A Population Aging Research Center Focused on Building Research Infrastructure in the U.S. South
The Southern Population Aging Research Center (SPARC) is a National Institute on Aging-funded Demography & Economics of Aging Center focused on fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, supporting innovative research, promoting the public dissemination of research, and building capacity in the U.S. South to improve population aging through innovative research and robust dissemination.
For more information, please visit SPARC’s official site:
https://www.sparc-aging.org/
SPARC is a multi-institutional research center in the U.S. South, co-led by:
(1) University of Maryland, College Park (UMD)
Dr. Katrina Walsemann
(2) University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Dr. Mieke Thomeer
(3) University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
Dr. Christine Mair
SPARC is a P30 Demography & Economics of Aging Center funded by the National Institute on Aging
(1P30AG097132)