Three papers were presented on Friday, May 19th during Session 7 (Active Life Expectancy and Religion) of the 29th REVES meeting in Santiago, Chile. Mary Beth Ofstedal gave an overview of the Linking Spirituality and Religiosity to Life and Health Expectancy project. Chi-Tsun Chiu presented a paper entitled “How do Multiple Dimensions of Religiosity Associate with Total and Disability-Free Life Expectancy … Continue reading Three papers presented at the 29th Annual REVES meeting in Santiago, Chile
Presentation at Academia Sincia
Dr. Zimmer delivered a presentation at the Institute of European and American Studies at Academia Sincia on April 6, 2017 in Taipei, Taiwan. The talk was focused on the project entitled Linking Spirituality and Religiosity to Life and Health Expectancy: A Global Comparative Study.
Early release of paper to be published in Demographic Research
Please follow the link to view an early release of our paper on functional limitation trajectories of the Cebu cohort - Functional limitation trajectories and their determinants among women in the Philippines. It took several years and numerous rounds of analysis to finally complete this paper, but I believe the time and effort was worth it … Continue reading Early release of paper to be published in Demographic Research
Interdisciplinary Lifespan Developmental Colloquium
Dr. Zachary Zimmer presented at Mount Saint Vincent University's Interdisciplinary Lifespan Developmental Colloquium on Friday, February 17, 2017.
Our mission
The mission of the Global Aging & Community Initiative according to its director, Dr. Zachary Zimmer (recorded on October 14, 2016 at the MSVU Canada Research Chair welcome reception). Visit our About Us section to hear more about Dr. Zimmer's research.
Presentation at Chulalongkorn University
On December 19th, Dr. Zimmer presented a talk entitled "Spirituality Religiosity and Health in Global Perspective" at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.