2027 PROGRAM
JANUARY 2027 PROGRAM (SPEAKERS AND TITLES)
4th Annual Interdisciplinary Tutorial Workshop on Aging & Brain Health
TENTATIVE PARTIAL PROGRAM FOR JANUARY 5-7, 2027 (4-7pm each day)
Charly Abi-Ghanem (Psychology, Binghamton U.), “Sex-specific therapeutic interventions for cognitive decline and dementia.”
Joshua Miller (Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers U.), “Can vitamin supplements promote healthy aging?”
Xiaoping Hu (Bioengineering, UC Riverside), “The role of the locus coraleus in neurodegeneration.”
Michelle Mielke (Epidemiology, Wake Forest U.), “Influence of sociocultural factors on sex differences in dementia risk.”
Rebecca Cunningham (Pharmacy, U. N. Texas), “Contextual influences on sex hormones in the brain.”
Leorey Saligan (Nursing, Rutgers U.), “Impact of social isolation on cognitive decline in the elderly.”
Sara Burke, (Neuroscience, U. Florida), “Animal models of metabolic function in Alzheimer’s disease.”
Holly Jimison & Misha Pavel (Computer Science, Northeastern). “AI-based monitoring for enhancing aging in place.
Sarah Hopp (Pharmacology, UT San Antonio). “How do blood pressure drugs protect the brain from neurodegeneration?”
Cierra Keith (Behavioral Medicine, W. Virginia U.), “Integrating biomarkers and cognition in dementia assessment”
Jennifer Smith (Epidemiology, U. Michigan). “Epigenetics of cognitive aging”
Kristen Kennedy (Psychology, U. T. Dallas), “How and why we measure white matter (axonal) integrity in aging”.
Johanna Seitz (Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School), “Mental health challenges in aging.”
Nathan Wages (Rehabilitation, Rutgers U.), “How to improve mobility and physical function in the elderly”
Shellie-Anne Levy (Psychology, U. Florida), “Beyond risk: Resilience in cognitive aging”
Kelly Nudelman, (Genetics, Indiana U.) “An update on genetics of Alzheimer’s disease”
Chandramallika Basak (Psychology, U.T., Dallas) “Cognitive training in aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment
Todd Horowitz (National Institute on Aging, NIH), “A view of NIH from the inside.”
Special Panel on Gut Microbiome in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
Colin Combs (Medicine, U. N. Dakota), “Gut microbiome in Alzheimer’s disease, I: Animal models”
Tengteng Wang (Medicine, Rutgers U.), “Gut microbiome in Alzheimer’s disease, II: Human clinical studies ”
Laura Cox (Neuroscience, Harvard U.) “Gut microbiome in Alzheimer’s disease, III: Sex differences”