Tuesday, January 22, 2008

The National Institue on Aging

http://www.nia.nih.gov/

MISSION
NIA’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of older Americans through research, and specifically, to:

Support and conduct high-quality research on:
Aging processes
Age-related diseases
Special problems and needs of the aged

Train and develop highly skilled research scientists from all population groups

Develop and maintain state-of-the-art resources to accelerate research progress

Disseminate information and communicate with the public and interested groups on health and research advances and on new directions for research.

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