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IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
A New Age of Aging
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35th AGE ANNUAL MEETING
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MEETING BROCHURE
Our meeting
brochure (including our program,
details on registration and accommodation,
speakers, etc.) is available as a PDF
download (see red box to the right).
To register
online,
click here. To download a
registration form,
click here.
LATEST PROGRAM UPDATES
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Dr. Britton Chance will lecture Sunday, the
4th of June, at 12:30 pm, on
Cognitive
function evaluated by NIR spectroscopy.
This presentation will be part of our Annual
Award Luncheon. Read more about Dr.
Chance
here.
- Our Alzheimer's debate of the 3rd of June at
12:30 pm, moderated by Dr. Don Ingram
(Editor-in-Chief, AGE - Journal of the
American Aging Association), will feature
two top names in the field: Dr. Benjamin Wolozin of Boston University and Dr. Mark A.
Smith of Case Western Reserve University.
Read more about our debaters at the
following links:
Don Ingram,
Ben Wolozin,
Mark A. Smith. Be sure not
to miss this event! (Note that Dr.
Smith will also lecture on the final day of
the meeting, June 5, in Session 8 of our
program.)
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The Trans-Atlantic Collaboration on Aging
Workshop of June 5 will feature top names of
NIA and BBSRC, will discuss important
funding opportunities and directions and
will be introduced by the British Consul-General, Mr. John Rankin. (Note
that lunch will
be provided.) Stay tuned for an ampler
presentation in our April newsletter!
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Our social will include a dinner & dancing
cruise on the afternoon of Saturday, June 3.
Complete details on the cruise,
transportation to/from hotel, etc., will be
posted on our website during the first week
of April and reflected accordingly on our
registration page.
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Our Public and Media session of the
afternoon of June 5 will discuss important
issues of the New Aging, and will
feature presentations by Drs Miriam Nelson,
Irwin Rosenberg and James Goodwin (read more
in our spotlight section below).
EXHIBIT/SPONSORSHIP
The 35th
American Aging Association Annual
Meeting offers 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
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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.
Consider becoming a sponsor today and
take advantage of extensive
advertising opportunities via our
newsletter and website!
OUR SUPPORTERS
The 35th American
Aging Association Annual Meeting Organizers
are most grateful for the support of the
following organizations:
PLATINUM
SPONSORS
GOLD SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
BRONZE SPONSORS
SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORS:
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ANNUAL MEETING SESSION SPOTLIGHT |
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Following the first three presentations (see
our
September issue on Sarcopenia: Cause, Effect
and Treatment,
the
October
issue on Immunity and Infection,
the
November issue on the Pre-Meeting
Symposium on Caloric Restriction,
the
December issue on
the Current
Advances in Understanding the Basic
Biology of Aging, the
January issue on the
Intervention in Aging and Age-Related
Skin Diseases,
and the
February issue on the Trans-Atlantic
Awareness and Collaboration Symposium on
Aging Research), we are
continuing our series with a brief
presentation of the session titled
A
New Age for Aging
chaired by Dr.
Miriam Nelson (scheduled for
Monday, the
5th of
June, 2006). As
always,
we encourage your comments and questions.
A
New Age for Aging
CHAIR:
Miriam Nelson, PhD
 Miriam
Nelson, Ph.D. is director of the John
Hancock Center for Physical Activity and
Nutrition and associate professor of
Nutrition at the Friedman School of
Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts
University. She is also a fellow of the
American College of Sports Medicine, an
honor reserved for those who have
demonstrated leadership and research in
the field of exercise. For the past 17
years, Dr. Nelson has been principal
investigator of studies on exercise and
nutrition and mid-life and older women’s
health. Her research has been supported
by grants from the government and
private foundations. Dr. Nelson’s
research has revolutionized how people
understand nutrition, strength training,
aging, and health. In addition to her
research, Dr. Nelson is the director of
the StrongWomen Program, a community
strength training program for women of
all ages. Thirty-two states currently
run StrongWomen Programs.
