Recently reported in the Canadian Press by reporter Danielle Edwards - Researchers from Nova Scotia are coming together with an international, multidisciplinary team to study whether the Vietnam War has affected the aging of people who lived through it. Read entire story HERE.
New Manuscript on War-related Events Accepted for Publication
The manuscript, "Assessing Exposure to War-related Traumatic Events in Older Vietnamese War Survivors," co-authored by Yvette Young, Kim Korinek, Zachary Zimmer, and Toan Khanh Tran was recently accepted for publication in Conflict and Health.
Kim Korinek
Kim Korinek is Associate Professor of Sociology and the Director of the Asia Center at the University of Utah and she is Principal Investigator of the Vietnam Health and Aging Study (VHAS). Kim is currently the PI of the Henry Luce Foundation funded “Mekong Region Development Research Group,” and the PI of the five-year, National … Continue reading Kim Korinek
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