September 16, 12pm ET | JH AITC Webinar
"Overlooked and at Risk: Confronting the Rise of Substance Use in Older Adults Though Interdisciplinary Innovation"
Bethea AnnaLouise Kleykamp, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
The JH AITC is a national resource funded to promote the development and implementation of novel artificial intelligence (AI) and technology approaches to improve the health and well-being of older adults. The purpose of this webinar series is to facilitate conversations between engineers, clinicians, industry, government, academia, and stakeholder groups to advance science and build transdisciplinary collaborations.
September 23, 4pm ET | MassAITC Webinar
"Intelligent Mobile Systems for an Aging Population"
Justin Chan, PhD
Carnegie Mellon University
By 2050, older adults will make up about 22% of the global population, driving an urgent need for accessible and reliable health technologies. This talk, will present work on intelligent mobile systems designed for older adults. The first enables low-cost health screening using everyday earphones and wireless earbuds. The second is an ambient sensing system that uses smart devices to detect emergent, life-threatening events such as cardiac arrest. The third leverages compact AI-enabled radios for cardiovascular monitoring, including blood pressure. Through these examples, Dr. Chan will show how computational and sensing techniques that generalize across hardware and operate in real-world environments can address pressing societal challenges.
October 16, 4-5pm ET | Clin-STAR Webinar
"The Art and Science of the Pilot Study: Challenges and Solutions"
Kenneth Schmader, MD
with Carl F. Pieper, DrPH
Duke University School of Medicine
Webinar Objectives:
To describe challenges and solutions in the design of a pilot study protocol
To describe challenges and solutions in the conduct of a pilot study
To list publication and funding opportunities for pilot studies
October 1, 3-4pm ET | AGING Initiative-GEAR Collaborative Webinar
"Do Multiple Chronic Conditions Matter in the ED?"
Justine Seidenfeld, MD, MHS Durham VA Health Care System Duke University School of Medicine
Jane Jih, MD, MPH, MAS University of California San Francisco
Patients experiencing a medical emergency require rapid identification of the main problem, accurate diagnosis, and timely treatment. Providing this care in the fast-paced environment of the emergency department (ED) is challenging when older adults present with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs). Please join Drs. Seidenfeld and Jih to discuss why MCCs matter in the ED.
October 9-12 | Masoro-Barshop Conference on Aging
"Dietary Approaches to Geroscience Intervention"
The Mayan Dude Ranch, Bandera, Texas
The Masoro-Barshop Conference on Aging is held each year in Bandera, TX, to assemble leaders in a thematic area of geroscience in an informal setting to maximize discussion on their recent research discoveries. This format provides opportunities for investigators and trainees to learn about this cutting-edge research and interact with leaders in the field. Held annually at the Mayan Dude Ranch in Bandera TX, this conference highlights rotating thematic areas of geroscience, since the process of aging is a complex biological phenomenon encompassing and affecting numerous changes at the cellular and physiological level. The conference is supported by the aging research programs associated with the Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies.
Speakers:
University of Wisconsin-Madison | University of Minnesota |
Rutgers University | UT Health San Antonio |
University of Southern California | Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation |
UT Health San Antonio | UT Health San Antonio |
National Institute on Aging | Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
UT Health San Antonio | Courtney Peterson, PhD, MSc, MA, MS Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
University of Southern California | Texas BioMedical Research Institute |
University of Michigan | UT Health San Antonio |
Buck Institute for Research on Aging | UT Health San Antonio |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
November 11, 9-1pm | NIA Geroscience Education and Training (GET) Network: Progress Report and Update
This NIA Geroscience Education and Training (GET) Network (R25AG073119) half day workshop will introduce attendees to GET Network Geroscience education curricula and resources and provide an update on recent milestones and progress in creating training materials. Attendees will learn about available materials that they can use for educating aspiring translational geroscientists in their training programs, or for introducing graduate students, medical students or geriatrics fellows to geroscience. The workshop will describe the route to obtaining the GET Network’s Certificate Program in Translational Geroscience at currently participating institutions and introduce the GET2 Network, a collaboration with the Gerontological Society of America to make materials available to all interested institutions for use in their geroscience education efforts. The GET Network will solicit feedback and input from workshop attendees on resources presented through discussions and Q&A sessions.
