HOPKINS CENTER ON THE DEMOGRAPHY OF AGING

作为对RFA AG-94-005“老龄人口统计学中心”的回应， 一项提案要求探索中心赠款资金建立霍普金斯 老龄人口中心（Center for the Demography of Aging，HCDA） HCDA将重点关注三个方面 与老龄人口学相关的科学主题：1）建模 疾病、残疾和退休之间的转移概率; 2)社会特征对功能状态的影响， （3）代际经济和社会动态 转账。 HCDA将汇集一个多学科的调查小组， 包括人口学家、经济学家、社会学家、流行病学家， 生物统计学家，他们都积极从事人口为基础的 研究老化。 这项研究活动反映在12个 为使中心具备资格而提出的项目（其中6个项目目前已获得资助 在已经大量出版的记录中， 中心调查员。 老龄人口学中心的位置 在约翰霍普金斯提供了一个独特的机会，广泛的跨学科 老龄人口学研究 两个核心，一个行政和研究支持核心和一个方案 发展核心提出。 行政核心将建立 直接在现有的研究支持基础设施的霍普金斯 人口中心（HPC），这一安排将为 高效和有效地利用HCDA资源。 HCDA 管理将与HPC重叠，最大限度地利用 具有管理NIH中心的HPC经验。 主要新活动 建议支持HCDA研究的是一个数据档案和一个信息 促进HCDA内部沟通和协作的专家。 计划开发核心支持的活动包括 招聘一名青年终身教职人员， 两个试点项目，“代际转移模式 在残疾人群中的应用”和“替代规范的含义” 积极的生活。"

In response to RFA AG-94-005, "Centers for the Demography of Aging," this proposal requests exploratory Center Grant funds to establish the Hopkins Center for the Demography of Aging (HCDA). HCDA will focus on three scientific themes relevant to the demography of aging: 1) the modeling of transition probabilities between disease, disability, and retirement; 2) the impact of social characteristics on functional status and mortality; 3) the economic and social dynamics of intergenerational transfers. The HCDA will bring together a multidisciplinary group of investigators, including demographers, economists, sociologists, epidemiologists, and biostatisticians, all of whom are actively engaged in population-based research in aging. This research activity is reflected in the 12 projects proposed to qualify the Center (of which 6 are currently funded by NIA) and in the already substantial publication record of proposed Center investigators. Location of a Center for the Demography of Aging at Johns Hopkins offers a unique opportunity for broad cross-disciplinary research in the demography of aging. Two Cores, an Administrative and Research Support Core and a Program Development Core are proposed. The Administrative Core will build directly on the existing research support infrastructure of the Hopkins Population Center (HPC), an arrangement that will contribute materially to the efficient and effective use of HCDA resources. HCDA administration will overlap with that of HPC, taking maximum advantage of HPC experience with NIH Center management. Major new activities proposed to support HCDA research are a Data Archive and an Information Specialist to facilitate intra-HCDA communication and collaboration. Activities to be supported under the Program Development Core are the recruitment of a junior tenure-track faculty member in the demography of aging and two pilot projects, "Patterns of Intergenerational Transfers in Disabled Populations," and "Implications of Alternative Specifications of Active Life."