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11 November, 2019

Stina Ek, PhD. Thesis title: “Predictors and consequences of injurious falls among older adults: a holistic approach”. Stina defended her thesis Oct 25, 2019 at Karolinska Institutet.     Johan Rehnberg, PhD. Thesis title: “Inequalities in life and death: income and mortality in an aging population”. Johan defended his thesis May 27, 2019 at Stockholm […]

21 September, 2019

NEAR’s Project coordinator Debora Rizzuto and Database manager Alexander Darin Mattsson participated in “Optimising Multistudy Integrative Research”, a conference held at the Wellcome Genome Center, Cambridge, UK at 18-20 September. Themes ranged from approaches for multistudy analyses, to challenges and solutions related to heterogeneity, data sharing, and measurement harmonization. Researchers from several prominent programmes like […]

26 November, 2018

               We are happy to announce that NEAR will host its first symposium with the title: “NEAR – the National E-infrastructure on Aging Research in Sweden: Building on 30 Years of Experience to Prepare for Future Aging Research” at the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress, May 2019 […]

6 November, 2018

The database managers of the 15 included studies (from six different universities), will have their second meeting on December 6 at the Aging Research Center in Stockholm.

5 November, 2018

The second Steering Board meeting will take place on December 3 at the Aging Research Center in Stockholm.

7 June, 2018

The meeting will take place in Stockholm at the Aging Research Center.

9 March, 2018

The first Steering Board meeting took place in Stockholm at the Aging Research Center.

1 December, 2017

Representatives of the host universities whose infrastructures have been awarded grants will be invited by VR to a discuss the conditions associated with the grants.

20 September, 2017

Around 1.2 billion SEK was allocated to research infrastructures who applied to the call for Grants for Infrastructure of National Interest, in spring 2017. Link to infrastructures awarded.

7 March, 2017