Gateway to Global Aging Data
@g2aging.bsky.social
The Gateway to Global Aging Data is a platform for population survey data on aging around the world. Your one stop shop for aging data. http://g2aging.org
Applications are open!
Apply for the 22nd Advanced Psychometric Methods in Cognitive Aging Conference, a hands-on workgroup exploring determinants of dementia in cognitive aging studies.
🗓️ August 9–14, 2026 | Tahoe City
Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/2ac794uh
Apply for the 22nd Advanced Psychometric Methods in Cognitive Aging Conference, a hands-on workgroup exploring determinants of dementia in cognitive aging studies.
🗓️ August 9–14, 2026 | Tahoe City
Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/2ac794uh
January 30, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Applications are open!
Apply for the 22nd Advanced Psychometric Methods in Cognitive Aging Conference, a hands-on workgroup exploring determinants of dementia in cognitive aging studies.
🗓️ August 9–14, 2026 | Tahoe City
Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/2ac794uh
Apply for the 22nd Advanced Psychometric Methods in Cognitive Aging Conference, a hands-on workgroup exploring determinants of dementia in cognitive aging studies.
🗓️ August 9–14, 2026 | Tahoe City
Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/2ac794uh
The LA-based Gateway team welcomed our remote teammates for a week of connection and goal setting as we plan for the year ahead.
We also made time for team bonding @gettymuseum.bsky.social — proof that our team meetings aren’t always on Zoom!😌 #research
We also made time for team bonding @gettymuseum.bsky.social — proof that our team meetings aren’t always on Zoom!😌 #research
January 26, 2026 at 10:44 PM
The LA-based Gateway team welcomed our remote teammates for a week of connection and goal setting as we plan for the year ahead.
We also made time for team bonding @gettymuseum.bsky.social — proof that our team meetings aren’t always on Zoom!😌 #research
We also made time for team bonding @gettymuseum.bsky.social — proof that our team meetings aren’t always on Zoom!😌 #research
🚨What's new in ELSA?
We’ve updated two Gateway Harmonized @elsa-study.bsky.social datasets, now ready for download! Our latest blog breaks down what’s new in ELSA and shares insights from the 2025 ELSA Data User Event.
Read: tinyurl.com/5d6676b3
Download: ukdataservice.ac.uk
We’ve updated two Gateway Harmonized @elsa-study.bsky.social datasets, now ready for download! Our latest blog breaks down what’s new in ELSA and shares insights from the 2025 ELSA Data User Event.
Read: tinyurl.com/5d6676b3
Download: ukdataservice.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 6:15 PM
🚨What's new in ELSA?
We’ve updated two Gateway Harmonized @elsa-study.bsky.social datasets, now ready for download! Our latest blog breaks down what’s new in ELSA and shares insights from the 2025 ELSA Data User Event.
Read: tinyurl.com/5d6676b3
Download: ukdataservice.ac.uk
We’ve updated two Gateway Harmonized @elsa-study.bsky.social datasets, now ready for download! Our latest blog breaks down what’s new in ELSA and shares insights from the 2025 ELSA Data User Event.
Read: tinyurl.com/5d6676b3
Download: ukdataservice.ac.uk
New research on Korea’s labor market finds that today’s 70-year-olds are as physically capable as 60-year-olds two decades ago. The analysis draws on the Gateway to Global Aging Data, showing how healthier #aging can reshape work and retirement.
www.devdiscourse.com/article/heal...
www.devdiscourse.com/article/heal...
When 70 Is the New 60: Healthy Aging and Its Growing Impact on Korea’s Labor Market | Health
The IMF study finds that Koreans are aging in significantly better health, with today’s 70-year-olds having physical capacity comparable to 60-year-olds two decades ago, and that this “healthy aging” ...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
New research on Korea’s labor market finds that today’s 70-year-olds are as physically capable as 60-year-olds two decades ago. The analysis draws on the Gateway to Global Aging Data, showing how healthier #aging can reshape work and retirement.
www.devdiscourse.com/article/heal...
www.devdiscourse.com/article/heal...
The Gateway Education Policy Seminar Series begins Jan 8th! Seminars will run the 2nd Thursday of each month and will foster conversations between the Gateway education team, its collaborators, and outside researchers working in this growing field.
Register: mailchi.mp/dd510f5c168d...
Register: mailchi.mp/dd510f5c168d...
