American Aging Association

American Aging Association (AGE)

About AGE Membership Journal Newsletter Contributors Past Meetings 2008 Meeting Links

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.

2008 Annual Meeting

American Aging Association's 37th Annual Meeting and
22nd Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Gerontology:

The Role of Genes, Environment and Chance in Determining Aging

Meeting Chair: Tom Johnson, PhD
Millennium Harvest House
Boulder, CO, USA
May 30 - June 2, 2008

ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS FOR POSTER PRESENTATION CLICK HERE

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 12, 2008

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.

CLICK HERE FOR APPLICATION

*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.

AGE Journal

Volume 29, Number 1 / March, 2007 is now available for all members! Click here to access the online version.

Newsletter

The June 2007 issue of the AGE Newsletter is now available. Read and comment on our discussion paper, learn about the annual meeting's deadlines, our newest members, grant and meeting deadlines, and the meeting registration giveaway reserved for our members - click here to read more.

Announcements

Trans-atlantic Collaboration Announcement

Download Announcement Here

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British Society for Research on Ageing Annual Meeting

Ageing: Molecules to Man on
July 17 - 18, 2008

Brighton, UK

Click here for invitation