Directors Regional Meeting on Aging Research 2016 Agenda

Regional Meeting on Aging Research at Morehouse School of Medicine
Thursday, October 20, 2016

8:00 – 9:00 am

National Institute on Aging and Morehouse School of Medicine Leadership National Center for Primary Care

8:00 – 8:50am

Participant Check-in and Continental Breakfast National Center for Primary Care (NCPC) Lobby

9:00 – 10:45 am

Opening Session NCPC Auditorium
Welcome: Dr. Valerie Montgomery-Rice, President and Dean Morehouse School of Medicine (15 minutes)
Introduction of National Institute on Aging Director: Dr. Carl V. Hill, Director, Office of Special Populations, National Institiute on Aging
Presentation: Dr. Richard Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging (20 minutes)

Introduction of NIA Staff and Remarks (10 minutes each)
Dr. Robin Barr, Director, Division of Extramural Activities
Dr. John Haaga, Director, Division of Behavioral and Social Research
Dr. Eliezer Masliah, Director, Division of Neuroscience
Dr. Evan Hadley, Director, Division of Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology
Dr. Jose Velazquez, Program Director, Division of Aging Biology (invited)

10:45am – 11:00

Break

11:00 – 12:00am

Panel and Q&A NCPC Auditorium

12:00 – 12:50 pm

Student and Investigator Posters and Lunch* NCPC Lobby
(Registered participants should pick up pre-ordered lunch)

1:00 – 2:30 pm

Break-out Sessions:
Biology of Aging NCPC 103/105
Social and Behavioral Aspects of Aging NCPC 124/125
Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology NCPC 325/340
Neuroscience (including Alzheimer's) MRC 233
Training and SBIR/STTR MRC G-14

2:30 – 2:40pm