Projects

Longitudial studies in Healthy Ageing

Monash University in partnership with the University of Sydney is conducting a series of three linked studies that form a large longitudinal study on healthy ageing: The Melbourne Longitudinal Studies on Healthy Ageing Program. The Program Directors are Professor Colette Browning, Monash Institute of Health Services Research and Professor Hal Kendig, University of Sydney. The multidisciplinary research team for the three related studies has included psychologists, sociologists, medical researchers, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and public health researchers. The program has received funding primarily from the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation and the National Health and Medical Research Council over the period 1994-2010.

For more information, contact Colette Browning

ASPREE

MonRAS is exploring the facilitation of possible substudies to the Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly  (ASPREE) study.

ASPREE is a large-scale double-blind controlled trial to determine the effect of low-dose aspirin versus placebo over a 5 year treatment period, for the prevention of cardiovascular events (fatal and non fatal) in subjects aged over 70 years without known cardiovascular disease. Additional aims are to investigate aspirin effects on all cause mortality, dementia, hemorrhagic stroke, preservation of cognitive function, gastrointestinal bleeds, and other clinical significant bleeding, carcinoma, thromboembolism, institutionalization, disability, cost-effectiveness, depression and quality of life.

For more information on the ASPREE study click here