This article originally appeared in the New York Times on Dec. 21, 2025. By Paula Span Year after year, Mary Bucklew strategized with a nurse-practitioner about losing weight. “We tried exercise,” like walking 35 minutes a day, she recalled. “And … Read More
Recent notices in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Guide Updated Implementation Guidance of NIH Policy on Foreign Subawards for Active Projects (NOT-OD-25-130) Revision: NIH Policy and Guidelines on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research … Read More
As the U.S. population ages and the number of individuals living with serious illnesses such as cancer, dementia, heart disease, and Parkinson’s disease increases, family members and others are increasingly directly involved in providing care for these individuals. While unpaid, … Read More
Registration is now open for the 2025 PARC Aging Retreat: Limits of Chronological Aging on Monday, May 5, 2025. This conference will bring together PARC Associates and aging researchers from across Penn and will include guests from other external aging centers. The Aging … Read More
Join us on May 27 at 1:00 pm EST for a webinar highlighting family caregiving trends in the US. The webinar is co-sponsored by the Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging’s Demography of Family Caregiving and TRENDS Networks with funding from … Read More
1:00-2:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 4, 2025 Register Now This 90-minute webinar will feature NIA-funded researchers describing how social media and new technologies may enhance—or limit—social connectedness and emotional well-being among older adults. The webinar will be hosted by the Coordinating … Read More
The Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging (SRNDNA) is requesting applications for pilot grants. The proposed research must focus directly on the neural mechanisms of decision-making in adult development and aging or on life-course decisions that improve health … Read More
BSR has recently published or joined the following new Requests for Applications (RFAs), Program Announcements (PARs), Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs), and Requests for Information (RFIs): NEW! RFA-AG-25-029: Short Courses on Utilizing the NIH Stage Model to Develop Behavioral Interventions … Read More
You are invited to the 7th annual Workshop on Determinants of Adult Mortality, Morbidity, and Healthy Aging in LMICs. We are thrilled to be extending the virtual workshop to two days this year: February 23, 2024 and March 1, 2024. This … Read More
The following concepts were approved at the National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA) meeting in January 2023. We have posted the approved concepts to give interested researchers maximal lead time to plan projects. Enhancing Use of Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol … Read More
