Michigan Center on The Demography of Aging (MiCDA)

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The European Data Center for Work and Welfare (EDACwowe) gives information on and direct links to comparative and national, quantitative and qualitative data on work and welfare and closely related fields.

"Growing Old in America: What You Need to Know about the Health and Retirement Study." Webcast of meeting on June 12 organized by NIA.

Langa and colleagues find aging Boomers may be less likely than previous generations to develop severe memory loss.

MiCDA has funded seven new Pilot Projects on the demography of aging in 2007.

NIH funding opportunities on health disparities:
1) Promoting Careers In Aging and Health Disparities Research (K01), Deadlines February 12, June 12, October 12.
2) Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities -mechanism is R01 or R21. Next deadline September 19, 2008.

MiCDA, a joint program of the University of Michigan's Population Studies Center and the Survey Research Center, helps spur new research on the economics and demography of aging and encourages the use of major datasets in the field.

MiCDA is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging.