The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging will host a roundtable to discuss the latest developments in aging research and ways to increase collaboration. The panel will feature the director of the National Institute on Aging, along with five of the country’s leading experts on aging. U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Susan Collins (R-ME), the committee’s chairman and ranking member, will also be on hand.
The roundtable will serve as a prelude to the National Institutes of Health’s first-ever Geroscience Summit, entitled, “Advances in Geroscience: Impacts on Healthspan and Chronic Disease,” which will be Oct. 30-31. More than 500 public and private sector researchers, educators and policy experts will gather at the two-day summit to discuss recent research into mechanisms of aging, the link between aging and chronic disease progression, and novel ways for cross-disciplinary research collaboration in the field of aging research.
The roundtable will convene at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Room 562 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building and live video will be available at this link.
Participants:
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Richard Hodes, M.D., director, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
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John Alam, M.D., head, Therapeutic Strategic Area for Diseases of Aging, Sanofi-Aventis
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James Kirkland, M.D., Ph.D., professor, Noaber Foundation Professor of Aging Research and director, Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Mayo Clinic
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Richard Morimoto, Ph.D., professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences and director, Rice Institute for Biomedical Research, Northwestern University
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David Morgan, Ph.D., chief executive officer and director, Byrd Alzheimer Institute and director of neuroscience research, University of South Florida College of Medicine
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Moderator: Michael Hodin, Ph.D., executive director, Global Coalition on Aging and Managing Partner, High Lantern Group