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. 2024 May;72(5):1574-1582.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.18837. Epub 2024 Mar 6.

National Institute on Aging's 50th anniversary: Advancing aging research and the health and well-being of older adults

Amy Kelley  1 , Siobhan Addie  1 , Stacy Carrington-Lawrence  1 , Luigi Ferrucci  1 , Patricia Jones  1 , Evan Hadley  1 , Todd Haim  1 , Jessica Harper  1 , Shoshana Kahana  1 , Melinda Kelley  1 , Ronald Kohanski  1 , Eliezer Masliah  1 , Cindy McConnell  1 , Stephanie Morrison  1 , Lisbeth Nielsen  1 , Kenneth Santora  1 , Richard Hodes  1
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National Institute on Aging's 50th anniversary: Advancing aging research and the health and well-being of older adults

Amy Kelley et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 May.

Abstract

The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was founded in 1974 to support and conduct research on aging and the health and well-being of older adults. Fifty years ago, the concept of studying aging generated much skepticism. Early NIA-funded research findings helped establish the great value of aging research and provided the foundation for significant science advances that have improved our understanding of the aging process, diseases and conditions associated with aging, and the effects of health inequities, as well as the need to promote healthy aging lifestyles. Today, we celebrate the many important contributions to aging research made possible by NIA, as well as opportunities to continue to make meaningful progress. NIA emphasizes that the broad aging research community must continue to increase and expand our collective efforts to recruit and train a diverse next generation of aging researchers.

Keywords: aging research; diversity; healthy aging.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest

The authors are all current or recent employees of the National Institute on Aging.

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FIGURE 1:
FIGURE 1:
NIA Funding Over 50 Years This figure shows NIA’s yearly appropriations (bars) since 1974 alongside appropriations for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (line). NIA is one of 27 Institutes and Centers of the NIH. It is now the third-largest Institute in terms of funding.
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