CUIMC HEALTHSPAN EXTENSION SUMMIT
**Registration required** **Full program here: LINK TO PROGRAM**
Showcasing CUIMC's basic, clinical, and population health research community on how to achieve healthier outcomes in aging.
1:00 pm WELCOME & OPENING
■ Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH, Chair, CUIMC Healthy Aging Initiative
1:10 pm SESSION 1: BASIC SCIENCE
Stephen H. Tsang, MD, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Pathology & Cell Biology
Precision Medicine for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Hans-Willem Snoeck, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine (in Microbiology and Immunology)
Role of tonic interferon signaling in aging and premalignant clonal hematopoiesis
Xuebing Wu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences (in Medicine, in Systems Biology and in the Irving Institute of Clinical and Translational Research)
Aging as a self-reinforcing feedback loop
Shan Zha, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology and Cell Biology and of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Cancer Genetics, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ribosomal DNA instability as a hidden marker for aging
2:10 pm SESSION 2: CLINICAL SCIENCE
Matthew Baldwin, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine
The influence of age-related monocyte function on host resilience to acute respiratory distress syndrome
Adam Brickman, PhD, Professor of Neuropsychology (in Neurology, the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center
Is vascular brain injury a core feature of Alzheimer’s disease? Evidence from late onset and genetic forms
Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD, Director, Center of Excellence for Sleep & Circadian Research; Associate Professor of Nutritional Medicine
Prolonged mild sleep restriction results in specific alterations in genome-wide DNA methylation: a randomized crossover trial
Meghan Turchioe, PhD, MPH, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Enhancing Decision-Making in Atrial Fibrillation Management: Developing and Evaluating an Interactive Decision Aid for Older Adults
3:05 pm 20 min | Refreshment Break
3:25 pm SESSION 3: POPULATION HEALTH SCIENCE
Billy Caceres, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Intersectional approaches to examine the influence of multilevel stressors on health across the lifespan
Keith Diaz, PhD, Professor of Behavioral Medicine (in Medicine); Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health
Movement Breaks as a Public Health Strategy to Promote Healthy Aging: Evidence from Lab to Living Room
Katherine Keyes, PhD, Director, SPIRIT Initiative, Professor of Epidemiology
Social psychiatry across the life course: improving population aging and longevity by addressing mental health
Allison Kupsco, PhD, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
Mitochondrial DNA dynamics in early life are associated with child development
Andrew Rundle, DrPH, Professor of Epidemiology
Pedestrian Falls: The Need for Urban Design Interventions to Protect Older Adults
4:20 pm TAKEWAYS & CONCLUSIONS: Katrina Armstrong, MD, Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences, VP&S
4:45-6 pm POSTER SESSION & RECEPTION, VEC 401 (70+ posters)
CHAI Steering Committee: A. Aiello, G. Alexander, D. Belsky, A. Cohen, L. Fried, C. Hawke, G. Karsenty, I. Kronish, C. Kunzel, J. Luchsinger, J. Manly, E. Passegué, M. Reilly, C. Reitz, S. Small & Y. Suh
AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM