Aftonbladet published a debate article on March 21 written by fourteen prominent geriatric reseachers from Swedish universities about the need of more stringent actions to protect eldery persons from the CoVID-19. Read the debate article (in Swedish) ARC’s Professor Laura Fratiglioni summarizes the article: The article highlights the clinical and public health relevance to increase … Continue reading Not sufficient to stay at home – Swedish geriatric researchers call for more stringent actions in debate article →

Debora Rizutto was appointed as Associate Professor of Geriatric Epidemiology at Karolinska Institutet in March 2020. – I am clearly honoured to be docent in a leading medical university such as Karolinska Institutet, says Debora. Debora is an epidemiologist with a background in quantitative methods and with more than ten years experience in aging research. … Continue reading Debora Rizzuto appointed as Associate Professor of Geriatric Epidemiology →

Our new activity report is now available online. Read about ARC’s organization, major research findings in brief, funding, ongoing projects, defended PhD theses, various outreach activities, collaborators around the world, and much more. Download pdf

A collaborative project between ARC and Stockholm School of Photography ends with a 3-week exhibition starting week 9 and two lectures by ARC researchers on February 25 and March 4. The exhibition and lectures are open to the public and free of charge. It is often said that “a picture is worth a thousand words”, … Continue reading Arts and science project results in photo exhibition and open lectures →

Professor Laura Fratiglioni, Professor Mats Thorslund and Dr Pär Schön are three of fifteen researchers appointed to a council on geriatric research recently established by the Swedish government. The purpose of the council is to foster communication between researchers and the government. Read more (in Swedish only)

On behalf of Region Stockholm and the Center for Epidemiology and Social medicin (CES), researchers at ARC together with the Stockholm Gerontology Research Center (Stockholms Läns Stiftelse Äldrecentrum) compiled a report about health and living conditions of those aged 65+ in Stockholm county. The report describes the distribution of these factors within different population groups … Continue reading New report: Health and living conditions of those aged 65+ in Stockholm county →

On behalf of the Public Health Agency of Sweden, researchers at ARC conducted a study on differences in mental health problems among older people. The results from a nationally representative study show that the prevalence of mental health problems are common among older adults and varies substantially between subgroups of the older population. For more … Continue reading New report on mental health problems →

The second SIA workshop for junior researchers was organized at the Aging Research Center in Stockholm, September 3-4, 2019. Eleven doctoral students and postdocs from three Nordic countries participated. The aim of the workshop was to give junior researchers within the Social Inequalities in Ageing (SIA) project the possibility to get to know each other … Continue reading The SIA Junior Workshop 2019 →