Gateway Education Seminar Series Email Signup
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December 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Gateway Education Policy Seminar Series begins Jan 8th! Seminars will run the 2nd Thursday of each month and will foster conversations between the Gateway education team, its collaborators, and outside researchers working in this growing field.
Register: mailchi.mp/dd510f5c168d...
Register: mailchi.mp/dd510f5c168d...
Visit the Gateway to Global Aging Data at GSA 2025! Stop by Booth 400 in the Exhibit Hall to learn about the Gateway's free tools, resources, and initiatives for #aging and #dementia researchers. @geronsociety.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Visit the Gateway to Global Aging Data at GSA 2025! Stop by Booth 400 in the Exhibit Hall to learn about the Gateway's free tools, resources, and initiatives for #aging and #dementia researchers. @geronsociety.bsky.social
The Gateway is co-sponsoring a spirited debate at
@geronsociety.bsky.social's upcoming meeting: what is the "biggest, baddest" bias in aging research? The debate will be on Thurs. 11/13 from 3-4:15pm in Hynes Convention Center room 101. For more details about the event, see the event flyer:
@geronsociety.bsky.social's upcoming meeting: what is the "biggest, baddest" bias in aging research? The debate will be on Thurs. 11/13 from 3-4:15pm in Hynes Convention Center room 101. For more details about the event, see the event flyer:
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Gateway is co-sponsoring a spirited debate at
@geronsociety.bsky.social's upcoming meeting: what is the "biggest, baddest" bias in aging research? The debate will be on Thurs. 11/13 from 3-4:15pm in Hynes Convention Center room 101. For more details about the event, see the event flyer:
@geronsociety.bsky.social's upcoming meeting: what is the "biggest, baddest" bias in aging research? The debate will be on Thurs. 11/13 from 3-4:15pm in Hynes Convention Center room 101. For more details about the event, see the event flyer:
New article in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
highlights lessons from the HRS network of studies on measuring cognition cross-nationally: ensure feasibility across contexts, maintain consistency, and adapt tests for linguistic diversity.
Read more: tinyurl.com/2tdpjy4u
highlights lessons from the HRS network of studies on measuring cognition cross-nationally: ensure feasibility across contexts, maintain consistency, and adapt tests for linguistic diversity.
Read more: tinyurl.com/2tdpjy4u
The measurement of cognition in large-scale cross-national surveys: Lessons from the Health and Retirement International Network of Studies and the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol
AbstractObjectives. Global dementia prevalence is expected to triple by 2050 with the majority of cases occuring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs
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October 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
New article in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
highlights lessons from the HRS network of studies on measuring cognition cross-nationally: ensure feasibility across contexts, maintain consistency, and adapt tests for linguistic diversity.
Read more: tinyurl.com/2tdpjy4u
highlights lessons from the HRS network of studies on measuring cognition cross-nationally: ensure feasibility across contexts, maintain consistency, and adapt tests for linguistic diversity.
Read more: tinyurl.com/2tdpjy4u
Read about and watch Gateway PI Jinkook Lee's appearance at the World Health Summit last week, where she and other panelists discussed pressing questions about #aging in the Global South: www.worldhealthsummit.org/sessions/c72...
World Health Summit
The World Health Summit is the unique international strategic forum for global health. It brings together stakeholders from politics, science, the private sector, and civil society from around the wor...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Read about and watch Gateway PI Jinkook Lee's appearance at the World Health Summit last week, where she and other panelists discussed pressing questions about #aging in the Global South: www.worldhealthsummit.org/sessions/c72...
A new paper from the Gateway team finds that long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution in India is linked to faster #cognitive decline in older adults, esp. from residential combustion, industrial, and energy production sources.
Read the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Read the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Redirecting
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October 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A new paper from the Gateway team finds that long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution in India is linked to faster #cognitive decline in older adults, esp. from residential combustion, industrial, and energy production sources.
Read the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Read the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
New on the Gateway blog: highlights from the Education, Aging & Global Health Conference 2025, where 50+ researchers explored how education policy shapes health outcomes.
Key themes & findings here: g2aging.org/blog/post/a7...
#Aging #HealthPolicy #EducationResearch #GlobalHealth
Key themes & findings here: g2aging.org/blog/post/a7...
#Aging #HealthPolicy #EducationResearch #GlobalHealth
Gateway to Global Aging Data
g2aging.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New on the Gateway blog: highlights from the Education, Aging & Global Health Conference 2025, where 50+ researchers explored how education policy shapes health outcomes.
