Activities

June 9, 2023

Ferrero Foundation ‘Healthy Aging Week 2023’ co-hosting NEAR workshop

NEAR will organize its next workshop in collaboration with the Ferrero Foundation during Healthy Aging Week 2023.

From 6 to 11 November 2023, the Ferrero Foundation of Alba will host Healthy Aging Week 2023, a series of scientific events, seminars, and workshops organized by the Ferrero Foundation in collaboration with the Academy of Medicin of Turin, the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan, and the Karolinska Institutet of Stockholm.

On Wednesday 8 November, the NEAR Workshop entitled: “New Possibilities for Aging Research in Europe”, will be organized by Karolinska Institutet and the Ferrero Foundation.

Read more about conference information, abstract submission, and the program. 

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September 21, 2023

NEAR symposium at EU-GMS 2023 in Helsinki

On September 20-22, NEAR attended and held a symposium at the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EU-GMS) 2023 in Helsinki, Finland. EU-GMS’s mission is to develop geriatric medicine in Europe as an independent specialty caring for older people with age-related diseases. Around 1700 participants from across the world met in Helsinki to discuss and present research […]

September 19, 2023

Laura Fratiglioni awarded the Bengt Winblad Prize 2023

The Swedish Society of Medicine (SLS) awards SEK 150,000 annually to someone who has made outstanding contributions to Alzheimer’s research. This year, the Bengt Winblad Prize is awarded to the Director of NEAR, Laura Fratiglioni, Professor of Medical Epidemiology, focusing on dementia diseases at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet. Laura Fratiglioni […]

June 8, 2023

NEAR expands with two databases

NEAR is expanding with two databases, the Swedish national inventory of health and care (SWENIS) and Sheltered Housing (TRYBO). The two databases are part of the U-age program, initiated by David Edvardsson at Umeå University. SWENIS collects nationally representative data on residents’ health and quality of life. It also collects data on care provision characteristics […]