Annual Symposium
The 20th Annual Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging Scientific Symposium will be held on October 19, 2012. Abstracts and nominations for faculty awards are due on August
31, 2012, at 5 p.m.
Friday, October 19, 2012
Hill University Center Great Hall
2012 Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging Annual Symposium
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8 a.m.
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Poster Set up
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8:30 a.m.
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Poster Competition Begins
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10 a.m.
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Oral Presentations by Abstract Competition Winners
Meaghan Bowling, MD, “Estrogen Effects on Vascular Inflammation are Age-Dependent,” Department of Medicine, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Rui-Ming Liu, PhD, DABT, “Ozone-induced gender-dependent neuropathology in an animal model of
Alzheimer’s disease,” Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health
Camila Serafim, “The Impact of Education on Cognitive Aging in a Population-Based Sample of
Older Puerto Ricans,” Department of Psychology
Virginia Wadley, PhD, “ApoE e4 Status and Incident Cognitive Decline among U.S. Adults from
the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study,” Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
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11 a.m.
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Networking and Buffet Lunch
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11:30 a.m.
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Awards Ceremony
Anne Alexandrov, PhD, RN - Faculty Mentoring Award
P.E.E.R., Inc. - New Horizons Award
Irene Collins - Bynum Award
Lynn Campisi - McCallum Award
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12 p.m.
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Keynote Address
“Neuroimaging Correlates of Early Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Aging”
Brian T. Gold, PhD
Associate Professor, Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky
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12:50 p.m.
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Poster Competition Awards Announced
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1 p.m.
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Adjourn and Take Down Posters
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Brian T. Gold, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anatomy and
Neurobiology at the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Medicine. He
is also affiliated with UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, and Magnetic
Resonance Imaging Center. Dr. Gold is the Director of the Cognitive
Neuroscience Laboratory at UK, serving as a mentor to postdoctoral
scholars, graduate students, and undergraduate researchers. Dr. Gold
received his Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience from York University in 1999.
He then did his postdoctoral training at Washington University. Dr. Gold’s research focuses on
characterizing cognitive and brain changes associated with normal aging, early Alzheimer’s
disease (AD), and preclinical AD. In addition, he is investigating how certain lifestyle variables
(e.g., exercise, education) may slow cognitive decline and brain aging. A multimodal imaging
approach is employed, making use of functional magnetic resonance imaging and structural
imaging methods such as volumetric assessment and diffusion tensor imaging. Dr. Gold’s
research is funded through grants from the National Institutes of Health and National Science
Foundation. Dr. Gold has published his findings in top neuroscience journals and is currently on
the editorial board for the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Gold also serves on several
scientific advisory boards for dementia research and prevention.