On May 20, 2022 as part of spring convocation at Mount Saint Vincent University, Dr. Zachary Zimmer, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair and Director, Global Aging and Community Initiative was presented with the Award for Research Excellence.
Seeking Summer Research Assistant
We are seeking applications for a summer research assistant to work on projects, funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research and the National Institutes of Health. Click HERE for details.
Post Doctorate position in Social Epigenetics and/or Biological Demography
The Global Aging and Community Initiative is seeking applications for a postdoctoral position on a project funded by the Canadian Institute of Health Research. Click HERE for more details.
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.
Thought Leadership and Global Aging Podcast
Dr. Zachary Zimmer, Director, Global Aging & Community Initiative, joins host Paul Bailey to discuss all the ways that Halifax is contributing to, and leading the world in research for global aging on The Discover Halifax Podcast, August 3, 2021. Listen to the full podcast at https://bit.ly/37w3vaz
Paper highlights pain should have a central role in sociological investigations of health
A new paper by Anna Zajacova, Hanna Grol-Prokopczyk and Zachary Zimmer titled “Sociology of Chronic Pain,” was published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, on July 20, 2021. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00221465211025962
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