University of Washington Center for Demography and Economics of Aging-Overall

描述(由申请者提供)：华盛顿大学提议在健康指标和评估研究所建立一个老龄化人口统计学和经济学中心，该中心将对与老龄化、长寿和健康相关的关键主题进行高质量的前沿研究，同时为即将到来的科学家的培训和职业发展做出贡献，加强国际网络机会，并提供关键资源，向广泛的受众传播这些信息。在IHME作为全球疾病负担(GBD)事业领导者的基础上，该中心将利用GBD的数据、结果和广泛的合作者网络，以支持新的研究机会，以确定健康结果的社会、经济和行为决定因素；探索支出与疾病负担之间的关系；并对有趣的GBD结果进行比较和深入分析，包括国家以下和国际层面的结果。该中心将有四个核心：管理核心、程序开发核心、网络核心和传播核心。行政核心将为中心提供战略愿景，使中心的职能与GBD研究的活动相协调，并将为中心职能的监督和评估提供领导和行政支持，包括试验性研究。项目开发核心将为寻求启动和发展研究项目的调查人员和项目提供资金支持，这些项目利用现有的GBD数据，采用新的方法、统计方法、数据资源和思路，严格测试并将GBD资源应用于与老龄化、长寿和健康相关的特定主题。网络核心将为来自外部机构的访问学者提供交流机会，这些学者对健康老龄化的趋势和决定因素感兴趣，并希望成为其本国机构、该中心和GBD国际合作者网络之间的联络人。传播核心将提供对新数据库和数据可视化工具的开放访问，这将使外部研究人员、决策者和其他关键利益攸关方能够利用、批评和操纵GBD和相关中心活动的数据和结果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Washington proposes to establish a Center for the Demography and Economics of Aging at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation that will conduct high-quality cutting edge research into key themes related to aging, longevity, and health while contributing to the training and career development Of upcoming scientists, strengthening international networking opportunities, and providing key resources to disseminate this information to a wide variety of audiences. Building on IHME's position as the leader of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) enterprise, this Center will leverage the data, results and vast network of collaborators of the GBD in order to support new research opportunities to identify the social, economic and behavioral determinants of health outcomes; to explore the relationships between expenditures and disease burdens; and to provide comparative and in-depth analysis of interesting GBD results, including those at the subnational and international levels. The Center will have four Cores: an administrative Core, a program development Core, a networking Core, and a dissemination Core. The administrative Core will provide the Center with strategic vision that synergizes Center functions with the activities of th GBD study and will provide the leadership and administrative support for the oversight and evaluation of Center functions, including pilot studies. The program development Core will financially support investigators and projects that seek to initiate and grow research programs that leverage existing GBD data with new methods, statistical approaches, data resources, and lines of thinking to rigorously test and apply the GBD resources to specific themes related to aging, longevity and health. The networking Core will provide exchange opportunities for visiting scholars from outside institutions who are interested in the trends and determinants of health aging and would like to serve as a liaison between their home institution, the Center, and the GBD network of international collaborators. The dissemination Core will provide open access to new databases and data visualization tools that will enable outside researchers, decision makers, and other key stakeholders to utilize, critique, and manipulate the data and results of the GBD and related Center activities.