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

"Aging Brains, Aging Vessels"

Co-hosted by Penn Cardiovascular Institute and North American Artery Society
The Retreat is a half-day conference held as an extension of the 2026 NAA Conference (May 8–9, 2026, University of Pennsylvania).

May 8, 2026
12:00 - 5:00pm
Smilow Center for Translational Research

 

 

 
Retreat Speakers

Keynote Speakers:

  • Roxana Carare, MD, PhD, University of Southampton 

Additional Presenters:

  • Mark L. Kahn, MD, University of Pennsylvania 

  • John A. Detre, MD, University of Pennsylvania 

  • Silvia Fossati, PhD, Temple University 

  • Li-Feng Jiang-Xie, PhD, University of Pennsylvania 

Agenda

Coming soon!

Registration and Poster Session

Registration information coming soon!

Special Notes:

  • The Retreat is a half-day conference held as an extension of the 2026 NAA Conference (May 8–9, 2026, University of Pennsylvania).

  • Registration for the Sylvan M. Cohen Retreat and the NAA Conference will be separate.

  • The Retreat is free to attend, but registration is required. Registration will open soon on the IOA website.

  • Please note: Because this retreat is being held in conjunction with the 2026 NAA Conference, which will feature its own poster presentations, the IOA will not be accepting separate poster submissions for this particular retreat. The Sylvan M. Cohen poster session will resume at the next Sylvan M. Cohen Retreat.

Past IOA Retreats

2025: Aging Reimagined: Innovation in the Era of AI
Co-sponsored by PennAITech - funded by the National Institute on Aging Grant Nr. P30AG073105
December 6, 2025
Get the full event recap here.

2024: Environmental Impacts on Neurodegenerative Disease 
Co-sponsored by the Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology
March 11, 2025
Watch the full recording here.

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