Title of Collaborative Activity: |
Interagency Workgroup on Technology to Facilitate Aging in Place |
Description of Collaborative Activity: |
The purpose of this Trans-National Institutes of Health (NIH) Inter-Agency group is to develop new platforms for everyday life technology that will enhance the common goals of multiple NIH institutes and other federal government agencies by improving the capability to rapidly conduct peer-reviewed technology research to facilitate aging in place, with a special emphasis on people from underrepresented groups. A platform is a group of technologies that are used as a base upon which other applications, processes or technologies are developed. |
Type of Collaborative Activity: |
Research Initiative
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Year the Collaborative Activity Originated: |
2014 |
NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director: |
NCI, NHLBI, NIA, NIBIB, NINDS, NINR |
HHS Agency Collaborators on this Activity: |
ACL, CMS, FDA |