The meeting took place in the city of Temuco and brought together researchers from several Chilean universities.

In order to establish collaborative work between institutions, around research into healthy aging, academics from different state universities met at the University of La Frontera to show the progress made in this area and propose strategies. to increase scientific productivity.

The University of La Serena was present at the meeting, represented by the Director of the Kinesiology program, Dr. Alfredo Gary, who, together with representatives of 16 universities from different areas of the country, made projections regarding this year's work, highlighting who already have publications in the field of aging biology.

The Research Network has 835 researchers nationwide and the Healthy Aging Roundtable tries to convert applied research into background information that contributes to decision-making at the country level, in order to improve the quality of life in old age of citizens. .

The University of La Serena has actively participated in the Researchers Network since 2017 and since that date four days of coordination and promotion have been held with researchers and coordinators from all state higher education institutions in Chile.

Written by Patricia Castro, DirCom