Who We Are

Syracuse University's Gerontology Center has become the Aging Studies Institute (ASI). This all-university institute, which is a collaborative initiative of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the David B. Falk School of Sport and Human Dynamics, coordinates and promotes aging-related research, training, and outreach at Syracuse University.

ASI will also be home to the Center for Aging & Policy Studies (CAPS), which is supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Demography and Economics of Aging Centers program, and will provide support for the undergraduate Minor in Gerontology.

ASI is comprised of over 30 faculty affiliates from over a dozen academic departments. The substantive interests of the faculty affiliates define the thematic areas of ASI. ASI's work falls into five thematic areas:

• Age-Based Public Policy and Wellbeing addresses various issues related to federal, state, and local policy including social security entitlement and reform, Medicare and Medicaid coverage and financing, and services provided through the aging network with Older American Act funds.
• Population Aging considers the causes and consequences of a changing population age structure in the United States and worldwide, with a particular focus on its implications for work, the timing of retirement, savings and expenditures; disparities by race and ethnicity, class, and gender; and heterogeneity within and between groups such as disabled adults, veterans, and LGBT elders.
• Health and Functioning addresses a wide range of topics related to health across the life course including the development of specific conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, and cancer as well as variation in cognitive functioning, hearing loss, obesity, and functional limitations, as disability.
• Family Dynamics, Care Work, and Intergenerational Support examines the nature of older adults' family relationships and the flow of support across generations including caregiving and living arrangements within families as well as the political economy of intergenerational transfers through public entitlement and assistance programs.
• Aging Design, Engineering, and Technology focuses on various design issues related to aging including industrial product design for medical and long-term care facilities, universal design for private and public spaces, technology use among older adults, and innovative delivery methods for drugs that treat age-related diseases.

Institute faculty members approach these thematic areas from a comparative and cross-cultural perspective.

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