Bringing Together Interdisciplinary Networks of Researchers

Changing Demography of Family Caregiving

This network of scholars encourages research on the implications of changes in the demography of families for caregiving and the wellbeing of older adults and their caregivers.

Organizers: Kira Birditt and Sarah Patterson

Longitudinal Studies of Aging in the U.S.

This network of scholars meets annually to discuss emerging survey methodological and measurement issues that cross-cut panel studies funded by the National Institute on Aging.

Organizer: Esther Friedman & Pamela Herd

Previous Networks

Through the years MiCDA has supported networks on a variety of topics related to the demography of aging. For more than two decades, MiCDA supported a network of approximately two dozen scholars working to accelerate research on TRENDS in old-age disability and dementia.

Previous networks have focused on technical assistance to international partner studies of the Health and Retirement Study; early life experiences and health in later life; the impact of the AIDS epidemic around the world; and comparative research on the wellbeing of older adults in the developing world. MiCDA also seeded a now free-standing network on Life Course Health Dynamics and Disparities.