GA Support Request to Bolster Aging Research Connections Across the UMS
Principal Investigator: Lenard Kaye (Social Work, UMaine)
Partners: UMS reach
Abstract: The implications for the country’s economic well-being stemming from the growing population of older adults in the US is well documented. In the spirit of the One University concept, the UMS Aging Initiative promotes research collaborations across the UMS by bringing expertise, resources, laboratories and facilities, and the differentiated missions of all seven campuses together to address rural-aging in innovative ways that will positively impact Maine’s economy. This proposal seeks to drive the UMS Aging Initiative’s mission forward through the funding of a GA who will act as a centralized, organizational and logistics coordinator for aging related research projects throughout the UMS.