Aging Longevity and Health Newsletter published
The new issue of the Aging Longevity and Health (ALH) Newsletter features the new summer courses in ageing in 2016 and the latest updates from the iHAN and Walkability projects.
Summer Courses in Aging in 2016
Besides the well-established IARU GSP course on Interdisciplinary Aspects of Healthy Aging, the Centre for Healthy Aging (CEHA) of the University of Copenhagen will offer a new summer course: Alive and KICking - innovative solutions to aging-related challenges. IARU students are eligible to apply to the NNITP Scholarships.
The new course is developed under the umbrella of the EIT Health - European Institute for Innovation and Technology in Health. The aim is to contribute to the education and training of professional health innovators and entrepreneurs at an international level.
ALH Steering Committee
The ALH Steering Committee works to increase engagement across IARU campuses and to promote joint activities and funding opportunities for IARU ALH participants. At their last meeting the Committee discussed future
activities, funding and areas of common interest, as well as possibilities for MSc and PhD student exchanges.
Updates from the iHAN Network and from the Walkability project
iHAN allows knowledge exchange across 13 universities around the world from both IARU partners and non-IARU partners. The iHAN network enables researchers to spend research periods at partner universities.
The Walkability project (mobility and social relations among the elderly) involves Oxford University, CEHA and the Helen Hamlyn Center for Design at the Royal College of Art. The goal of Walkability is to investigate whether the existence of perceived community assets and/or specific characteristics of the built environment, including streetscape design, and/or characteristics of the social environment, influence the propensity of older adults to walk, exercise and/or practice other healthy behaviors.
Read the April 2016 issue of the ALH Newsletter.