Life Course Center for the Demography and Economics of Aging

项目摘要/摘要 明尼苏达大学的生命课程中心(LCC)是一个新兴的创新研究孵化器 关于老龄化的人口统计学和经济学。作为NIA支持的大学范围内的合作社，LCC将招聘 并促进跨学科研究人员之间的联系；开发前沿的协作先导研究 老龄化背景、趋势、动态和差异；为研究提供技术和行政支持 发展；并建立一个研究网络，利用大规模人口数据推动 关于老龄化和健康的社会决定因素和背景的跨学科学术研究。在接下来的五年， 我们将专注于三个研究主题，这三个主题对于理解我们的人口统计和经济状况至关重要 老龄化社会。这些主题充分利用了我们的智力优势和独特资源：(1)后半生课程 背景中的人口趋势：人口的空间、时间和社会位置内和跨空间的决定因素 老年人的身体和认知功能(包括AD/ADRD)、残疾、发病率、死亡率、 健康和幸福。 (2)作为差异机制的生命过程动力学：生命过程路径如何促进 健康老龄化方面的差距，包括保护性因素(例如，社会参与和支持、收入充分性、 积极的早期决定因素和健康行为)。 (3)工作、家庭、社区的相互关系 参与与健康：晚年工作、家庭和社区参与对健康的影响 年长工人和退休人员的结果。我们将建立三个基础设施核心，以克服关键障碍 开创性研究：核心A：行政和研究支持核心。这一核心将提供领导力 其他两个核心的活动的后勤支助和监督。这一核心还将 负责满足协调中心的所有报告要求。核心B：计划开发 核心。LCC将支持小规模、创新的跨学科研究项目。核心基金每年将为 四至六个由LCC成员和外部创新成员提出的优秀试点项目 网络核心。拟议的试点计划将优先支持早期职业调查人员以及 来自历史上代表性不足的群体的调查人员。核心C：外部创新网络核心。网络 将培养一个关注人口统计学和老龄化经济学的跨学科研究社区 世卫组织将分享使用人口大数据和应用生命历程视角的知识和资源 致衰老研究。网络核心将解决与大人口数据相关的挑战， 基于记录链接的纵向数据和受限访问数据。

Project Summary/Abstract The Life Course Center (LCC) at the University of Minnesota is an emerging incubator for innovative research on the demography and economics of aging. As an NIA-supported University-wide cooperative, LCC will recruit and foster connections among researchers across disciplines; develop leading-edge collaborative pilot studies on aging contexts, trends, dynamics, and disparities; provide technical and administrative support for research development; and develop a research network to leverage large-scale population data to advance interdisciplinary scholarship on social determinants and contexts of aging and health. Over the next five years, we will focus on three research themes that are crucial to understanding the demography and economics of our aging society. These themes leverage our intellectual strengths and unique resources: (1) Later Life-Course Population Trends in Context: Determinants within and across space, time, and social location of population trends at older ages in physical and cognitive functioning (including AD/ADRD), disability, morbidity, mortality, health and well-being. (2) Life-Course Dynamics as Disparity Mechanisms: How life-course pathways foster disparities in healthy aging, including protective factors (e.g., social engagement and support, income adequacy, positive early determinants, and health behaviors). (3) Interrelationships of Work, Family, Community Participation, and Health: Consequences of later life work, family and community participation for health outcomes of older workers and retirees. We will establish three infrastructure cores to overcome key barriers to path-breaking research: Core A: Administrative and Research Support Core. This Core will provide leadership and vision, as well as logistical support and oversight for the activities of the other two Cores. This Core will also be responsible for meeting all reporting requirements to the Coordinating Center. Core B: Program Development Core. LCC will support small-scale, innovative interdisciplinary research projects. The Core will annually fund four to six outstanding pilot projects proposed by LCC members and from members of the External Innovative Network Core. The proposed pilot program will prioritize support of early career investigators as well as investigators from historically underrepresented groups. Core C: External Innovative Network Core. The Network will foster an interdisciplinary community of researchers focusing on the demography and economics of aging who will share knowledge and resources for using big population data and for applying a life-course perspective to aging research. The Network Core will address challenges associated with big population data, prospective longitudinal data based on record linkage, and restricted access data.