IIMCB was one of the major initiators of multidisciplinary projects on ageing and currently is a coordinator of the ministerial commissioned project Medical, psychological and economical aspects of aging in Poland. The largest country’s project in this area of research with its budget over 12 mln PLN aims at conducting an interdisciplinary study of various aging-related problems. About 6000 patients will participate in a survey and over 1500 patients in 8 regions will be examined by geriatricians within the framework of this project. Biological material (DNA bank) will be deposited at IIMCB, also our Institute will provide the whole consortium with an database gathering all tests results. Four subprojects focus on a large-scale epidemiological studies, two on physical and architectural barriers for the old population. Specialists involved range from sociologists, psychologists, economists and demographers to geriatrists, cardiologists, nephrologists, neurologists, epidemiologists and molecular biologists. Final target is an ultimate definition of needs of aging population in terms usable in social policy, administrative care etc. that can shape future decision-making in this area.
The project is conducted at the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw with Prof. Piotr Bledowski (President of Polish Gerontological Society) as a head of the project and Dr. Malgorzata Mossakowska as coordinator.

More information (in Polish): http://polsenior.iimcb.gov.pl/