Research Supplements for Aging Research on Health Disparities (Admin Supp)

Additional Information:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-256.html

Description:

NIA is interested in basic research on aging to explore the social, behavioral, neural and biological mechanisms that account for disparities in age-related change; in research that investigates contextual, social and cultural influences that delay or accelerate health disparities in aging populations; and research on geriatric conditions where disparities emerge in diagnosis, prognosis and/or treatment, including palliative and end-of-life care.  NIH Health Disparities Populations include African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Populations, and Rural Populations. Health disparities mechanisms of interest include, but are not limited to, race, ethnicity, education, residential segregation/geography, and socioeconomic status.

Appropriate topics/studies include those listed below:

• Studies that examine cellular and molecular mechanisms of aging biology/physiology (i.e., inflammation, stress, cellular senescence, etc.) that underlie health disparities  
• Research that will examine the mechanisms underlying the health disparities in aging of sensory, motor, cognition, and/or other neural systems and/or Alzheimer’s disease 
• The addition of populations to ongoing studies that permit comparisons and analyses of health disparities
• The development of measures appropriate for health disparities populations that enhance research on the mechanisms by which health disparities affect health and well-being outcomes over the life span
• Studies focused on racial or ethnic disparities in functional, physiologic, or metabolic outcomes across the life span and in old age

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