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A Nordic comparative study indicates that of the Finnish men born in the middle of 1910´s only 24 % survived to the age of 75, whereas among the Swedish and Danish men the corresponding proportions were 49 and 42 percent.…
A position of university lecturer in gerontology at U TampereDear friendsa fixed-term (until 2019) position of university lecturer in gerontology is open at the University of Tampere.https://uta.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_RJ&jgid=1&jid=650For more information, please contact Professor Marja Jylhä at marja.jylha@uta.fi. Gerontology Research Center;PO Box…
The Scientific Committee welcomes symposia from all fields in ageing research. We particularly encourage cross-disciplinary research and sessions co-organized by research groups from different countries. Detailed instructions can be found on 23NKG webpage.
The Rector of the University of Tampere has appointed Ilkka Pietilä for two-year fixed-term Fellowship (Senior Research Fellow) at the Institute for Advanced Social Research. 11 fellowships for Post-doctoral Researchers and Senior Research Fellows were declared open in Spring 2015…
The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Health has decided to fund ten new research posts as Academy Research Fellow and one of them is Sari Stenholm acting professor of gerontology from University of Tampere. The aim of the five-year…
The Academy of Finlands´Rezsearch Council for Health has granted funding for two research project in GEREC for years 2015-2019 Marja Jylhä (UTA): The longevity revolution- implications for the need and costs of health and social careOlder people need care services…
Low weight at birth increased the risk of disability pension among men, reveals a new Finnish study published in the PLoS One. Around 20% of the cohort members born in 1934–44 retired on a disability pension between 1971 and 2011.…
Ilkka Pietilä has been invited to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Ageing Studies. The Editor of the journal is Professor Jay Gubrium. There are two earlier members from GEREC in the Editorial Board, Outi Jolanki and Pirjo Nikander.
Visiting scientist MD, PhD Timo Hinrichs has won the Vontobel prize for ageing research awarded by the University of Zürich for his research paper "Inverse effects of midlife occupational and leisure time physical activity on mobility limitation in old age…
Older people have many kinds of goals in their lives, most commonly related to health, independent living, close relationships, and different activities. However, based on a study conducted at the Gerontology Research Center of the University of Jyväskylä, older women…