[Colloquium] Fwd: Save the Date: Monday, December 7, 2020 - Integrating Aging Research at the University of Chicago

[Nita Yack]

Some of you might find this of interest.  Our own faculty Nick Feamster, Pedro Lopes and Sarah Sebo are speaking.


Nita

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Nita Yack
Manager
Computer Science Department
5730 S. Ellis - Room 215
Chicago, IL 60637
n-yack at uchicago.edu<mailto:n-yack at uchicago.edu>
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"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their
sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."







From Chromosomes to Creatures, From Clinics to Classrooms, From Community to Culture:
Integrating Aging Research at the University of Chicago



Inaugural Virtual Aging Research Conference



Monday, December 7, 2020
8:00 am - 5:30 pm CST
Via Zoom



https://ucmedicinegroup.zoom.us/j/95275327123?pwd=cDVBQTlQazEycnY3QVQyMFV3aGdHQT09
Meeting ID: 952 7532 7123
Passcode: UCAging20

All faculty, staff, and trainees are welcome!


Join this event to learn about aging research resources on campus, to hear about exciting aging research happening across campus, to build new collaborations, & to explore aging research funding at the NIA!
This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.



Bring food and refreshments!



Keynote Guest Speakers Include:

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Noon – 12:30 pm:
Basil Eldadah, MD PhD
Supervisory Medical Officer
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology
"Funding Opportunities in Aging Research: A View from the NIA"



Dr. Eldadah is a Supervisory Medical Officer at the NIA and has been there since 2006. At the NIA, he oversees a variety of translational and clinical research in older adults including palliative care and symptom management, geriatric oncology, and HIV/AIDS in older adults. He also oversees the Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers.
https://www.nia.nih.gov/about/staff/eldadah-basil





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12:30 pm – 1:00 pm:
Stephen Kritchevsky, PhD
Director of the Research Centers Collaborative Network (RCCN)
Professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Wake Forest School of Medicine
“Opportunities for Multi-Disciplinary Research in Aging.”



Dr. Kritchevsky is a renowned research expert in nutrition influences on health and disability trajectories and has published >450 peer-reviewed publications. He leads the Research Centers Collaborative Network which focuses on creating collaborations in research across the NIH’s six Center’s programs. He also leads the Wake Forest Pepper Center and co-directs the Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention.
https://school.wakehealth.edu/Faculty/K/Stephen-Kritchevsky







Email megan.huisingh-scheetz at uchospitals.edu<mailto:megan.huisingh-scheetz at uchospitals.edu> with questions.








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