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IOA's 25th Anniversary and Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat 2004

Institute on Aging's 25th Anniversary and Annual Retreat on Aging

(including Poster Session)
with generous support

In Memory of Sylvan M. Cohen

Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania

Faculty, staff, and affiliates of the University of Pennsylvania presented their latest research and programs in the field of aging.

1:00 p.m. Sylvan M. Cohen Visiting Scholar
Vincent Cristofalo, PhD

President, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research and founding director of the Center for the Study of Aging at the University of Pennsylvania

"Longevity, Senescence and Aging"
2:00 p.m. Penn Presenter
Sarah Kagan, PhD, RN

Associate Professor of Gerontological Nursing, Doris R. Schwartz Term Professor in Gerontological Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania and winner of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation "Genius Award"

"The Scientific Import of Imbedded Social Constructions of Being Old and Having Cancer " or " How Bench Scientists Can Help Reconstruct Outmoded Social Icons of Aging"
3:00 - 6:00 p.m. Poster Session