Global Aging and Community Initiative Demography of Pain, News, Other GACI Activities

Poster Presented at recent PAA conference At the recent Population Association of America (PAA) conference Dr. Zachary Zimmer presented a poster called, Inequality within inequalities: a multi-country comparative study of the effect that wealth has on pain prevalence. The poster was created with help from Kathryn Fraser, Daniel Powers, Anna Zajacova and Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk. PAA … Continue reading

Global Aging and Community Initiative News, Other GACI Activities, Religiosity and Health

GACI receives SSHRC funding for international workshop

The Global Aging and Community Initiative is pleased to announce that we received a SSHRC Individual Connection grant (approx. $24,000 CAD), which will assist in organizing and conducting a two-day international workshop titled "Workshop on Health Expectancy: An Educational, Training and Networking Opportunity for Early-Career Scholars".  This is planned as a as a pre-conference workshop to … Continue reading GACI receives SSHRC funding for international workshop

Global Aging and Community Initiative Long-term Impact of War and Wartime Trauma on Health and Aging, News

New grant for international reseach team

Dr. Zachary Zimmer's international research team conducting the Vietnamese Health and Aging Study was recently awarded a grant titled, “Early Life War Experiences and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias,” from the National Institutes of Health (NIA) ($316,673 USD).  This grant will open a new line of inquiry in their ongoing investigation of the long-term impacts of wartime … Continue reading New grant for international reseach team