Center on Life Course, Health and Aging
Resources
Biodemographic Resources for Aging Populations
Biodemography Resources at Penn State
Biodemography Initiatives Elsewhere
- Biodemography and Paleodemography at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
- USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health (CBPH)
Including Biomarker Data in Population Studies of Health and Well-Being
An overview of incorporating biomarkers into population research, from the Carolina Population Center
- Study Design Issues
- Lab Selection
- Field Logistics
- Specimen Management
- Ethical Issues
- Other Resources
NIA Aging Centers
- National Institute on Aging (NIA) Demography Centers
- UC Berkeley, Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging (CEDA)
- University of Chicago, Center on Demography and Economics of Aging (CoA)
- University of Colorado, Population Aging Center (PAC)
- University of Michigan, Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA)
- NBER, Center for Aging and Health Research
- University of Pennsylvania, Population Aging Research Center (PARC)
- RAND, Center for the Study of Aging
- Stanford University's Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging (CDEHA)
- USC/UCLA, Center on Biodemography and Population Health (BPH)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Demography of Health and Aging (CDHA)
NIA Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research
- NIA Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research
- Center for Aging and Diversity, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Center for Aging in Diverse Communities, University of California, San Francisco
- Columbia Center for Active Life of Minority Elders, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
- Native Elder Research Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
- Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (MCUAAAR), Wayne State/University of Michigan
- Resource Center for African American Aging Research, Henry Ford Health System
National Research Organizations
- Administration on Aging
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Aging Activities (CDC/NCHS)
- Alliance for Aging Research
- American Federation for Aging Research
- American Geriatrics Society
- American Medical Association
- American Society on Aging
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Gerontological Society of America
- National Academy on an Aging Society
- National Institute on Aging
- Social Security Administration
- U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
- U. S. Department of Veteran's Affairs
International Research Organizations
- Ageing and the Life Course (WHO/Europe)
- Healthy Aging (WHO)
- United Nations International Year of Older Persons 1999
Directories
Data
- Labor Statistics from the Current Population Survey (U. S. Department of Labor)
- PROGRESA/Oportunidades (The Education, Health, and Nutrition Program of Mexico/Programa de Educación, Salud y Alimentación)
- English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)
- Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics also known as AgingStats.Gov
- Health, United States (CDC/NCHS)
- Health and Medicare Archive (ICPSR)
- Health and Retirement Study (HRS)
- Unraveling the Secrets of Human Longevity
- Longitudinal Studies on Aging (LSOA)
- National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (ICPSR)
- Salud, Bienestar y Envejecimiento/ Health, Wellbeing and Aging in Latin America (SABE)
- Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
- U. S. Census Bureau Age Data
Grant-Writing Resources
Publications
- Butler, R.N., R. Sprott, H. Warner, et al. 2004. "Aging: The Reality: Biomarkers of Aging: From Primitive Organisms to Humans." Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences 59A(6):500-567. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
- Carolina African-American Twin Study of Aging Project Bibliography
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