Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging

描述(由申请者提供)：这项提案要求为密歇根大学的P30老龄化人口统计中心提供资金。基于密歇根大学在社会科学研究方面的优势，以及我们现有的NIA P30老龄化中心拨款的帮助，密歇根州已经成为人口统计学和老龄化经济学研究的领先者。在过去的五年里，密歇根州继续吸引专门从事老龄研究的初级和高级教师，同时招募成熟的密歇根大学研究人员进入老龄领域。老龄化研究已成为校园核心单位的主要焦点，包括经济和社会学系、公共卫生学院、人口研究中心(PSC)和调查研究中心(SRC)。我们相信，这笔拟议的P30中心赠款将使我们能够在这一强大的老龄化研究组合的基础上再接再厉，为国内和国际该领域的发展做出贡献。密歇根老龄化人口统计中心(MiCDA)将专注于以下科学主题：慢性病和残疾的趋势；晚年健康和福祉的早年和中年决定因素；种族、民族和社会经济地位的影响；工作和退休；疾病特定因素，特别是糖尿病、艾滋病毒/艾滋病和痴呆症；社会保险，包括医疗保险。这些专题的一个中心主题是数据收集和调查方法。准确和丰富的数据是记录社会和经济结果的模式和趋势以及检验科学假设的基石。密歇根州在设计与科学理论和基础密切相关的创新、高质量且通常是大型数据收集-HRS、PSID和其他数据收集方面处于国际领先地位。在追求这些主题时，我们请求在核心A至F下提供支持。密歇根州的活动包括为研究、教师招聘、试点项目提供支持服务、五个研究网络、促进国际数据集比较分析的研讨会，以及安全的数据飞地。根据核心F，我们建议继续发挥我们作为P30人口统计中心计划协调中心的作用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests funding for a P30 Center on the Demography of Aging at the University of Michigan. Building on the University's strengths in social science research, and aided by our existing NIA P30 aging center grant, Michigan has become a leader in research on the demography and economics of aging. Over the past five years, Michigan has continued to attract new faculty at the junior and senior levels who specialize in aging research, while at the same time recruiting established UM researchers into the field of aging. Research on aging has become a major focus in core units on campus, including the Departments of Economics and Sociology, the School of Public Health, the Population Studies Center (PSC), and the Survey Research Center (SRC). We are confident that this proposed P30 center grant will allow us to build on this strong portfolio of aging research and contribute to development of the field nationally and internationally. The Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA) will focus on the following scientific topics: trends in chronic disease and disability; early and mid-life determinants of late-life health and well being; effects of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status; work and retirement; disease-specific factors, especially diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and dementia; social insurance, including Medicare. A central theme across these topics is data collection and survey methodology. Accurate and rich data are the cornerstone to documenting patterns and trends in social and economic outcomes, and testing scientific hypotheses. Michigan is an international leader in the design of innovative, high-quality, and typically largescale data collections - HRS, PSID, and others - that are closely linked to scientific theory and foundations. In pursuing these themes, we request support under cores A-F. Michigan activities include support services for research, faculty recruitment, pilot projects, five research networks, workshops to promote comparative analysis of international datasets, and a secure data enclave. Under Core F, we propose to continue in our role as Coordinating Center for the P30 demography centers program.