Key themes & findings here: g2aging.org/blog/post/a7...
#Aging #HealthPolicy #EducationResearch #GlobalHealth
Key themes & findings here: g2aging.org/blog/post/a7...
#Aging #HealthPolicy #EducationResearch #GlobalHealth
As demand for long-term care rises, researchers are generating new evidence to guide policy. Our latest blog highlights a Health Economics special issue with 8 open access papers on caregiving, LTC insurance, home-based care, and more.
Read here: g2aging.org/blog/post/23...
Read here: g2aging.org/blog/post/23...
Gateway to Global Aging Data
g2aging.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
As demand for long-term care rises, researchers are generating new evidence to guide policy. Our latest blog highlights a Health Economics special issue with 8 open access papers on caregiving, LTC insurance, home-based care, and more.
Read here: g2aging.org/blog/post/23...
Read here: g2aging.org/blog/post/23...
How do compulsory schooling laws shape long-term outcomes?
Our newest Gateway blog highlights our updated USA Compulsory Schooling Policy Details Document, a new and improved resource for studying policy impacts across generations.
Read the post: g2aging.org/blog/post/d6...
Our newest Gateway blog highlights our updated USA Compulsory Schooling Policy Details Document, a new and improved resource for studying policy impacts across generations.
Read the post: g2aging.org/blog/post/d6...
Gateway to Global Aging Data
g2aging.org
August 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
How do compulsory schooling laws shape long-term outcomes?
Our newest Gateway blog highlights our updated USA Compulsory Schooling Policy Details Document, a new and improved resource for studying policy impacts across generations.
Read the post: g2aging.org/blog/post/d6...
Our newest Gateway blog highlights our updated USA Compulsory Schooling Policy Details Document, a new and improved resource for studying policy impacts across generations.
Read the post: g2aging.org/blog/post/d6...
New paper from the LASI team in the @thelancet.com GH: a study of Indian adults aged 45+ finds that 1 in 5 had #diabetes in 2019, highlighting the urgent needs in prevention, detection, and care — especially in developing regions of India.
Read more here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Read more here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of diabetes in India: a nationally representative survey of adults aged 45 years and older
Our findings emphasise the urgent need to scale up policies to better prevent, detect,
manage, and control diabetes among middle-aged and older adults in India.
www.thelancet.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New paper from the LASI team in the @thelancet.com GH: a study of Indian adults aged 45+ finds that 1 in 5 had #diabetes in 2019, highlighting the urgent needs in prevention, detection, and care — especially in developing regions of India.
Read more here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Read more here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The Gateway team is at #AAIC25! Come by booth 640 to hear about our tools and initiatives for #aging and #dementia researchers. Find us between 10:30am and 4:15pm, today and tomorrow. @alzassociation.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Gateway team is at #AAIC25! Come by booth 640 to hear about our tools and initiatives for #aging and #dementia researchers. Find us between 10:30am and 4:15pm, today and tomorrow. @alzassociation.bsky.social
Join us tomorrow, July 29, at @alzassociation.bsky.social #AAIC25 for Session 3-24-FRS-A: "Risk Factors and Biological Mechanisms for Cognitive Decline and Dementia in India"
Time: 2:00–3:30 pm
Location: Convention Center, Room 801
We'll share findings on #aging and #dementia in India.
Time: 2:00–3:30 pm
Location: Convention Center, Room 801
We'll share findings on #aging and #dementia in India.
July 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Join us tomorrow, July 29, at @alzassociation.bsky.social #AAIC25 for Session 3-24-FRS-A: "Risk Factors and Biological Mechanisms for Cognitive Decline and Dementia in India"
Time: 2:00–3:30 pm
Location: Convention Center, Room 801
We'll share findings on #aging and #dementia in India.
Time: 2:00–3:30 pm
Location: Convention Center, Room 801
We'll share findings on #aging and #dementia in India.
A new paper using LASI and HRS data compares diabetes rates among Indian immigrants in the US, Indians in India, and the general US population — findings suggest cultural factors may help explain higher prevalence.
Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Immigration, acculturation, and diabetes: A comparative study of diabetes prevalence among Asian Indian immigrants living in the United States and native-born populations in India and the United State...
