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Sponsored Satellite Program: Optimizing Nutrition to Promote Healthy Aging

6/3/2020

8:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Sponsored By:

Chair(s)

Simin Meydani, D.V.M., PhD

Lab Director, professor and Senior Scientist
JM USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tuft University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Speaker(s)

Peter Adams, PhD

Professor
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Raymond Yung, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine; Chief, Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine; Director, Geriatrics Center; Director, Institute of Gerontology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Simin Meydani, D.V.M., PhD

Lab Director, professor and Senior Scientist
JM USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tuft University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Charles Brenner, PhD

Roy J Carver Head of Biochemistry
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, United States

This session examines the science around healthy aging; nutritional and lifestyle impacts on lifespan and health span; and biomarkers associated with aging. Micro- and macronutrients that may influence the aging process will be explored.

Learning Objectives:

Define healthy aging;
Identify biomarkers that are associated with aging;and
Recognize micro- and macronutrients that may influence biological age.

Presentations:

8:30 AM - 8:35 AM
Introduction (Sponsored Satellite Program)
Simin N. Meydani, D.V.M., PhD – JM USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tuft University
8:35 AM - 8:55 AM
Defining Healthy Aging (Sponsored Satellite Program)
Peter Adams, PhD – Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
8:55 AM - 9:15 AM
Biomarkers of Healthy Aging and Opportunities for Future Research (Sponsored Satellite Program)
Raymond Yung, MD – University of Michigan
9:15 AM - 9:35 AM
Impact of Nutrition Interventions on Healthy Aging (Sponsored Satellite Program)
Simin N. Meydani, D.V.M., PhD – JM USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tuft University
9:35 AM - 9:55 AM
Development of Nicotinamide Riboside to Address Conditions of Metabolic Stress (Sponsored Satellite Program)
Charles Brenner, PhD – University of Iowa
9:55 AM - 10:15 AM
Panel Discussion (Sponsored Satellite Program)
Simin N. Meydani, D.V.M., PhD – JM USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tuft University; Peter Adams, PhD – Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute; Raymond Yung, MD – University of Michigan; Charles Brenner, PhD – University of Iowa