Backgrounder - International research projects funded under the European Research Area on Ageing (ERA-AGE)

[ Press Release 2012-59 ]

Six international research projects will be funded under the European Research Area on Ageing (ERA-AGE), Europe's first joint research program in aging. An impressive five of the six projects include Canadian researchers – speaking to the excellence of Canada’s research enterprise. The Government of Canada, through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, is investing close to $1 million of a total international partner investment of approximately
$5 million.

List of funded projects including Canadian researchers:

Continence across Continents to Upend Stigma and Dependency
FRQS, Canada - Cara Tannenbaum, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal
ESRC, UK - Eleanor van den Heuvel, Brunel University
CIHR, Canada - Adrian Wagg, University of Alberta
Other partner:
France - Xavier Fritel, CHU  de Poitiers (funding from INPES and Agence Regional de Sante Poitou-Charentes)

Ambient Assistive Living Technologies for Wellness, Engagement, and Long Life
Simon Fraser University news release
CIHR, Canada - Alex Mihailidis, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
CIHR, Canada - Andrew Sixsmith, Simon Fraser University
ESRC, UK - Arlene Astell, University of St. Andrews
FAS, Sweden - Louise Nygard, Karolinska Institute

Understanding the Role of Contrasting Urban Contexts in Healthy Aging: An International Study of Daily Mobility and Active Living Using Wearable Sensor Devices across Cohorts
CIHR/FRQS, Canada - Yan Kestens, Université de Montréal
FNR, Luxembourg -  Philippe Gerber, CEPS/INSTEAD
Independently funded partners:
France - Basile Chaix, INSERM (funding from Ministry of Transportation, the Syndicat des Transport de I'lle de France (STIF), RATP, SNCF and conseil Regional de I'lle de France)

Healthy Ageing in Residential Places
CIHR, Canada - Pat Armstrong, York University
FAS, Sweden- Marta Szebehely, Stockholm University
ESRC, UK - Liz Lloyd, University of Bristol
Independently funded partners:
Norway - Mia Vabø, NOVA – Norwegian Social Research

Hearing, Remembering, and Living Well: Paying Attention to Challenges of Older Adults in Noisy Environments
CSO-MOH, Israel - Daniel A. Levy, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
AKA, Finland- Anne Viljanen, University of Jyväskylä
BBSRC, UK - Antje Heinrich, MRC Institute of Hearing Research
CIHR, Canada - Bruce Schneider, University of Toronto
FRQS, Canada - Jean-Pierre Gagné, Université de Montréal