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SPONSORS OF AGE
2003 |
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Major
Underwriter:
Paul F. Glenn
Sponsorship Fund, in cooperation with the
American Federation for Aging Research
Major
Underwriter:
The National
Institute on Aging
Co-sponsor:
Merck and
Co.
Co-sponsor:
California
Dried Plum Board
Co-sponsor:
Ross
Products Division -- Abbott Laboratories
Co-sponsor:
California
Avocado Commission
Co-sponsor:
Nutramax
Laboratories, Inc.
Co-sponsor:
Wild
Blueberry Association of North America
Co-sponsor:
U.S.
Highbush Blueberry Council
Co-sponsor:
Welch's
Foods, Inc.
Co-sponsor:
California
Strawberry Commission
Co-sponsor:
The
Cranberry Institute |
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Judd Aiken, PhD
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Mark A. Lane, PhD
National Institute on Aging
Baltimore, MD
James Joseph, PhD
HNRCA, Tufts University
Boston, MA
Arthur K. Balin, MD, PhD
The Sally Balin Medical Ctr.
Media, PA
Donald K. Ingram, PhD
National Institute on Aging
Baltimore, MD
Paula A. Bickford, PhD
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL |
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32nd ANNUAL MEETING
PROGRAM
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June 6 - 9,
2003
Harbor
Court Hotel
550 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21202-6099
Pre-Conference: Nutrition and Successful
Aging
Open to
Public
12:00 Noon: Registration
1:00 - 5:00:
Pre-Conference
Speakers:
Helen Rasmussen, MS, RD,
LDN, FADA: "Building the Tufts Modified Food
Pyramid for Older Adults"
Barbara Shukitt-Hale, PhD:
"Color your diet: One strategy for
successful aging"
Paula Bickford, PhD
(previous AGE President): "Your Mother was
Right: Fruits and Veggies Are Good For Your
Brain"
Mary Ann Lila, PhD: "Can
it be a functional food and still taste this
good?"
5:00 - 6:00: AGE Conference Registration
begins
6:00 - 8:00: Welcome
reception
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Saturday, June 7
7:00 - 8:00: Registration
8:00 - 8:15: Opening
Remarks: James Joseph, PhD, President,
American Aging Association
8:15 -
12:00: The Relationships Among Diet, Aging
and Age-Related Diseases
Chair: Jose
Ordovas, PhD, USDA HNRCA, Tufts University,
Boston, MA
"Current Epidemiology of Diet and
Aging--What Are We Eating Now?"
Gladys Block, PhD,
University of California - Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA
"Nutrigenomics, Lipid Metabolism and
Cardiovascular Disease"
Jose Ordovas, PhD, USDA
HNRCA, Tufts University, Boston, MA
"Balancing Lifestyle and Genomics Research
for Disease Prevention in Later Life"
Walter Willett, MD, PhD,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
"Diet and Brain Aging in a Canine Model"
Carl W. Cotman, PhD,
Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia,
University of California - Irvine,
Irvine, CA
10:15 - 10:30: BREAK
"The Triad of Diet, Obesity, and Insulin
Resistance: Molecular and Cellular
Mechanisms"
Andy Greenberg, PhD, USDA
HNRCA, Tufts University, Boston, MA
"Dietary and Genetic Interactions in
Alzheimer's Disease"
Rob Friedland, MD, Case
Western Reserve University, Cleveland,
OH
"Osteoporosis Diet and Aging" (tentative)
Susan Harris, DSc, New
England Research Institutes, Watertown,
MA
12:00 - 1:00: LUNCH (on
your own)
1:00 - 3:30: Oxidative
Stress and Inflammation: The Gemini Twins of
Aging
Chair: Mark
Smith, PhD, Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, OH
"Do amyloid-beta and tau serve antioxidant
functions in the aging and Alzheimer brain?"