Despite evidence that Indian immigrants in high-income countries have higher diabetes risk, few studies have directly compared Indian immigrants to bo…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A new paper using LASI and HRS data compares diabetes rates among Indian immigrants in the US, Indians in India, and the general US population — findings suggest cultural factors may help explain higher prevalence.
Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New Gateway-supported research: This @nature.com Aging article uses Harmonized US and UK data to study the pace of #aging, #healthspan, and lifespan in older adults. The work builds on a talk from our GSA workshop.
Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Pace of Aging analysis of healthspan and lifespan in older adults in the US and UK - Nature Aging
Adapting their Pace of Aging method across two population studies of older adults, Balachandran and colleagues find that a faster aging rate puts older adults at risk for early onset of disability and...
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July 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New Gateway-supported research: This @nature.com Aging article uses Harmonized US and UK data to study the pace of #aging, #healthspan, and lifespan in older adults. The work builds on a talk from our GSA workshop.
Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Our new meeting report from the GECC workshop highlights how researchers across disciplines are advancing #exposome and #aging research — by identifying gaps, setting data priorities, and planning for dissemination.
Read the full report @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Read the full report @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Insights into bridging disciplines and building measures from the Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center workshop - Nature Aging
This Meeting Report summarizes the 2025 Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center workshop, which brought together over 80 experts to shape a research agenda that bridges exposome science with Alzheimer’s ...
www.nature.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Our new meeting report from the GECC workshop highlights how researchers across disciplines are advancing #exposome and #aging research — by identifying gaps, setting data priorities, and planning for dissemination.
Read the full report @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Read the full report @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Read our newest blog post about the 2025 Gateway Writing Retreat at @ucl.ac.uk, which brought together researchers to work on manuscripts analyzing how exposures affect #aging-related outcomes within and between HRS-INS cohorts.
Read here: tinyurl.com/36848v5f
Read here: tinyurl.com/36848v5f
Gateway to Global Aging Data
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July 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Read our newest blog post about the 2025 Gateway Writing Retreat at @ucl.ac.uk, which brought together researchers to work on manuscripts analyzing how exposures affect #aging-related outcomes within and between HRS-INS cohorts.
Read here: tinyurl.com/36848v5f
Read here: tinyurl.com/36848v5f
Using data from a Gateway Hackathon, the paper, "Lifespan exposures to rural–urban conditions and later-life cognitive function," found that rural residence, esp. during childhood, is linked to poorer later-life #cognitive outcomes.
Read here: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Read here: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Using data from a Gateway Hackathon, the paper, "Lifespan exposures to rural–urban conditions and later-life cognitive function," found that rural residence, esp. during childhood, is linked to poorer later-life #cognitive outcomes.
Read here: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Read here: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center and Alzheimer's & Dementia journal invite submissions for a special issue on the #exposome and #Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias risk, resilience, and disparities.
Read the full call at: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...
Read the full call at: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...
Alzheimer's & Dementia Call for Papers: The Exposome and Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias
Submissions open July 1, 2025. The submission deadline is December 31, 2025. All papers will undergo peer review and are subject to the standard author guidelines.
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center and Alzheimer's & Dementia journal invite submissions for a special issue on the #exposome and #Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias risk, resilience, and disparities.
Read the full call at: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...
Read the full call at: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...
A new @nature.com NPJ aging study found a biological age metric and accelerated #aging predicted higher mortality risk and age-related health decline using Gateway #Harmonized HRS, @elsa-study.bsky.social, MHAS, CRELES, and CHARLS #data.
Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Multinational evaluation of AnthropoAge as a measure of biological age in the USA, England, Mexico, Costa Rica, and China: a population-based longitudinal study - npj Aging
npj Aging - Multinational evaluation of AnthropoAge as a measure of biological age in the USA, England, Mexico, Costa Rica, and China: a population-based longitudinal study
www.nature.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A new @nature.com NPJ aging study found a biological age metric and accelerated #aging predicted higher mortality risk and age-related health decline using Gateway #Harmonized HRS, @elsa-study.bsky.social, MHAS, CRELES, and CHARLS #data.
Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Gateway HCAP team had the opportunity to participate in the Center for Effective Global Action's Africa HCAP meeting in Nairobi last week — thanks to all who made it a productive and insightful gathering!
June 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The Gateway HCAP team had the opportunity to participate in the Center for Effective Global Action's Africa HCAP meeting in Nairobi last week — thanks to all who made it a productive and insightful gathering!