Contact: Brian Buta, bbuta@jhmi.edu, 410-502-3412 Under the auspices of EBA training program and the Older Americans Independence Center, COAH has instituted a series of Invited Seminars on Aging Series, held monthly at COAH. Seminars are attended by trainees, Core Faculty, and others with interests in aging. The broad goal of the Seminars on Aging Series is to stimulate interdisciplinary research investigating the health concerns for an aging society, particularly focused on opportunities for prevention, through engaging leading experts in the discussion of research agendas and findings pertaining to the field. Past seminar speakers include James F. Fries, M.D., Bruce McEwen, Ph.D., and James W. Vaupel, Ph.D. among many other distinguished speakers. 2011-2012
at the first seminar of the 2011-2012 Seminars on Aging Series. Please click the following link for more information on Dr. Ryan’s work: http://medschool.umaryland.edu/facultyresearchprofile/viewprofile.aspx?id=116. The seminar will take place in the large conference room (room 2-701) of the Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health (2024 E. Monument St., Suite 2-700). Light refreshments will be served. This event is cosponsored by: the Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health; the Johns Hopkins Older Americans Independence Center; the Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging Training Program; and the Johns Hopkins Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology.
Details will be posted shortly. The seminar will take place in the large conference room (room 2-701) of the Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health (2024 E. Monument St., Suite 2-700). Light refreshments will be served. This event is cosponsored by: the Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health; the Johns Hopkins Older Americans Independence Center; the Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging Training Program; and the Johns Hopkins Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology.
Details will be posted shortly. The seminar will take place in the large conference room (room 2-701) of the Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health (2024 E. Monument St., Suite 2-700). Light refreshments will be served. This event is cosponsored by: the Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health; the Johns Hopkins Older Americans Independence Center; the Epidemiology and Biostatistics of Aging Training Program; and the Johns Hopkins Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology.
2010-2011
April 20, 3:30PM: Thomas Glass, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Presentation Title: TBA. Jointly sponsored with the JHSPH Department of Biostatistics. March 9 at 2:00PM: Dr. Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Professor in Empirical Social and Nursing Research from Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Germany, visiting faculty at the JHU School of Nursing. The talk title is “Shared-Housing Arrangements for People with Dementia in Berlin, Germany: Residents & Caregivers."
December 7, 3:30-5:00PM: Knut Wittkowski, Ph.D., Biometrician and Senior Research Associate at the Rockefeller University. Presentation topic: “µGWAS on a Grid Enabling Small Sample Screening for Common Complex Conditions.” For more information on Dr. Wittkowski, please visit: http://www.rucares.org/clinicalresearch/dept/biometry/. The seminar occurred on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, 3:30-5:00PM in the Johns Hopkins Learning and Development Lecture Hall (2024 E. Monument St. Room 2-1002), just across the hall from the Center on Aging and Health. Jointly sponsored with the JHSPH Department of Biostatistics. October 25, 3:30-5:00pm: Richard Hodes, M.D., Director, National Institute on Aging. Presentation topic: Comparative Effectiveness Research in Geriatrics and Gerontology. The seminar occurred on Monday, October 25, 2010, 3:30-5:00PM in theMountcastle Auditorium. For information on Dr. Hodes, please visit: http://www.nia.nih.gov/AboutNIA/Directors+Biography.htm. September 21, 3:30-5:00PM: Arnold Mitnitski, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Medicine at Dalhousie University, presented "Measuring individual and population aging: a deficit accumulation approach." For information on Dr. Mitnitski, please visit: http://myweb.dal.ca/amitnits/index.html. The seminar occurred on Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 3:30-5:00PM in the Johns Hopkins Learning and Development Lecture Hall (2024 E. Monument St. Room 2-1002), just across the hall from the Center on Aging and Health. Jointly sponsored with the JHSPH Department of Biostatistics. 2009-2010:
June 16, 2010, 4:00-5:00PM: Leon Flicker, Ph.D., Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Western Australia, will present at the next session of the Seminars on Aging Series. Dr. Flicker is a visiting professor at the Center on Aging and Health during the month of June. The seminar will take place on Wednesday June 16, 2010, 4:00-5:00PM in the Johns Hopkins Learning and Development Lecture Hall (2024 E. Monument St. Room 2-1002), just across the hall from the Center on Aging and Health. Refreshments will be served.
March 1, 2010, 3:30-5:00PM: Ann O'Hare, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the University of Washington, will present “Management of chronic kidney disease in older adults,” at the next session of the Seminars on Aging Series. The seminar will take place on Monday, March 1, 2010, 3:30-5:00PM in the Johns Hopkins Learning and Development Lecture Hall (2024 E. Monument St. Room 2-1002), just across the hall from the Center on Aging and Health. Refreshments will be served. .
February 15, 2010, 3:30-5:00PM: Robert W. Massof, Ph.D., Professor of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience, and Founder and Director of the Lions Vision Research and Rehabilitation Center, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will present "Clinically Meaningful Measurements of Low Vision Rehabilitation Outcomes" at the next session of the Seminars on Aging Series. The seminar will take place on Monday, February 15, 2010, 3:30-5:00PM in the Johns Hopkins Learning and Development Lecture Hall (2024 E. Monument St. Room 2-1002), just across the hall from the Center on Aging and Health. Refreshments will be served. http://www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/bbs/fac/sinclair.html. The seminar will take place in 2024 E. Monument St., Suite 2-1002 (Learning and Development Lecture Hall), across the hall from COAH. December 7, 2009, 3:30-5:00PM: Jay Magaziner, Ph.D., Professor and Department Chair, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at University of Maryland School of Medicine. Presentation title: "Recovery from Hip Fracture: The Baltimore Hip Studies Experience." For information on Dr. Magaziner, please visit: http://medschool.umaryland.edu/facultyresearchprofile/viewprofile.aspx?id=671. The seminar will take place in 2024 E. Monument St., Suite 2-1002 (Learning and Development Lecture Hall), across the hall from COAH. Please click here for the seminar flyer. September 21, 2009, 3:30-5:00PM: David A. Sinclair, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Co-Director of the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Biological Mechanisms of Aging at Harvard Medical School. Presentation title: "Sirtuin Biology and the Prospect of Drugs to Slow Aging."
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