Global Aging and Community Initiative Demography of Pain

Workshop presentation on pain prevalence

Dr. Zimmer attended a workshop sponsored by the ADDAPT working group (Addressing Disparities in the Distribution and Assessment of Pain and Its Treatments) of ACTTION on December 7-8 in Potomac, Maryland. The workshop was entitled "Pain, Pain Treatment, and Inequality: High-Priority Findings and Gaps in Pain Disparities Research". At the workshop, Dr. Zimmer presented research … Continue reading Workshop presentation on pain prevalence

Global Aging and Community Initiative Conference Presentations, Religiosity and Health

Presentations at IUSSP’S International Population Conference in Cape Town

Two papers were presented at the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population’s 2017 International Population Conference in Cape Town, South Africa that took place Oct. 29 – Nov. 4, 2017 as part of the Linking Spirituality and Religiosity to Life and Health Expectancy project. Zachary Zimmer presented the paper "Multiple measures of religiosity and health: A … Continue reading Presentations at IUSSP’S International Population Conference in Cape Town

Global Aging and Community Initiative Religiosity and Health

Team Meeting held September 11-13

The second research team meeting for the Linking Spiritually and Religiosity to Life and Health Expectancy project was held earlier this month at Mount Saint Vincent University. International collaborators traveled from Taiwan, Japan, the US, and the UK to kick-off the third and final year of the project. A new postdoctoral scholar from the University … Continue reading Team Meeting held September 11-13