Novartis
Foundation
National
Academy on an Aging Society
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NAAS is a Washington-based non-partisan,
non-profit institute that promotes
critical thinking about the implications
of an aging society and conducts and
synthesizes research on a broad range of
topics related to income and health
security. One of their latest projects is
a series of 12 profiles entitled
"Challenges of the 21st Century: Chronic
and Disabling Conditions," which is funded
by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The
latest profile inthe series is
"Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia."
Source:NAAS
National
Institute on Aging
- NIA is one of the National Institutes of
Health, the principal biomedical research
agency of the U.S. Government. Among the
information available on the web site is a
list of NIA produced educational materials
on topics related to aging &
health.
UCLA
Geronet
- This site is devoted to health &
aging resources for higher education and
contains information such as research and
data sources, journals, continuing
education and training, syllabi, etc. The
site is sponsored by the California GEC,
NIA - UCLA Older Americans Center, and the
State of California Academic Geriatric
Resource Program. Source:
Geronet
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