Pre- and Post- Doctoral Student Awards (up to
$500):
Walter Nicolai Award for meritorious basic
biologic aging research by a graduate student or medical
student, and the Paul F. Glenn Award for
meritorious research in the area of biomedical
gerontology by a post-doctoral fellow are presented at
the annual meeting.
The prizes are in the amount of $500.00 each for the
Nicolai and Glenn awards together with a citation. The
first runner-up for each award will be awarded $250.00.
The abstract must be original, unpublished research, the
results of which will be presented at the Annual Meeting
of the American Aging Association.
Travel stipends will be
awarded to a limited number of students,
minorities and new Junior faculty.
Persons interested in applying for
travel stipends are required to
submit a CV
with an abstract of their current
research. All awardees will also present
their work in either oral or poster
format.
CALL FOR
ABSTRACTS
Participants who wish to make an oral or a
poster presentation at this meeting must
submit an abstract which will be reviewed by
the Scientific Committee. Results of this
review will be communicated via email, to
each applicant. Please note that only
the abstract of the registered presenters
will be included in the program and the
Conference Handbook.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Review the updates to our
preliminary program.
Starting with our September newsletter
issue, we shall be spotlighting each session of the
meeting and shall provide an ampler presentation of our
distinguished speakers. Also, note that the
AGE Debate title has been announced:
Amyloid-beta and Alzheimer’s
Disease—Center Ring or Side Show?
The debate will be moderated by Dr.
Donald Ingram, AGE Editor-in-Chief. The
"pro" and "con" teams will be announced soon!
REGISTRATION
Registration for the annual
meeting is now
open - remember that with the purchase of
AGE membership, a meeting discount applies - so consider
becoming a member today (or renewing your membership)!
Early Bird fees apply until April 1, 2006.
ACCOMMODATIONS
AGE has booked a block of
rooms at the Courtyard Marriott Tremont in Boston - the
single/double rate for our meeting registrants is $139/night
(plus tax). Reserve your room early as space is
limited! To review accommodations details, please
visit the
site.
IMPORTANT DATES:
MARCH 1, 2006 - Abstract submission
deadline
APRIL 1, 2006- Early Bird registration
MAY 1, 2006
- Hotel reservation deadline
EXHIBIT/SPONSORSHIP
The 35th
American Aging Association Annual
Meetingoffers great
opportunities to expand your
company's visibility among the
registrants by becoming an exhibitor
and/or conference sponsor.
These will include multiple
opportunities to:
- introduce and discuss your
products and services with
leading basic science
researchers and clinicians of
the aging field
- reach decision makers
within a group-setting
open door to
new leads and
long-term business relationships
- increase exposure and strengthen brand recognition
in the aging research field.
Attendees include many decision
makers, such as academic department chairs,
heads of laboratories, government
officials, attending
clinicians, private practitioners,
post-docs, MD and PhD students and
technicians. You will be hard pressed to
find a more appropriate audience for
your latest products and services.
The 35th AGE
Meeting is expected to draw over 250
attendees.
Consider becoming a sponsor today and
take advantage of the extensive
advertising opportunities via our
newsletter and site!
Karlis Ullis, MD (Scientific Member): Dr.
Ullis received his medical degree from the
University of Washington School of Medicine in
1970 and trained in pediatrics at UCLA. Dr.
Ullis has a clinical practice in Santa Monica ,
CA specializing in non-surgical Orthopedic
Medicine, Physical Medicine, and Rehabilitation,
Longevity Medicine, and Sexual Wellness. He has
over fifteen years of experience and expertise
in human aging particularly involving the
Menopause, Andropause (Andrology), growth
hormone and sex hormone replacement, nutrition,
supplements, obesity, exercise physiology, and
human sexuality. Dr. Ullis has been a
consultant to the nutrition-supplement industry,
the media and has written three books and
published numerous articles on aging, sports
nutrition, sex hormones and sexuality. Dr.
Ullis has appeared in numerous national and
local TV programs including NBC's Kathy Couric's
"Today" show, Maria Schriver's NBC program on
Growth Hormone and "Seeking Happiness in
America" (1995), and the Sally Jesse Rafael
show. He is also a member of the "International
Society for the Study of the Aging Male," the
Endocrine Society, American College of Sports
Medicine, Growth Hormone Research Society and
many others.
