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To celebrate
International Day of Older Persons on October 1st, the
WHO Age-Friendly Cities Guide was launched in London at a press conference with the World Health Organization, the Public Health Agency of Canada and Help the Aged (
UK).
The Institute of Aging Biennial Report 2005-2007 is now published.
IA currently offers the following funding opportunities:
- Doctoral Research Award - Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas) (application deadline: October 15)
- Emerging Team Grant - Regenerative Medicine and Nanomedicine (letter of intent due November 1)
- Emerging Team Grant - Mobility in Aging (letter of intent due November 1)
- Emerging Team Grant - Applied Health Services and Policy Research (letter of intent due November 1)
Other Funding Opportunities
Mobility in Aging - a Strategic Initiative of the CIHR Institute of Aging
"The Future is AGING", IA's Strategic Plan for 2007-2012, is now available.
IA is proud to be involved in the following conferences:
- 4th Canadian Colloquium on Dementia (CCD) to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, October 18-20, 2007. IA is sponsoring the inaugural "Cognitive Impairment in Aging (CIA) Partnership Workshop for Emerging Careers in Research" on the afternoon of October 18th.
- "Fragility: From Concept to Research to Practice" is a one-day pre-CAG (Canadian Association on Gerontology) multidisciplinary symposium sponsored by IA on November 1st. Program details and registration are available on the CAG website.
- Canadian Association on Gerontology, Calgary, Alberta, November 1-3, 2007
- Gerontological Society of America, "The Era of Global Aging: Challenges and Opportunities", San Francisco, November 16-20, 2007
Gender and Sex Based Analysis: Resource Guide now available.
The Institute of Aging would like to hear from you. Let us know if you have some interesting research news.
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