The Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Aging was established in 2000 with the goal of fostering a synergistic environment for multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research and education in Geriatrics and Gerontology.  The Center’s location in the Faculty of Medical Science of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), adjacent to the Soroka University Medical Center, insures access to all the departments and faculties relevant to research in aging.

In addition, the Center benefits from its location in the Negev region.  The residents of the Negev comprise an intriguing mosaic of racial and ethnic backgrounds.  They are immigrants from North Africa, Ethiopia, India, Europe, North and South America and the republics of the former Soviet Union; they are Bedouin Arabs and Jews born in Israel; they live in cities, development towns, kibbutzim, moshavim and Bedouin settlements.  The diverse backgrounds and lifestyles represented among the population of the Negev provide a natural laboratory for research and for varied innovative interventions directed to improving elderly persons' health and well being.

Contact Information for the Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Aging

Telephone

972-(0)8-6477987

972-(0)8-6477428

FAX

972-(0)8-6477635

Postal address

Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Aging
Faculty of Health Sciences
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
POB 653
84105 Beer Sheva
Israel
 

Electronic mail

cmra@bgu.ac.il or sara@bgu.ac.il