NIA’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of older Americans through research, and specifically, to:

• Support and conduct high-quality research on:
  • Aging processes
  • Age-related diseases
  • Special problems and needs of the aged
• Train and develop highly skilled research scientists from all population groups
• Develop and maintain state-of-the-art resources to accelerate research progress
• Disseminate information and communicate with the public and interested groups on health and research advances and on new directions for research.