2008 Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat with Poster Session on Aging
The 2008 Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat with Poster Session on Aging took place May 6, 2008 in Houston Hall here on Penn's campus.
Our focus for 2008 was on healthy brain aging.
The IOA invited several prominent speakers in the field to serve as our "Healthy Brain Aging Team" to provoke and enrich discussion of this critical topic - of particular importance here in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with its already sizable and ever-growing population of aging adults.
Marcelle Morrison-Bogorad, PhD, Director of the Neuroscience and Neuropsychology of Aging Program at the National Institute on Aging, addressed the question of why healthy brain aging does matter and gave an overview of where the science stands regarding healthy brain aging.
Marilyn Albert, PhD, Director of the Division of Cognitive Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, tackled vascular risks and their impact on healthy brain aging.
Carl Cotman, PhD, Director of the Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, at the University of California, Irvine, walked us through the ongoing research into how physical activity impacts healthy brain aging.
Hugh Hendrie, MB, ChB, DSc, Center Scientist at the Indiana University Center for Aging Research, discussed the new national roadmap to maintain cognitive health, "The Healthy Brain Initiative," the collaborative effort from the CDC and the Alzheimer’s Association, and shared information from a recent review of cardiovascular risk factors and incident Alzheimer's disease.
Agenda
Lunch for registered attendees began at 11:30am. Lectures began at 12:30pm in the Hall of Flags, Houston Hall. The Poster Session on Aging took place from 3:30 - 5:30pm in Bodek Lounge.
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| 11:30-12:30 | Lunch for registered attendees only Class of '49 Auditorium |
12:30-12:40
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Welcome and Opening Remarks HALL OF FLAGS - NEW LOCATION |
12:40-12:45 |
Introduction of panel |
12:45-1:15
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Marcelle Morrison-Bogorad, PhD |
1:15-1:45
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Marilyn Albert, PhD Vascular Risk Factors and Their Impact on Healthy Brain Aging |
1:45-2:15
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Carl W. Cotman, PhD |
2:15-2:45
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Hugh Hendrie, MB, ChB, DSc Research Scientist Cognitive and Emotional Health: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? |
2:45-3:30
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Nora Dowd Eisenhower, JD |
3:30-5:30
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Poster Session on Aging With Reception BODEK LOUNGE - NEW LOCATION |
Promotional Flyer - (legal size 8 1/2 x 14 in)
Program Booklet of Speakers and Poster Session Participants - PDF, 2.28M
Poster Session on Aging Winners
- Basic Science
- First Place: Matthew J. Winton, "Increased Cytoplasmic Expression of TDP-43 Results in the Formation of Insoluble Aggregates."
- Second Place: Ramez Wassef, "Mitochondrial Oxidation of Methionine Is Essential for Longevity."
- Clinical Research
- First Place: Jason Karlawish, "A Memory and Organizational Aid Improves Research Consent Capacity in Persons with Alzheimer's Disease."
- Second Place: Jesse Pines, "The Association Between Emergency Department and Hospital Crowding with Mortality, Length of Stay, and Financial Outcomes in Older Adults."
- Community/Education/Other
- First Place: Giang T. Nguyen, "Community Connectedness and Depression Among Southeast Asian Immigrants in Late Life."
- Second Place: Young Baek and Stephanie Yuen, "Benefits of an Enterprise-Level Database in Deriving Information from Data Collected in Clinical and Research Centers."
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