Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging

The Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging (CITRA) was funded by the National Institute on Aging in October, 2003. It is one of six Edward R. Roybal Centers for Translational Research on Aging funded nationwide. A unique collaboration of social science, clinical research and mental health, the center unites researchers from Cornell's Ithaca campus; research clinicians in geriatric medicine at the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell in Manhattan, and psychiatric researchers at Cornell's Psychiatric Division of the Cornell Institute for Geriatric Psychiatry in Westchester, N.Y.

The site features a newsletter, information on ongoing research and programs and workshops. Summaries and documents are provided for conferences on pain, social isolation, and research-to-practice.

Of particular note, in the “Ongoing Research” section, is the documentation for the Partners in Caregiving Program, a series of workshops designed to bring about changes in family and staff communication in long-term care. http://www.citra.org/project_detail.php?id=7

The “Understanding Research” section contains excellent information on conducting and understanding research in aging.

The site also has a blog http://www.agingresearchtranslator.com/blog.php featuring newly published articles in the aging literature. Research summaries are posted every other week. Posts are organized chronologically and can also be organized categorically.

http:www.citra.org

Aging Research Translator (ART): Non-Technical Summaries of Aging Research Published in Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals

The ART website has been designed with community-based practitioners in mind. Community-based practitioners are the largest group of potential users of aging-related research, and the people most likely to apply the aging knowledge-base to the lives of real people. However, the location of research in university libraries and databases makes it difficult to access. Furthermore, the overly technical language of research articles can be an impediment.

The ART website, developed by Cornell University researchers, attempts to address these challenges by posting summaries of aging research literature using non-technical language.
ART is a blog (short for web log). New aging research summaries are posted every other week. Posts are organized chronologically and can also be organized categorically. Readers are invited to write comments after each post (all comments need to be approved by the blog administrator before being listed). In addition, readers can sign-up on the Contact/Subscribe page to receive a bi-weekly email notice of our newest research summaries.

http://www.agingresearchtranslator.com/index.html