Gateway to Global Aging Data

Volume 81 Issue Supplement_1 | The Journals of Gerontology: Series B | Oxford Academic An official journal of the Gerontological Society of America. Publishes articles that advance the psychological science of aging processes and outcomes and articles dealing with aging issues and publi...

📚Special Supplement Published📚
The Journals of @geronsociety.bsky.social: Series B, Vol. 81 highlights advancements in the Gateway to Global Aging Data through harmonized cognitive measures and guidance for cross-national aging research.

Read the full issue: tinyurl.com/56ncxfft

New from National Institute of Aging (NIA):
A new blog explores insights from the 2024 Common Data Elements Webinar Series, featuring practical strategies for using CDEs to strengthen AD/ADRD and #agingresearch.

Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/bddu7ndy
Watch the Webinar: tinyurl.com/v6vr5m96

📢 @umich.edu Department of Psychology is seeking applications for an exciting Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in #CognitiveAging and Alzheimer’s disease disparities with Dr. Laura Zahodne.

See the full posting and learn how to apply here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

New Harmonized Data from Chile Available

Gateway Harmonized SPS-ENCAVIDAM study, Version A is now available via the Gateway Data Enclave. This dataset from Chile’s ENCAVIDAM/SPS is offered in Stata and SAS formats.
Access in Enclave: g2aging.org/enclave

#agingresearch

Tune in next week!
Dr. Jinkook Lee will be speaking at AAIC Neuroscience Next, sharing the latest research in dementia science.
🗓️Feb. 24, 2026 | 11 AM PST/ 1 PM CST / 2 PM EST
Register: alz.org/neuroscience...

@alzassociation.bsky.social #AAICNeuro

Celebrating NIH's (National Institute on Aging) 50th anniversary, Dr. Jinkook Lee highlights how NIH’s leadership expanded the HRS model globally and strengthened the Gateway as a central hub for cross-national aging research and policy

Read more: tinyurl.com/3kk7jtpd

#healthpolicy #aging #hrsdata

Applications are open!

Apply for the 22nd Advanced Psychometric Methods in Cognitive Aging Conference, a hands-on workgroup exploring determinants of dementia in cognitive aging studies.

🗓️ August 9–14, 2026 | Tahoe City

Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/2ac794uh

The LA-based Gateway team welcomed our remote teammates for a week of connection and goal setting as we plan for the year ahead.
We also made time for team bonding @gettymuseum.bsky.social — proof that our team meetings aren’t always on Zoom!😌 #research

🚨What's new in ELSA?

We’ve updated two Gateway Harmonized @elsa-study.bsky.social datasets, now ready for download! Our latest blog breaks down what’s new in ELSA and shares insights from the 2025 ELSA Data User Event.

Read: tinyurl.com/5d6676b3
Download: ukdataservice.ac.uk

When 70 Is the New 60: Healthy Aging and Its Growing Impact on Korea’s Labor Market | Health The IMF study finds that Koreans are aging in significantly better health, with today’s 70-year-olds having physical capacity comparable to 60-year-olds two decades ago, and that this “healthy aging” ...

New research on Korea’s labor market finds that today’s 70-year-olds are as physically capable as 60-year-olds two decades ago. The analysis draws on the Gateway to Global Aging Data, showing how healthier #aging can reshape work and retirement.

www.devdiscourse.com/article/heal...

Gateway Education Seminar Series Email Signup

The Gateway Education Policy Seminar Series begins Jan 8th! Seminars will run the 2nd Thursday of each month and will foster conversations between the Gateway education team, its collaborators, and outside researchers working in this growing field.

Register: mailchi.mp/dd510f5c168d...

Visit the Gateway to Global Aging Data at GSA 2025! Stop by Booth 400 in the Exhibit Hall to learn about the Gateway's free tools, resources, and initiatives for #aging and #dementia researchers. @geronsociety.bsky.social

The Gateway is co-sponsoring a spirited debate at
@geronsociety.bsky.social's upcoming meeting: what is the "biggest, baddest" bias in aging research? The debate will be on Thurs. 11/13 from 3-4:15pm in Hynes Convention Center room 101. For more details about the event, see the event flyer:

At APHA 2025? Come by booth 1206 to learn about the Gateway's free tools and initiatives for #aging and #dementia researchers!

The measurement of cognition in large-scale cross-national surveys: Lessons from the Health and Retirement International Network of Studies and the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol AbstractObjectives. Global dementia prevalence is expected to triple by 2050 with the majority of cases occuring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs

New article in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
highlights lessons from the HRS network of studies on measuring cognition cross-nationally: ensure feasibility across contexts, maintain consistency, and adapt tests for linguistic diversity.