Mark Smith, PhD, Case
Western Reserve University, Cleveland,
OH
"Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in MPTP
Parkinsonism and Idiopathic Parkinson's
Disease: Studies from cDNA Microarray Gene
Expression"
Moussa Youdim, PhD, Topf
and National Parkinson's Foundation
Centers, Technion, Haifa, Israel
"NFkB Activation and Diabetes"
Tammy Bray, PhD, Oregon
State University, Corvallis, OR
"Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in
Cardiovascular Disease"
John F. Keaney, MD,
Boston University School of Medicine,
Boston, MA
"Stress Responses in the Aged Brain"
Regino Perez-Polo, PhD,
University of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston, TX
3:30 - 4:00: BREAK
4:00 - 5:00: The Putative
"Age-Friendly" Properties of Fruits and
Vegetables
Chair: Mary
Ann Lila, PhD, University of Illinois,
Champaign-Urbana, IL
"Overview of the Antioxidant and
Anti-Inflammatory Properties of
Bioflavonoids"
Mary Ann Lila, PhD,
University of Illinois,
Champaign-Urbana, IL
"Molecular Basis of the Anti-Inflammatory
Properties of Isoflavones"
Stephan Barnes, PhD,
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
5:30 - 8:00: Annual AGE
Board of Directors Meeting
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Sunday, June 8
7:00 - 8:30: Registration
8:30 - 10:00:
Can the Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory
Properties of Fruits, Vegetables and Drinks
be Expressed as Beneficial Effects in Aging
and Age-Related Diseases?
Chair: Rui
Hai Liu, PhD, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Part 1: Fruits and
Vegetables
"Health Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables
are Additive and Synergistic"
Rui Hai Liu, MD, PhD,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
"The Role of Fruit Polyphenolics in Brain
Aging"
James Joseph, PhD, USDA
HNRCA, Tufts University, Boston, MA
"Interaction Between Dietary Flavonoids and
the Blood Brain Barrier"
Kuresh Youdim, PhD,
Antioxidant Research Group, Wolfson
Centre for Age-Related Diseases, London,
UK
10:00 - 10:30: BREAK
"Proteomics Identification of Protein
Targets of Polyphenols in Rodent Brain"
Helen Kim, PhD,
University of Alabama - Birmingham,
Birmingham, AL
"Mechanisms by Which Garlic and Allyl Sulfur
Compounds Suppress Cancer"
John Milner, PhD, NCI, Frederick, MD
11:30 - 1:00: LUNCH (on your own)
Part 2:
Nuts, Tea, Grape Juice, Wine and Cocoa
"The Health Benefits of Nuts for an Aging
Population"
Joan Sabaté, MD, Loma
Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
"GREEN TEA POLYPHENOL
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN-3-GALLATE; A NOVEL
NEUROPROTECTIVE AND NEURORESCUE AGENT FOR
TREATMENT OF AGEING BRAIN"
Silvia Mandel, PhD, Topf
and National Parkinson's Foundation
Centers, Technion, Haifa, Israel
"Tea, Cardiovascular Disease and Endothelial
Cell Function"
Joseph Vita, PhD, Boston
University School of Medicine, Boston,
MA
"The Anti-Atherogenic Properties of Grape
Products"
John Folts, PhD,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
3:00 - 3:30: BREAK
3:30 - 5:30: Paper Session
"Green Tea Polyphenol (Sunphenon) Prolongs
the Average Life Span of Male C57/BL Mice"
Kenichi Kitani, PhD,
National Institute for Longevity
Sciences, Japan
"Improving the Survival and Function of
Grafted Dopamine Neurons: The Effect of
Dietary Supplementation with Blueberry
Extract"
Susan McGuire, PhD,
Loyola University Chicago
"Effect of Dietary Iron on Motor Behavior
and Neuronal Death in an Experimental Model
of Parkinsonism"
Cathy Levenson, PhD,
National Institute on Aging