Dr. Nelson is
the author of seven international
best-sellers, including Strong Women
Stay Young.
Strong Women and Men Live Well: an
Update on Physical Activity and
Aging
Women
and men who lead physically active
lives and eat nutritiously live
longer and have decreased risk for
heart disease, diabetes, obesity,
mental disorders, osteoporosis and
many other chronic diseases that we
associate with aging. Aerobic
exercise has been shown to improve
cardiovascular health but does not
seem to influence muscle mass or
muscle strength; whereas, strength
training has been shown to increase
these factors. What many women do
not realize is that starting in
their mid-thirties, women lose about
a third of a pound of muscle each
year and gain that much, if not
more, fat mass. Strength training
also seems to have a much more
potent positive influence on bone
density and dynamic balance then
does aerobic exercise. There is now
evidence that both aerobic and
strengthening exercises have the
ability to improve depressive
symptoms and sleep problems in older
individuals. Optimizing mood and
quality of sleep are important for
overall quality of life. The best
exercise prescription for improving
overall health in women is a program
that incorporates both aerobic
exercise and strength training. An
exercise program including aerobic
and strength training will improve
body composition, decrease risk for
heart disease, diabetes,
osteoporosis, frailty, weight gain
with age, mood disorders and will
improve symptoms of arthritis.
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Monday, June 5
3:00-5:00 |
PUBLIC and MEDIA SESSION:
A
New Age for Aging |
CHAIR:
Miriam E. Nelson
Co-Chair: Simin Meydani |
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Strong Women and Men Live Well: an
Update on Physical Activity and
Aging |
Miriam E. Nelson |
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Supplements for Health - Should I
Take and Which Ones? |
Irwin H. Rosenberg |
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Positive Emotions and Aging |
James
Goodwin |
SESSION SPEAKERS
Irwin H. Rosenberg, M.D.
 Dr.
Rosenberg is Senior
Scientist and Director, Nutrition and Neurocognition
Laboratory at Jean Mayer
USDA HNRCA at Tufts
University.
His research focus is on
nutrition and aging; folate
nutriture; relationship
between homocysteine, B
vitamin nutriture, vascular
disease and cognitive
decline. He is
currently Professor of
Nutrition at Friedman School
of Nutrition Science and
Policy and serves as Editor
for the Nutrition in
Clinical Care.
Read more at:
http://hnrc.tufts.edu/scientists/people/rosenberg.php
James S. Goodwin, M.D.
.JPG) Dr.
Goodwin is the George and
Cynthia Mitchell
Distinguished Chair in
Geriatric Medicine,
Professor of Internal
Medicine and Preventive
Medicine and Community
Health, Director of the
Sealy Center on Aging, and
Professor of Nursing. He
also Directs the NIH-funded
Pepper Center, and is an
established NIH funded
(P50CA105631, P60AG017231,
T32A000270, U01Ca081773)
investigator. He studies
and has published
extensively on patterns of
cancer care in the elderly,
barriers to health care
delivery in the elderly and
predictors of physical
functioning and health in
older populations. He has
mentored medical students,
residents, and junior
faculty throughout his
academic career.
Dr. Goodwin attended Amherst
College and Harvard Medical
School, followed by an
Internship at Harbor General
Hospital in Los Angeles and
Residency in Internal
Medicine and Fellowship in
Rheumatology, at the
University Of New Mexico
School Of Medicine. He came
to to UTMB in 1992. He has
served on the editorial
board of Arthrit Rhuem
(1983-1988), In Vivo
(1988-present),
Immunpharmacol
(1983-1988) and J. Am
Geriat. Soc.
(1988-1994). He has served
in numerous institutional
and external committees
including, member and chair
of the VA Merit Review
subcommittee on geriatrics
as well as member of AHCPR
study sections and reviewer
panel. Throughout his
career, he has written
essays, in addition to more
than 300 scientific
articles. These essays
touch on the interaction of
science and medicine with
society, and on the limits
of medical practice.
Wish to contact any of the speakers or
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