Center for Healthy Aging Fall Research Symposium
On Nov. 29, 2023, the Center for Healthy Aging held its Fall Research Symposium. Participants met with colleagues working on healthy aging research and heard updates from two recent Center for Healthy Aging pilot grant awardees. Dr. Vishwa Deep Dixit, Director of Yale's Center for Research on Aging, was the keynote speaker.
The program was held in two locations: the MART Auditorium during morning hours, and the Hospital Pavilion – 4W-010 – during the afternoon.
Agenda
PART 1 |
Center for Healthy Aging Research: Shaping the Vision
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| 7:15 – 7:45 am | Coffee, Registration |
| 7:45 – 8 am | Welcome Remarks William A. Wertheim, MD, MBA Interim Executive Vice President for Health Sciences Endowed Chair in Graduate Medical Education Stony Brook University |
| 8 – 9 am |
Medical Grand Rounds (virtual and live) |
| 9 – 9:15 am | Introduction of new Vice Dean for Research and Morning Guest Speakers Peter Igarashi, MD Professor of Medicine and Dean of the Renaissance School of Medicine |
| 9:15 – 9:55 am | New York State’s Master Plan for Aging: Research Opportunities Related to the Goals and Desired Outcomes of the Plan Greg Olsen, MSW Acting Director, New York State Office for the Aging |
| 9:55 – 10:30 am | Exciting new directions and opportunities in the field of collaborative aging research Vishwa Deep Dixit, DVM, PhD Director, Yale Center for Research on Aging Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Pathology, Immunobiology and of Comparative Medicine, Yale School of Medicine |
| 10:30 – 10:45 am | Break |
PART 2 |
Highlights of Current Stony Brook Aging Research
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| 10:45 – 10:55 am | Quick Overview and Introduction of Speakers Christine DeLorenzo, PhD |
| 10:55 – 11:15 am | Introduction of Cholinergic Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease Mala Rajam Ananth, PhD, Stony Brook Alumna Post-doctoral Research Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
| 11:15 – 11:30 am | Home-based Sensors to Support Healthy Aging Fan Ye, PhD Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Stony Brook University |
| 11:30 – 11:45 am | Life in the fast lane: utilizing the short-lived African killifish for lifelong experiments in aging research Chi-Kuo Hu, PhD Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Cell Biology, Stony Brook University |
| 11:45 am – Noon | TDP-43 Proteinopathies: Role for Retrotransposons in Neurodegenerative Diseases Roger Sher, PhD Assistant Professor, Neurobiology & Behavior, Stony Brook University |
| Noon – 12:30 pm | Break and Move to New Location for Lunch and Networking — Hospital Pavilion, 4W-010 |
PART 3 |
Initial Workshop Awardee Lectures and Announcement of the New
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| 12:30 – 12:45 pm | Gratitude to Senior Leadership and Reviewers for Support, Introduction of First CHA Pilot Grant Awardees Suzanne Fields, MD |
| 12:45 – 1 pm | CHA Pilot Award Winner: Secondary Falls Prevention through a Post-ER Multidisciplinary Home Visit Adam Singer, MD Professor and Interim Chair of Emergency Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine |
| 1 – 1:15 pm | CHA Pilot Award Winner: Cellular Senescence in Parkinson’s Disease Markus Riessland, PhD Assistant Professor, Neurobiology & Behavior, Stony Brook University |
| 1:15 – 1:30 pm | Announcement of New CHA Awards and Closing Remarks Susan Hedayati, MD Professor of Medicine, Vice Dean for Research and Lina Obeid Chair in Biomedical Research, Renaissance School of Medicine |
