Nia Support for Understanding of the Purposes of Longer Lives—symposium for Established Researchers
Year: 2018
Type: conference-abstract
Abstract: The National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, is the federally designated lead agency on aging research, and has supported significant research on facilitating the aging process, whether from the perspective of the basic biology of aging, the clinical ramifications of the aging process, or behavioral and social aspects of the aging process. NIA is also the federally designated lead agency for Alzheimer’s research, with the NIA budget nearly doubling in the last few years, largely but not exclusively due to increased Congressional allocations targeted at Alzheimer’s disease. This symposium will provide a forum for established researchers to explore the implications of the recent budget increases for the general research community. It will involve NIA’s senior staff discussing research priorities and programs supported by the Institute. A question-and-answer session will follow brief introductory remarks on current funding and future priorities and research directions of NIA. Learning objectives: 1) describe the current and future research foci of the NIA extramural divisions supporting basic, clinical, neuroscience, behavioral and social research; 2) discuss the current funding environment; and 3) provide a forum for discussion among the research community and NIA leadership.
Source: Innovation in Aging
Authors: M A Bernard, R Hodes
Institutions: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,977
OpenAlex ID: W2899787341