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Welcome to the Institute for Aging Research |
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Institute for Aging Research
Affiliated with Harvard Medical School, the Institute for Aging Research is the largest gerontology and geriatrics research facility in the country based in a clinical setting. Institute scientists work to discover the mechanisms of aging diseases and disability, which leads to the prevention, treatment and cure of disease, advances the standard of care for older people, and informs public decision-making. Their vision is to transform the human experience of aging by ensuring a life of health, dignity and productivity into advanced age.
From the Institute's world-renowned musculoskeletal research, to the Aging Brain Center, to social research that measures the success of our systems of care at home and abroad, the Institute's multidisciplinary aging research faculty, promotes scientific investigation that considers the complex relationship between biological, social and psychological factors that influence how well we can all live in old age now, and in the future.
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Animal Protein is Good for Bones
Animal Protein is Good for Bones
The healthful advantages of a vegan diet-one that excludes all forms of animal protein-have been espoused by its proponents in the popular press. Before swearing off fish, eggs and meat, however, researchers at Hebrew SeniorLife's Institute for Aging Research caution the public to look at their studies, which indicate that overall protein intake-as well as animal protein consumption-promotes bone health. Learn more.
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Sharon K. Inouye M.D. M.P.H.
Sharon K. Inouye, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Aging Brain Center
Milton and Shirley F. Levy Chair in Alzheimer's Disease
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
 As director of the Aging Brain Center, Dr. Inouye's research focuses on delirium
and functional decline in hospitalized older patients. She previously developed a
widely used instrument for the identification of delirium and a multicomponent intervention strategy to prevent delirium. Learn more.
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The Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife is a not-for-profit, non-sectarian organization funded through government grants for aging research and individual, foundation and corporate gifts. Support aging research and fund our efforts to cure age-related disease. The Institute for Aging Research is one of the leading medical research charities.
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Zone 4 Latest Findings
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2/2/12
Institute for Aging Research Awarded $2.7 Million Grant to Investigate “Dowager’s Hump’’
Study Will Determine Causes and Impact of Hyperkyphosis
BOSTON -The Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife today announced that Dr. Lisa Samelson and the Institute were awarded a $2.7 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to conduct a five-year study to better understand the cause of hyperkyphosis, a condition that causes extreme forward curvature of the spine.
10/17/11
Hebrew SeniorLife Aging Brain Researcher Dr. Sharon K. Inouye Elected to Institute of Medicine
A Pioneer who Put Delirium on the National Agenda, Inouye Developed Hospital Elder Life Program in Use at Over 200 Hospitals Worldwide
Sharon K. Inouye, M.D., M.P.H., has been elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine (IOM), an independent, nonprofit organization that works outside of government to provide unbiased and authoritative advice to decision makers and the public. Inouye is the Director of the Aging Brain Center at the Institute for Aging Research.
9/14/11
Recent Height Loss Predicts Hip Fracture Risk in Elderly, says Institute for Aging Research Study
Simple Clinical Measurement May Help Protect Seniors from Major Public Health Threat
Elderly men and women who lost height over a two-year period are up to 54 percent more likely to suffer a hip fracture than those whose height was unchanged, according to a new study from the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
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