RCN for Aging Population is in collaboration with several research centers through affiliated faculty in the RCN. The list of research centers (as of October 2017) are given below.
Center for Accessibility and Safety for Aging Population (ASAP)
The Center for Accessibility and Safety for an Aging Population (ASAP Center) is a multidisciplinary collaboration organized to conduct research in the primary area of transportation engineering, as well as performing educational and outreach programs. With motivation from Florida’s large number of senior residents, the reported relatively high involvement of seniors in traffic crashes nationwide, and their special needs for transportation, the theme of the center is to provide safe and accessible transportation to the aging population. The center is supported by a strong research team from various disciplines including civil engineering, urban planning, geography, psychology, and health care management. For more information, please click here.
Institute for Successful Longevity (ISL)
ISL‘s vision is to create an institute devoted to interdisciplinary research on healthy physical and cognitive aging that can discover the causes of age-related cognitive decline and translate those discoveries into practices and interventions that slow or halt it. For more information, please click here.
Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy
The Pepper Institute is bringing together faculty and students from a range of disciplines like political science, sociology, public health, medicine, and psychology, to examine an array of issues related to the social aspects of aging and their implications for public policy, under four areas: “Pathways to Later Life”, “Aging and Health Disparities”, “Communities and Transportation”, “Aging and Health Policy”. For more information, please click here.
The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)
UMTRI is dedicated to achieving safe and sustainable transportation for a global society. With a multimillion-dollar research program, broad faculty expertise, and multiple collaborators, UMTRI is committed to interdisciplinary research that will ultimately increase driving safety and further transportation systems knowledge. For more information, please click here.
National Disaster Preparedness Training Center
The NDPTC is a member of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC), which was expanded in 2007 to address all-hazards capabilities by the addition of the University of Hawai`i. The NDPTC is authorized to develop and deliver training and educational programs related to homeland security and disaster management, with a specific focus on natural hazards, coastal communities, and the special needs and opportunities of islands and territories. The NDPTC actively engages internally with FEMA and the University of Hawai`i, as well as with external partners across the region to integrate the delivery of its trainings, products, and services. For more information, please click here.
Alan Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC)
The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) seeks to lead an informed public discussion of transportation policy issues. In the context of New Jersey as a living laboratory, VTC is committed to conducting research and finding innovative approaches to transportation problem solving. Through its research, VTC identifies and explores transportation linkages to other public policy areas, such as economic development, land use, political governance, finance and social policy. Through the National Transit Institute’s (NTI) training and education activities, VTC develops and delivers workforce development programs for the transit industry, government officials and the public at-large. For more information, please click here.
Region-2 University Transportation Research Center (UTRC)
The Region 2 University Transportation Research Center (UTRC) is one of ten original University Transportation Centers established in 1987 by the U.S. Congress. These Centers were established with the recognition that transportation plays a key role in the nation’s economy and the quality of life of its citizens. University faculty members provide a critical link in resolving our national and regional transportation problems while training the professionals who address our transportation systems and their customers on a daily basis. For more information, please click here.
Monash University Accident Research Center (MUARC)
The Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) is one of the world’s most comprehensive injury prevention research centres. It is unique in being grounded in scientific and academic excellence, while producing research which has real-life implications that are often translated into policy. For more information, please click here.
Centre for Research on Safe Driving
Centre for Research on Safe Driving‘s mandate is to contribute to the reduction of traffic-related crashes through the understanding of the fundamental processes that support safe driving and through the development of interventions to optimize safe driving. The Centre’s specific goals are 1) Foster interdisciplinary collaboration towards safe driving, 2) Provide a nurturing environment for students to support the development of the next generation of researchers (junior faculty, graduate and undergraduate students), 3) Contribute to the body of knowledge regarding safe driving, 4) Support initiatives to reduce traffic-related crashes, and 5) Develop a reputation for high-quality research at the provincial, national, and international levels. For more information, please click here.
The Danish National Center for Social Research (SFI)
The SFI conducts research and carrires out commissioned projects in the area of welfare state policies, and disseminates the results. Its primary task is to generate new knowledge of relevance to society. The Centre is a sector research institution under the Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Interior. Its primary focus is therefore on matters concerning the Ministry, but it also deals with wider issues such as employment, integration and labour market conditions, economic and family-related issues, and other national and international social conditions and development trends of significance to the living conditions of the population. For more information, please click here.