The Center for Successful Aging's (CSA) mission is the promotion of health and vitality across the lifespan. The specific goals of the center are to:

(1) conduct interdisciplinary research on issues related to infant development, physical activity promotion in youth and adults with and without disability, healthy lifestyle behaviors, and on fall prevention and risk reduction in the later years;

(2) provide professional training of students and health care practitioners working with infants, children and adults of all ages in a variety of settings;

(3) to implement a range of community-accessible programs based on a holistic, lifespan approach and family-centered and inter-generational physical activity interventions;

(4) collaborate and partner with community agencies and organizations to provide innovative programming and services aimed at promoting physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior; and

(5) serve as an advocate for affecting public policy relative to developing physical literacy and healthy behaviors across the life span.

The CSA’s programming is evidence-based and incorporates best practices to help individuals of all ages and abilities maintain a lifestyle that is of the highest quality attainable. A multidisciplinary team of university faculty and students work with community partners to implement these goals through their education, research, and service activities.