National Institute on Aging's 50th Anniversary: Advancing Aging Research and the Health and Well-being of Older Adults

Overview

Journal J Am Geriatr Soc

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2024 Mar 6

PMID 38445895

Authors

Amy Kelley

Siobhan Addie

Stacy Carrington-Lawrence

Luigi Ferrucci

Patricia Jones

Evan Hadley

Todd Haim

Jessica Harper

Shoshana Kahana

Melinda Kelley

Ronald Kohanski

Eliezer Masliah

Cindy McConnell

Stephanie Morrison

Lisbeth Nielsen

Kenneth Santora

Richard Hodes

Affiliations

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Abstract

The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was founded in 1974 to support and conduct research on aging and the health and well-being of older adults. Fifty years ago, the concept of studying aging generated much skepticism. Early NIA-funded research findings helped establish the great value of aging research and provided the foundation for significant science advances that have improved our understanding of the aging process, diseases and conditions associated with aging, and the effects of health inequities, as well as the need to promote healthy aging lifestyles. Today, we celebrate the many important contributions to aging research made possible by NIA, as well as opportunities to continue to make meaningful progress. NIA emphasizes that the broad aging research community must continue to increase and expand our collective efforts to recruit and train a diverse next generation of aging researchers.

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