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

Past IOA Retreats

2022: Fluid Biomarkers: The next wave of diagnostic tools in Alzheimer’s disease
November 22, 2022
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2021: Bringing the Microscope to Clinic: Crossing the Translational Divide in Neurodegeneration
November 12, 2021
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2019: Energetics and Aging: Mitochondria Do It
Sylvan M. Cohen Visiting Scholar: Richard Youle, PhD and Robert Balaban, PhD
Penn Presenters: Liming Pei, PhD
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2013: Protecting the Genome in the Longevity Revolution: Cancer and Aging
Sylvan M. Cohen Visiting Scholar: Norman E. Sharpless, MD
May 22, 2013
Opening Remarks and Dr. Ned Sharpless' presentation (MP4 file)
Dr. Shelley Berger and Dr. Brad Johnson (MP4 File)
Dr. Eric Brown and Dr. Doug Wallace (MP4 File)
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