Abstract: . . .    The Ageing Research Agenda        Ageing Research Very recent Very new Tackles serious ageing New questions abound Complexity rules Multi-factorial        General Research Comparatively old Pretty establishment Defines midlife as aging An aura of dogma Ockhams razor rules Reductionist   Can these 2 agendas be merged?          Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute   Q. What is the difference, or relative value, in pursuing ageing research vs more general research acknowledging age differentials?       A. Both are legitimate and both are essential.     1. Nutrition, exercise, cancer, cardio- vascular & other system-based (vs general) researchers can & do piggy-back age-related research onto older cohorts with important advances in ageing       2. Gerontologists should drive complex, multi-factorial, across discipline, across life-span research on serious ageing that links social environmental & biological risk factors. Ageing research needs to cross current restrictive boundaries set up by funding bodies such as ARC, NHMRC, NHF etc          Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute   Q.2. How can ageing research contribute to the general Australian Research Agenda?   The principles intrinsic to Ageing Research (complexity; diversity; multifactorial causation; a life-span approach and multidisciplinary approach) apply increasingly . . .
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