Read more: tinyurl.com/2tdpjy4u

Read about and watch Gateway PI Jinkook Lee's appearance at the World Health Summit last week, where she and other panelists discussed pressing questions about #aging in the Global South: www.worldhealthsummit.org/sessions/c72...

A new paper from the Gateway team finds that long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution in India is linked to faster #cognitive decline in older adults, esp. from residential combustion, industrial, and energy production sources.

Read the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

New on the Gateway blog: highlights from the Education, Aging & Global Health Conference 2025, where 50+ researchers explored how education policy shapes health outcomes.

Key themes & findings here: g2aging.org/blog/post/a7...

#Aging #HealthPolicy #EducationResearch #GlobalHealth

As demand for long-term care rises, researchers are generating new evidence to guide policy. Our latest blog highlights a Health Economics special issue with 8 open access papers on caregiving, LTC insurance, home-based care, and more.

Read here: g2aging.org/blog/post/23...

How do compulsory schooling laws shape long-term outcomes?

Our newest Gateway blog highlights our updated USA Compulsory Schooling Policy Details Document, a new and improved resource for studying policy impacts across generations.

Read the post: g2aging.org/blog/post/d6...

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of diabetes in India: a nationally representative survey of adults aged 45 years and older Our findings emphasise the urgent need to scale up policies to better prevent, detect, manage, and control diabetes among middle-aged and older adults in India.

New paper from the LASI team in the @thelancet.com GH: a study of Indian adults aged 45+ finds that 1 in 5 had #diabetes in 2019, highlighting the urgent needs in prevention, detection, and care — especially in developing regions of India.

Read more here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The Gateway team is at #AAIC25! Come by booth 640 to hear about our tools and initiatives for #aging and #dementia researchers. Find us between 10:30am and 4:15pm, today and tomorrow. @alzassociation.bsky.social

Join us tomorrow, July 29, at @alzassociation.bsky.social #AAIC25 for Session 3-24-FRS-A: "Risk Factors and Biological Mechanisms for Cognitive Decline and Dementia in India"

Time: 2:00–3:30 pm
Location: Convention Center, Room 801

We'll share findings on #aging and #dementia in India.

Immigration, acculturation, and diabetes: A comparative study of diabetes prevalence among Asian Indian immigrants living in the United States and native-born populations in India and the United State... Despite evidence that Indian immigrants in high-income countries have higher diabetes risk, few studies have directly compared Indian immigrants to bo…

A new paper using LASI and HRS data compares diabetes rates among Indian immigrants in the US, Indians in India, and the general US population — findings suggest cultural factors may help explain higher prevalence.

Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Pace of Aging analysis of healthspan and lifespan in older adults in the US and UK - Nature Aging Adapting their Pace of Aging method across two population studies of older adults, Balachandran and colleagues find that a faster aging rate puts older adults at risk for early onset of disability and...

New Gateway-supported research: This @nature.com Aging article uses Harmonized US and UK data to study the pace of #aging, #healthspan, and lifespan in older adults. The work builds on a talk from our GSA workshop.

Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Insights into bridging disciplines and building measures from the Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center workshop - Nature Aging This Meeting Report summarizes the 2025 Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center workshop, which brought together over 80 experts to shape a research agenda that bridges exposome science with Alzheimer’s ...

Our new meeting report from the GECC workshop highlights how researchers across disciplines are advancing #exposome and #aging research — by identifying gaps, setting data priorities, and planning for dissemination.

Read the full report @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Read our newest blog post about the 2025 Gateway Writing Retreat at @ucl.ac.uk, which brought together researchers to work on manuscripts analyzing how exposures affect #aging-related outcomes within and between HRS-INS cohorts.
Read here: tinyurl.com/36848v5f

Using data from a Gateway Hackathon, the paper, "Lifespan exposures to rural–urban conditions and later-life cognitive function," found that rural residence, esp. during childhood, is linked to poorer later-life #cognitive outcomes.

Read here: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Alzheimer's & Dementia Call for Papers: The Exposome and Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias Submissions open July 1, 2025. The submission deadline is December 31, 2025. All papers will undergo peer review and are subject to the standard author guidelines.

The Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center and Alzheimer's & Dementia journal invite submissions for a special issue on the #exposome and #Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias risk, resilience, and disparities.

Read the full call at: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

Multinational evaluation of AnthropoAge as a measure of biological age in the USA, England, Mexico, Costa Rica, and China: a population-based longitudinal study - npj Aging npj Aging - Multinational evaluation of AnthropoAge as a measure of biological age in the USA, England, Mexico, Costa Rica, and China: a population-based longitudinal study

A new @nature.com NPJ aging study found a biological age metric and accelerated #aging predicted higher mortality risk and age-related health decline using Gateway #Harmonized HRS, @elsa-study.bsky.social, MHAS, CRELES, and CHARLS #data.
Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...