Today marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. A recent article in Asia Times by Dr. Tran Khanh Toan, Hanoi Medical University and affiliate of the Global Aging and Community Initiative, touches on the long-term impacts of the war from a personal level. The article also highlights ongoing research conducted as part … Continue reading Fifty years since the end of the Vietnam War and the invisible scars which won’t heal
Does war hasten aging?
A new paper by Zachary Zimmer, Kim Korinek, Yvette Young, Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan, Tran Khanh Toan, highlights research into "Early-Life War Exposure and Later-Life Frailty Among Older Adults in Vietnam: Does War Hasten Aging?" and was recently published as the Editor's Choice in The Journals of Gerontology.
Tran Khanh Toan
Dr. Toan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Family Medicine, Hanoi Medical University and he serves as the local PI in the Vietnam Health and Aging Study (VHAS). Toan is the coordinator of DodaLab, the only urban Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) in Vietnam. He has also been working as a senior … Continue reading Tran Khanh Toan
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