"Dietary Restriction Normalizes Glucose
Metabolism and Brain Derived Neurotrophic
Factor Levels, Slows Disease Progression and
Increases Survival in Huntington Mutant
Mice"
Wenzhen Duan, PhD,
National Institute on Aging
"The 2002 Blueberry Health Study: Daily
Blueberries Improve Decision-Speed and
Age-Related Health Indicators"
Rolf Martin, PhD, MMT
Corporation
"Caloric Restriction Increases Brain-Derived
Neurotrophic Factor Levels in Area Ca1 of
the Rat Hippocampus"
Isabel Newton, PhD, Wake
Forest University School of Medicine
"Avian Models for Evaluating the Effects of
Calorie Restriction"
Mary Ann Ottinger, PhD,
University of Maryland
"Skin Anti-Aging and Anti-Carcinogenic
Effects of Lutein and Polypodium Leucotomos"
Neena Philips, PhD,
Georgian Court College
"Age-Related Changes in Metabolic Parameters
of Non-Human Primates"
Xenia Tigno, PhD,
University of Maryland Baltimore
"The Anti-Atherogenic Properties of Grape
Products"
Anna Aronis, PhD, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Israel
"The Effects of Two Years Estrogen Loss and
Replacement on Cholinergic Neurons and
Cortical Cholinergic Fibers in Monkeys"
Gregory Tinkler, PhD,
Wake Forest University School of
Medicine
"Mutant Mammals with Normal Lifespan: an
Underappreciated Resourse"
Aubrey D.N.J. de Grey,
PhD, University of Cambridge, UK
5:30 - 6:00: AGE Business
Meeting -- Open to All Members
6:00 - 8:00: Poster
Presentation and Cocktail Reception;
Competition for Nicolai Prize and Glenn
Award
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Monday, June 9
7:00 - 8:00: Registration
8:00 - 9:30: Fats: the
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Chair: Ernst Schaefer, MD,
USDA HNRCA, Tufts University, Boston, MA
"Putative "Age Beneficial" Effects of Omega
Oils"
Lloyd Horrocks, PhD, Ohio
State University, Columbus, OH
"Health Benefit of Monounsaturated Fats:
Food-Based Research on MUFAs"
Penny Kris-Etherton,
Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA
"Fats: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"
Ernst Schaefer, MD, USDA
HNRCA, Tufts University, Boston, MA
9:30 - 10:00: BREAK
10:00 - 1:00:
Supplements in Aging in Age-Related Diseases
Chair: Balz
Frei, PhD, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon
State University, Corvallis,
"Polyphenol Antioxidants in Green Tea and
Oats: Potential Roles in Angiogenesis and
Atherosclerosis"
Mohsen Meydani, DVM, PhD,
USDA HNRCA, Tufts University, Boston, MA
"Carotenoid-Based Nutritional Interventions
Against Age-Related Macular Degeneration:
Beyond AREDS"
Paul Bernstein, MD, PhD,
Moran Eye Center, University of Utah,
Salt Lake City, UT
"Age-related changes in murine CNS mRNA gene
expression are modulated by dietary
melatonin"
Steve Bondy, PhD,
University of California at Irvine,
Irvine, CA
"The Potential for Neuroprotection through
Folate Supplementation and
Homocysteine-Lowering in Alzheimer's
Disease"
Aron Troen, PhD, USDA
HNRCA, Tufts University, Boston, MA
"Antioxidant Vitamins and Chronic Disease:
Who Needs Supplements?"
Balz Frei, PhD, Linus
Pauling Institute, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR
"The Sulphoraphanes and Phase 2 Enzyme
Induction"
Paul Talalay, MD, Johns
Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD
1:00 - 2:30: Annual
Luncheon and Awards
2:30: Denham Harman Award Lecture
"AGE-RELATED IMMUNE DYSREGULATION: MOLECULAR
MECHANISMS AND REVERSAL BY ANTIOXIDANT
NUTRIENT INTERVENTION"
SIMIN NIKBIN MEYDANI,
DVM, PhD, HNRCA, Tufts University
3:30: C O N F E R E N C
E A D J O U R N S
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