American Aging Association

American Aging Association (AGE)

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The American Aging Association (AGE) is a national not-for-profit organization whose aims are:

To promote biomedical aging studies directed towards increasing the functional life span of humans with one goal being to slow the aging process.
To keep the public informed of the progress of aging research and of practical means of achieving a long and healthy life.
To increase knowledge of gerontology among physicians and others in the health fields.

2009 Annual Meeting

American Aging Association's 38th Annual Meeting and
23rd Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Gerontology:

Integrative Biology: Hormones, Signaling and Aging

Meeting Chair: Mitch Harman, MD, PhD
Hotel Valley Ho
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
May 29 - June 1, 2009

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2010 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: To be announced

Travel stipends will be awarded to a limited number of students, post-docs* and student minorities. Persons interested in applying for travel awards are required to submit the application along with a CV and an abstract of their current research. All awardees will also present their work in either oral or poster format.

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* A post-doc is someone with the terminal degree (typically the PhD) who is studying and performing research temporarily in a research environment to obtain additional credentials necessary for a permanent job. Typically a post-doc should be within eight years of receiving his or her degree (should not be considered a tenure-track faculty) and would be earning less than $60,000 annually.

Announcements

The 2009 Annual Meeting program and abstracts are available for download here.
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Also available are Leonard Hayflick's Plenary Session Special Lecture and John Holloszy's 2009 Denham Harman Award lecture..
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2001-2009 Annual Meeting Abstracts are now online as well.
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Former Amer Aging Assoc President Meydani named USDA HNRCA Director at Tufts: Announcement.
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2009 Travel Award Forms are
available here.
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Trans-Atlantic Collaboration:

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