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Almost 35 million persons of Mexican descent live in the United States, more than one-quarter the number of all persons currently living in Mexico. An additional 19 million report other types of Hispanic ancestry. The US and Latin America also have strong economic connections and are intimately tied in a wide variety of other ways. In this context, understanding the issues of aging on one side of the border can help us better understand those on the other side, not to mention building knowledge about aging that is transnational.

The International Conference Series on Aging in the Americas brings together scholars who are pushing the field of aging research forward on both sides of the border. It fosters new research partnerships, reinvigorates existing partnerships, and exposes all involved to the state of the art in this area. The series is supported by a NIH/NIA conference grant and so the NIA-funded Resource …