Guides: Aging and Age Related Diseases: Aging Organizations and Centers

Aging Organizations

Ageing and Life-Course WHO
From the World Health Organization, this site contains reports and data about aging around the world.
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center
Compiles, archives, and disseminates information concerning Alzheimer's disease for health professionals, people with AD and their families, and the public.
American Psychological Association Office on Aging
Promotes the application of psychological knowledge to issues affecting the health and well-being of older adults.
The Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health (COAH)
Dedicated to research that will prevent disease, disability and frailty, and improve the health and well-being of older adults.
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Dedicated to understanding the nature of aging, supporting the health and well being of older adults, and extending healthy, active years of life for more people.
US Department of Health and Human Services - Aging Resources

Georgetown Lombardi Institute for Cancer and Aging (GLICA)
GLICA is committed to applying knowledge about aging across the life span to improve the lives of cancer patients and their families and achieve equity in cancer outcomes.
Cognitive Aging Lab
This lab investigates which cognitive and neural systems decline and which are spared in the course of healthy aging.
Geriatrics Curriculum at Georgetown School of Medicine
The Geriatrics Curriculum at Georgetown is a vertically integrated curriculum that aims to provide all Georgetown medical students with the foundation for competent, compassionate care of older patients, including attitudes, basic scientific knowledge, and clinical knowledge.
Master's in Aging & Health Program
The Master of Science in Aging and Health degree program prepares students for work in a wide variety of aging-related fields. Graduates may pursue jobs in a range of public and private settings as program or facility administrators, planners, practitioners, researchers, advocates and trainers.
Memory Disorders Program
Focuses on the prevention and treatment Alzheimer's disease and related dementias .
Georgetown University Medical Center - Aging & Age-Related Diseases
Center on an Aging Society at Georgetown University
The Center on an Aging Society fostered critical thinking about the implications of an aging society. Please note this is no longer an active center.