Join the IOA for another academic year of discussions on aging that address basic and clinical research, social services and issues, public policy, and more.

The Visiting Scholars Series is open to the Penn community, the public and those who are interested in aging - unless otherwise noted. Kindly register to attend by emailing the IOA at aging@mail.med.upenn.edu or calling 215-898-3163.

Our Speakers for 2010-2011

Visiting Scholars Series Podcasts

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September 16, 2010

9am

Medical Alumni Hall

1st Floor

Maloney Building

3600 Spruce Street

Daniel M. Skovronsky, MD, PhD
President & CEO , Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc.

Topic: "PET Imaging of Amyloid Plaque in Alzheimer’s Disease - Insights into Pathogenesis of Disease"

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September 21, 2010

3:30pm

Austrian Auditorium

415 Curie Boulevard

Joseph A. Pignolo, Sr., Award in Aging Research

Richard A. Miller, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology, University of Michigan School of Medicine; Associate Director for Research, Geriatrics Center, University of Michigan; Research Scientist, Ann Arbor DVA Medical Center

Lecture Title: To Be Announced

January 25, 2011

2:30pm

BRB 2/3 Auditorium

421 Curie Boulevard

Susan L. Lindquist, PhD
Member, Whitehead Institute
Professor of Biology, MIT
Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Topic: "Can Simple Cells Model Complex Diseases?"

March 22, 2011

2:30pm

BRB 2/3 Auditorium

421 Curie Boulevard

Claudia Kawas, MD
Al and Trish Nichols Chair in Clinical Neuroscience, Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology & Behavior
University of California, Irvine

Topic: "The Oldest Old: 95 is the New 65"

Over the past century, advances in public health and medical science extended life expectancy by more than 28 years. People over age 90 are now the fastest growing segment of the population, although little is known about these pioneers of aging. Dr. Kawas will discuss findings from The 90+ Study, one of the largest population-based studies of oldest-old in the world. Based in Leisure World, Laguna Woods, CA, she shares lifestyle and other lessons from individuals in their tenth decade and beyond.

Much of Dr. Kawas’ lecture will be accessible to social work students and other nonscientists. She will be speaking on:

- lifestyle factors associated with longevity

- risk and causes of dementia in people over 90 years of age

- brain findings in people over 90

May 6, 2011

4:00pm

Location to be
announced

Sponsored by:

Penn School of
Veterinary Medicine; Penn Comprehensive Neuroscience Center; Department of Genetics; Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Penn Center for Women's Behavioral Wellness, and the IOA

Bruce S. McEwen, PhD
Alfred E. Mirsky Professor
Head, Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology
Rockefeller University

Topic: "Sex, Stress and the Brain: Hormone Actions Above the Hypothalamus Via Novel Mechanisms"