The Stanford Center on Advancing Decision Making in Aging (CADMA) promotes the study of decision making processes and the determinants of choices that affect health and well-being in the later years of life. One of several distinguished National Institute on Aging (NIA) Roybal Centers, CADMA is a collaboration between Stanford Health Policy (Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research/Center for Health Policy) and Stanford Center on Longevity.
CADMA is seeking seed project proposals for 2011-2012. Projects focusing on research highlighting the following specific aims will be considered for one year awards:
Investigating the roles that age-related changes in emotion and cognition play in decision making, especially those surrounding cognitively complex and emotionally-charged topics.Learning how decision making processes influence day-to-day decisions, such as choices regarding exercise and diet that influence health and functional status of the elderly.Developing and evaluating support tools or information usefully to such tools that could be provided at or near the time of when people face difficult life decisions.
Scholarship Application Deadline: April 12, 2011
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