Division of Behavioral and Social Research
Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging
The Division of Behavioral and Social Research at the National Institute on Aging currently supports fourteen Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging. The reach of these Centers is global, with almost all involved in international projects, helping to develop the fields of demography and economics of aging in many countries. All centers investigate aspects of health and health care, the societal impact of population aging, and the economic and social circumstances of the elderly. Some of the innovative areas of research emerging from these Centers are studies of:
- The transmission of longevity over generations
- Brain function
- Judgment and financial decision making
- Populations differences in management of chronic disease
- Biomarkers combined with social survey data to connect life events with health
- The impact of HIV/AIDS on older family members
Key activities of the Centers include the following:
- Program development
- Training
- Data resources
- Statistical data enclaves
- Conferences and workshops
- Research dissemination
- Multidisciplinary collaborations
- International collaborations
The currently-funded Demography and Economics of Aging Centers are:
| Principal Investigator (PI) | Center | PI Address |
|---|---|---|
| Agree, Emily M. | Hopkins Center for Population Aging and Health |
Johns Hopkins University Department of Population and Family Health 615 North Wolfe Street, Room E4014 Baltimore, MD 21205 |
| Bloom, David E. | Center for Global Demography of Aging |
Harvard University 665 Huntington Ave. Bldg 1, 11th Floor Boston, MA 02115 |
| Bound, John | Center on the Demography of Aging |
University of Michigan Population Studies Center - ISR 426 Thompson Street Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248 |
| Crimmins, Eileen | Center on Biodemography and Population Health |
University of Southern California and University of California at Los Angeles Andrus Gerontology Center 3715 S. McClintock Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90089-0191 |
| Garber, Alan M. | Center on the Economics and Demography for Health and Aging |
Stanford University Department of Medicine/PCOR 117 Encina Commons Stanford, CA 94305-6019 |
| Hauser, Robert M. | Center for Demography of Health and Aging |
University of Wisconsin - Madison 4412 Sewell Social Science Building 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706-1393 |
| Hurd, Michael D. | Center for the Study of Aging |
RAND Corporation 1776 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138 Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138 |
| Lee, Ronald D. | Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging (CEDA) |
University of California at Berkeley 2232 Piedmont Avenue Berkeley, CA 94720-2120 |
| Paxson, Christina H. | Center for the Demography of Aging |
Princeton University 316 Wallace Hall Princeton, NJ 08544 |
| Soldo, Beth J. | Center on the Demography of Aging |
University of Pennsylvania Populations Studies Center 3718 Locust Walk, 239 McNeil Building Philadelphia, PA 19104-6298 |
| Vaupel, James W. | Duke Center on the Demography of Aging |
Duke University Public Policy- DuPRI SSRI Bay A -105, Box 90420 2024 W. Main Street Durham, NC 27708-0420 |
| Waite, Linda J. | Center on the Demography and Economics of Aging |
University of Chicago & National Opinion Research Center (NORC) 1155 East 60th Street Chicago, IL 60637 |
| Wise, David A. | Center for Aging and Health Research |
National Bureau of Economic Research 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 |
| Wolf, Douglas A. | Center for Aging and Policy Studies |
Syracuse University Center for Policy Research 426 Eggers Hall Syracuse, NY 13244 |
More information is available at the Centers’ website at http://agingcenters.org/. From this site, you may also access the websites of the individual Centers. A September 2009 publication entitled “Research Highlights in the Demography and Economics of Aging” (PDF, 3.6M) describes this Center program in more detail and contains contact information for the Center Directors.
NIA Staff Contact:
Georgeanne E. Patmios
Division of Behavioral and Social Research
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
7201 Wisconsin Avenue, #533
Bethesda, MD 20892-9205
Phone: (301) 402-4156
Fax: (301) 402-0051
Email: PatmiosG@nia.nih.gov
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