HOPKINS CENTER ON THE DEMOGRAPHY OF AGING

为回应RFA AG-94-005《老龄化人口统计中心》，本 提案要求探索中心拨款建立霍普金斯大学 老龄化人口统计中心(HCDA)。HCDA将专注于三个方面 与老龄化人口统计学相关的科学主题：1)建模 疾病、残疾和退休之间的过渡概率； 2)社会特征对功能地位的影响 死亡率；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、流行病学家和 生物统计学家，他们所有人都积极参与以人口为基础的 老龄化研究。这一研究活动体现在12个 为使该中心符合资格而提出的项目(其中6个项目目前已获得资助 由NIA)，并在已经相当可观的出版记录中建议 中心调查人员。老龄人口统计中心的选址 约翰霍普金斯大学提供了一个广泛的跨学科的独特机会 老龄化的人口学研究。 两个核心，一个管理和研究支持核心和一个计划 提出了开发核心的概念。行政核心将建立 直接依靠霍普金斯大学现有的研究支持基础设施 人口中心(HPC)，这一安排将做出实质性贡献 高效率和有效地利用HCDA资源。HCDA 管理将与HPC重叠，最大限度地发挥优势 具有NIH中心管理方面的HPC经验。重大新活动 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。 在计划开发核心项下支持的活动包括 在人口统计中招聘一名初级终身教职教师 老龄化和两个试点项目“代际转移模式” 在残疾人群中，“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."