aging

1. December 3, 2024

   LSA professor studies anti-aging interventions, diseases

   An LSA professor is studying how to extend the healthy years of human life by building biological resistance against the many diseases that we face as we get older.

2. June 5, 2024

   ISR retirement study receives U-M’s largest‑ever research grant

   With about $195 million in new federal funding — the largest research grant in U‑M history — the Institute for Social Research will extend its Health and Retirement Study through 2029.

3. January 29, 2024

   More Americans support government assistance for elder care

   A study by U-M researcher Sarah Patterson found that by 2022, more Americans felt government agencies should be providing help in caring for older adults.

4. October 30, 2023

   Faculty, staff face the challenge of caring for aging relatives

   U-M faculty and staff members are among the millions of Americans who provide care for elderly parents or other relatives. There are various university-based resources to help.