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NIA Announces a Summer Virtual Meeting Series to Engage the Dementia Care Community

As part of the annual Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias events hosted by NIH, NIA was set to host the 2020 Dementia Care, Caregiving, and Services summit this past March. While the COVID-19 pandemic and physical distancing guidance kept us from hosting that meeting as planned, we have been hard at work thinking about how …

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Flexible Funding for Bioethics of Aging Research

Back by popular demand: Funding supplements on bioethical issues in aging research Isis Mikhail, Health Scientist Administrator, Scientific Review Branch (SRB), and Kristina McLinden, Program Officer, Division of Neuroscience (DN) Genetics, data privacy, personalized medicine, end-of-life decision making, health disparities and palliative care. What do these have in common? When you combine those topics with the …

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Latest Cleared Concepts: An Early Heads-up for Savvy Scientists Seeking Funding

Cleared concepts: Early notification for future funding possibilities Marie A. Bernard, Deputy Director, Office of the Director (OD) NIA is happy to unveil our latest collection of cleared concepts for funding opportunity announcements. As presented at our recent National Advisory Council on Aging meeting, this first-of-2020 batch is a substantive set of ideas aimed at …

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An Exciting Look Ahead at 2020!

Richard J. Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging Ready for a new year of tackling the many opportunities and challenges in research on aging related biology, diseases, and wellness? NIA is off to another monumental start: Our FY2020 budget indicates continued congressional support for our work that is enabling unprecedented advances, including efforts to combat …

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A Neighborhood Atlas of Socioeconomic and Health Data

Robin Barr, Director, Division of Extramural Activities (DEA) At NIA, we know that achieving and maintaining good health is about more than biology. The neighborhoods where we live, work, play, worship and grow older play significant roles. Studying neighborhoods and their residents is a key step to advancing real-world health equities. The catch has been that …

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