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.
Graduate Seminar
On Thursday, Dec. 1st, Dr. Zimmer presented "A global study linking spirituality and religiosity to health and life expectancy: The Templeton project" as a Graduate Seminar at MSVU (McCain 201A).
New publication!
Be sure to check out Dr. Zimmer's latest publication in the October 2016 issue of Demography - Offspring Socioeconomic Status and Parent Mortality Within a Historical Population. Partial funding for this research is from the Early Life Conditions, Survival, and Health: A Pedigree-Based Population Study. Dr. Heidi Hanson and Dr. Ken Smith from the University of Utah are co-authors … Continue reading New publication!
Article in Local Xpress
Check out the Local Xpress article on the Initiative's project on linking spirituality and religiosity to life and health expectancy. Studying the link between religion and health.
