Grant: Operating Grant : Adv Theoretical Meth Innov Hlth Res-Longitudinal Studies Aging

Longitudinal studies of aging are designed to enable researchers to study the complexity of aging over time. Often the goal is to capture outcomes such as the development of disease, the onset of disabililty, institutionalization, and death. These studies are expensive to conduct and many require lengthy follow up for the collection of adequate data (e.g. sufficient number of endpoints) needed for analysis. In this research we propose to investigate, both from a theoretical and empirical perspective, statistical methodology to accelerate the generation of results from longitudinal studies of aging, particularly those that pertain to outcomes that occur over time.