Geriatrics & Aging

Clinical Gerontology

Clinical Gerontology is a unit within the Department of Public Health and Primary Care dedicated to understanding how best to keep older people healthy. Its overall research goals quantify the combined role of lifestyle, environmental, and genetic factors in the aetiology of major disability diseases in later life, with a particular focus on cardiovascular disease, cancer, and osteoporosis. Identifying effective prevention strategies.

Gerontology refers to the social, cultural, psychological, cognitive, and biological aspects of aging. Gerontology is the study of aging and the elderly. As longevity improved, the science of gerontology advanced. Researchers in this field are diverse and trained in areas such as physiology, social sciences, psychology, public health, and politics.

Gerontology includes:

• A scientific study of the processes associated with bodily changes during middle and later life.
• Interdisciplinary study of social changes caused by population aging, from the humanities (history, philosophy, literature, etc.) to economics