Robert
J. Pignolo, MD, PhD (Scientific Member) is
Assistant Professor in the Department of
Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, at the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Dr. Pignolo has been the recipient of numerous
awards and honors including membership to the
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and one
among only ten individuals nationally recognized
with the prestigious John A. Hartford
Foundation/ American Federation for Aging
Research Award which supports leaders in
academic geriatric medicine and aging research.
He has been named as a Scholar in The Center for
Research in FOP and Related Disorders at the
University of Pennsylvania which carries with it
funding to conduct research on the mechanisms of
ectopic bone formation and is the recipient of
the 2005 Austrian Award for Outstanding Research
in the Basic Sciences. Dr. Pignolo is a
clinician-scientist whose areas of expertise
include the biology of aging, osteoporosis and
metabolic bone disease, as well as the
burgeoning field of stem cell biology and aging.
In addition, he is the director of the
Ralston-Penn Center Osteoporosis Clinic and
director of the Frontiers in Aging Course
offered as an elective to fourth-year medical
students. See
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/gerimed/staff/faculty/pignolo.html
for more information.
If we
had omitted your name from this list of new
members,
please let us know.
Deadlines:
Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): September 30,
2005 Application Receipt Dates(s): October 25,
2005
NIA: Claude D. Pepper Older Americans
Independence Centers (OAICs) Eligibility:
For-profit or non-profit; public or private;
units of state and local governments; eligible
agencies of the Federal government; domestic
institutions; Funding: NIH P30 Center Core
Grants award mechanism; 4-6 grants new and/or
competing continuation P30 grants; $1.2 million
per yr/5yrs;
Deadline:
October 3, 2005
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund's (www.bwfund.org)
Career Awards in the Biomedical Sciences (CABS)
are intended to foster the development and
productivity of early-career biomedical
researchers and help them make the critical
transition to becoming independent
investigators.
Career Awards in the Biomedical Sciences provide
$500,000 over five years to bridge advanced
postdoctoral training and the early years of
faculty service. For this award year, BWF will
make at least twenty awards.
Deadlines:
Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): December 21,
2005 Application Receipt Dates(s): January 18,
2006
NIA: Biology of RNA Interference: Stability,
Delivery and Processing by Tissues;
Eligibility: For-profit or non-profit; public or
private; units of state and local governments;
eligible agencies of the Federal government;
domestic institutions; Funding: NIH P30 Center
Core Grants award mechanism; 4-6 grants new
and/or competing continuation P30 grants; $1.2
million per yr/5yrs.
November 18-22, 2005 -
Hilton New Orleans Riverside
The Gerontological Society of America
58th Annual Meeting
Visit GSA at
www.agingconference.comfor continually updated
information regarding
meeting highlights, the
tentative meeting schedule,
hotel information, and
registration.
September 7-11. 2005
- Queens'
College, Cambridge, England
Second
Strategies for Engineered Negligible
Senescence (SENS) Conference
Invest in Aging,
Strengthening Families, Communities and
Ourselves, Joint Conference of the National
Council on the Aging, and the American Society
on Aging
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Robert
J. Pignolo, MD, PhD (Scientific Member) is
Assistant Professor in the Department of
Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, at the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Dr. Pignolo has been the recipient of numerous
awards and honors including membership to the
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and one
among only ten individuals nationally recognized
with the prestigious John A. Hartford
Foundation/ American Federation for Aging
Research Award which supports leaders in
academic geriatric medicine and aging research.
He has been named as a Scholar in The Center for
Research in FOP and Related Disorders at the
University of Pennsylvania which carries with it
funding to conduct research on the mechanisms of
ectopic bone formation and is the recipient of
the 2005 Austrian Award for Outstanding Research
in the Basic Sciences. Dr. Pignolo is a
clinician-scientist whose areas of expertise
include the biology of aging, osteoporosis and
metabolic bone disease, as well as the
burgeoning field of stem cell biology and aging.
In addition, he is the director of the
Ralston-Penn Center Osteoporosis Clinic and
director of the Frontiers in Aging Course
offered as an elective to fourth-year medical
students. See
