The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is a division of the U.S.

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(NIH), located in

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. The NIA itself is headquartered in

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. The NIA leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of

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and to extend the healthy, active years of life. In 1974, under Public Law 93-296, Congress granted authority to form NIA to provide leadership in aging research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs relevant to aging and older people. In January 2011, President Obama signed into law the National Alzheimer’s Project Act, designating the NIA as the primary federal agency on

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research. In 2024 NIA is led by Director, Richard J. Hodes, M.D, and Deputy Director Amy S. Kelley, M.D.

Past directors

Past directors from 1975–present

Mission

NIA's mission is to improve the health and well-being of older Americans through research, and specifically to: *Support and conduct high-quality research on: **Aging processes **Age-related diseases **Special problems and needs of the aged *Train and develop highly skilled research scientists from all population groups. *Develop and maintain state-of-the-art resources to accelerate research progress. *Disseminate information and communicate with the public and interested groups on health and research advances and on new directions for research.

Programs

NIA sponsors research on aging through extramural and

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programs. The extramural program funds research and training at universities, hospitals, medical centers, and other public and private organizations nationwide. One such example is the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers (ADRCs). As of 2022, the NIA funds over 30 centers at medical institutions throughout the United States. The intramural program conducts basic and clinical research in Baltimore, Maryland, and on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland.

Eliezer Masliah Eliezer Masliah (born ) is a neuropathologist who was the director of the division of neuroscience at the National Institute on Aging from 2016 to 2024. In September 2024, an investigation exposed image manipulation across 132 of Masliah's researc ...

was appointed head of the National Institute on Aging's Division of Neuroscience in 2016.

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External links

NIA homepage

NIA
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The University of Southern California Davis School of Gerontology
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Aging Ageing (or aging in American English) is the process of becoming Old age, older until death. The term refers mainly to humans, many other animals, and fungi; whereas for example, bacteria, perennial plants and some simple animals are potentiall ...

Organizations established in 1974 Gerontology organizations Medical research institutes in Maryland

Past directors

Mission

Programs

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