The IOA's Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Research Retreat and Poster Session

“Environmental Impacts on Neurodegeneration"

Co-sponsored by the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology
March 11, 2025
8:30am - 4:30pm
Biomedical Research Building

View a recording of the lectures here. 

 

 

 

 
Retreat Speakers

Keynote Speakers:

  • Eva-Maria Collins, PhD
    Associate Professor in Biology, Swarthmore College
  • Gary Miller, PhD
    Professor of Environmental Health Sciences (in Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics), Columbia University

Additional Presenters:

Agenda

Click here to view the agenda. 

Click here to view the full event program. 

Poster Session

Additional notes:

  • You must print and bring your own poster to the event.
    Easels, poster boards, and pins to display your poster on the board will be provided.
  • Poster presenters should be present during the poster sessions and announcement of poster awards. 
  • Poster boards are approximately 3x5 and may be displayed vertical or horizontal. 
  • When you arrive at the event, please visit the registration desk to pick up the full poster listing which will include your poster number and direct you to where you should display your poster. More information on what time your poster should be displayed by will be provided closer to the event date. 

View the 2025 Poster listing here.

Past IOA Retreats

2023: Addressing Aging: Medical Communication and Misinformation in Aging-related Research and Care
Co-sponsored by the Penn Medical Communication Research Institute 
December 6, 2023
Watch the full recording here. 

2022: Fluid Biomarkers: The next wave of diagnostic tools in Alzheimer’s disease
November 22, 2022
Get the full event recap here. 

2021: Bringing the Microscope to Clinic: Crossing the Translational Divide in Neurodegeneration
November 12, 2021
Get the full event recap here. 

2019: Energetics and Aging: Mitochondria Do It
Sylvan M. Cohen Visiting Scholar: Richard Youle, PhD and Robert Balaban, PhD
Penn Presenters: Liming Pei, PhD
Get the full event recap here.

2018: Impact of Life Course Exposures on Aging: Longevity reflects our experiences from day to day
Sylvan M. Cohen Visiting Scholar: Kenneth Langa, MD, PhD
Penn Presenters: Hans-Peter Kohler, PhD, Irma T. Elo, PhD, Courtney Boen, PhD
Get the full event recap here.

2017: Genetics of Aging-related Neurodegeneration
Sylvan M. Cohen Visiting Scholar: Philip De Jager, MD, PhD
Penn Presenters: Jerry Schellenberg, PhD, Adam Naj, PhD, Nancy Zhang, PhD
Get the full event recap here.

2016: To Sleep, per chance to age… and avoid Alzheimer's disease
Sylvan M. Cohen Visiting Scholar: David M. Holtzman, MD
Penn Presenters: David M. Raizen, MD, PhD; Matthew S. Kayser, MD, PhD; Nirinjini Naidoo, PhD; Sigrid C. Veasey, MD
June 8, 2016
Get the full event recap here.

2015: Aging with Financial Security: Addressing the Challenges if Cognitive Aging and Impairment
Sylvan M. Cohen Visiting Scholars: Deborah Holt-Knight; Robert C. Abrams, MD; Veronica M. LoFaso, MD, MS; Nathan Spreng, PhD; and Nora Dowd Eisenhower
Penn Presenters: Jason Karlawish, MD
May 5, 2015
Get the full event recap here.

2014: The Gender Gap in Aging & the 21st Century Longevity Revolution
Sylvan M. Cohen Visiting Scholar: Susan M. Resnick, PhD
Penn Presenters: C. Neill Epperson, MD and Tracy L. Bale, PhD
May 14, 2014
Get the full event recap here.

2013: Protecting the Genome in the Longevity Revolution: Cancer and Aging
Sylvan M. Cohen Visiting Scholar: Norman E. Sharpless, MD
May 22, 2013
Event Recap

2012: Behavioral Economics and Health for an Aging Population
Sylvan M. Cohen Visiting Scholar: Troyen A. Brennan, MD, MPH
May 15, 2012

2011: New Prospects for Healthy Vision Across the Lifespan
Sylvan M. Cohen Visiting Scholar: Paul A. Sieving, MD, PhD
May 17, 2011

2010: Structurally Sound: Bone Health and Aging
Sylvan M. Cohen Visiting Scholar: Clifford J. Rosen, MD
April 28, 2010

2009: The Interface of the Aging Brain and Metabolic Disorders
Sylvan M. Cohen Visiting Scholar: Bruce Yankner, MD, MPH
May 12, 2009

2008 Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat with Poster Session on Aging
Marcelle Morrison-Bogorad, PhD; Marilyn Albert, PhD; Carl Cotman, PhD; Hugh Hendrie, MB, ChB, DSc
May 6, 2008

2007 Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat with Poster Session on Aging
Rosemary A. Stevens, PhD, MPH
May 8, 2007

2006 Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat with Poster Session on Aging
Sylvan M. Cohen Visiting Scholar: Richard J. Hodes, MD
May 4, 2006

2005 Sylvan M. Cohen Annual Retreat with Poster Session on Aging
Sylvan M. Cohen Visiting Scholar: Majd Alwan, PD
June 8, 2005

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