Grant: Dissemination Events - PA: Gender, Sex and Health Research

We are a group of Canadian, Brazilian and Colombian interdisciplinary researchers working together with a common aim: to explain gender differences in mobility in old age. Our ultimate research goal is to identify potential prevention interventions for mobility loss in women and men at community and individual levels. During the last three years we have been able to strengthen our partnerships and we are continuously providing new information on gender, aging and mobility. With the collaboration already established, our group is now requesting funds to support a three-day event in October 2011 that will: 1) conduct dissemination activities of our current research program, 2) start new collaborations for future projects within our main research program; and 3) strengthen our current team work. The events will take place at Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario) and at the 4th PanAmerican congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics to be held in Ottawa. The main activities include: one symposium at Queen's, one symposium at the Ottawa congress, and one meeting of the team members. Our main outcomes are: 1) Education of the audience attending the symposiums; 2)Development of new proposal outlines within the collaboration; 3)3) Strengthening of our existing work