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National OAIC CoC Annual Meeting
Thursday, April 25-Friday, April 26, 2024
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel

2024 OAIC Annual Meeting Agenda
2024 Meeting Materials & Slides

Past Meetings & Presentations

Funding Opportunities:
Programs, Grants and Request for Applications (RFAs)

OAIC CC Multi-Center, Collaborative Pilot RFA
OAIC CC Exploratory, Small Pilot RFA
Flexible, High Value with Early Career Opportunities
Other Funding Opportunities

Early Career Opportunities:
OAIC REC and Early Career Faculty Opportunities and Announcements

Early Career Funding Announcements
Early Career Visiting Scholar Exchange Program

Tools for Aging Research:
Explore statistical algorithms, programs (GRASP) and data instruments (GRIL)

Geriatric Research Algorithms & Statistical Programs (GRASP)
Geriatric Research Instrument Library (GRIL)
Yale & Wake Forest Collaboration

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2024 OAIC ANNUAL MEETING:

Event:

Claude D Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers Annual Meeting

Date:

Thursday, April 25-Friday, April 26, 2024

Location:

Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel
Renaissance Hotel Meeting Floorplan

Registration:

2024 OAIC Annual Meeting Attendee Directory

Materials:

2024 National Annual Meeting Registration Announcement
2024 OAIC Poster Session Guidelines
2024 OAIC Annual Meeting Slide

Agenda:

Day 1 – Thursday, April 25, 2024 Evening Portion Early Career faculty Joint Session Cohosted with the AGING Initiative MCC Scholars Group LOCATION: Salons 5-7
8:30 am - 4:45 pm	Early Career Investigator Session Moderator: Karen Bandeen-Roche, PhD LOCATION: Salons 5-7
8:30 – 8:40 am	Welcome from Dr. Karen Bandeen-Roche
8:40 – 9:50 am	Early Career Investigator Session 1 “AI in Aging Research” Moderator: Todd Manini, PhD
8:40 – 9:00 am	AI for aging research: You got to know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em Sanjay Ranka, PhD (University of Florida)
9:00 – 9:20 am	AI and the 5 M’s of Geriatrics Christopher Kaufmann, PhD (University of Florida)
9:20 – 9:40 am	Using generative AI to increase your research productivity: survey results from Pepper Centers Todd Manini, PhD (University of Florida)
9:40 – 9:50 am	Discussion and Q&A with Presenters
9:50 - 10:10 am	Break & Networking
10:15 - 11:30 am	Early Career Investigator Session 2 “Grantsmanship” Moderator: Karen Bandeen-Roche, PhD
10:15 – 10:35 am	An R-grant development sketch: Aims, must-dos, and pitfalls Ken Covinsky, MD, MPH (UCSF)
10:35 – 10:55 am	A K-grant development sketch: Aims, must-dos, and pitfalls Shoshanna Kahana, PhD (NIA/NIH)
10:55 – 11:15 am	Considerations in moving from investigator-driven to large team research Cathleen Colon-Emeric, MD (Duke University)
11:15- 11:30 am	Discussion and Q&A with Presenters
11:30 am -12:00 pm	Networking & pick up Lunch Buffet
12:00 – 1:00 pm	Lunch and Consultancy Challenge LOCATION: Salon 1-3
1:00 – 1:15 pm	Break & Networking
1:15 – 2:45 pm	Mock Study Section LOCATION: Studio E and Studio F Mock Study Section Group 1 Proposals Mock Study Section Group 2 Proposals
2:45 - 3:30 pm	Netwalking: Take a Walk and Talk To by lead by: Alice Ryan, PhD & Elena Volpi, MD, PhD Netwalking 1-Mile Map
3:30 - 4:45 pm	General Session Kick Off: Recent Developments in Translational Science and Aging Biology Moderator: Monty Montano, PhD & Elena Volpi, MD, PhD Location: Salons 5-7
3:30 – 3: 40 pm	Framing the Problem Elena Volpi, MD, PHD (UT San Antonio)
3:40 – 3:55 pm	Study on the effects of semaglutide on physical function and cellular senescence in older adults with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes Tiffany Cortes, MD (UT San Antonio)
3:55 – 4:15 pm	Discussion of recent study findings about lack of benefit of metformin on longevity/survival in humans Matthew Keys, PhD Fellow (University of Southern Denmark)
4:15 – 4:25 pm	Update to the TAME Trial’s rationale Stephen Kritchevsky, PhD (Wake Forest School of Medicine)
4:25 – 4:35 pm	Problem of weight regain after weight loss in obese older adults Denise Houston, PhD (Wake Forest School of Medicine)
4:35 – 4:45 pm	Discussion and Q&A with Presenters
3:30 – 4:45 pm	Concurrent Session lead by the AGING Initiative: Don’t fly blind: Preparing for your pilot study Presented by Heather Allore, PhD (Yale University) Location: Studio F
4:45 – 5:00 pm	Break and transition to evening portion of agenda
5:00 – 5:30 pm	OAIC CC Updates: Dalane Kitzman NIA Updates with Dr. Eldadah (virtual) LOCATION: Salons 5-7
5:30 – 5:45 pm	Break / Transition to the Poster Session LOCATION: take stairs down to Residence Inn Hotel Space
5:45 - 6:30 pm	Poster Session (Group One) Group One Board Assignment & Abstracts (1-18) LOCATION: Potomac Meeting Room (Residence Inn Hotel Space)
6:45 – 7:45 pm	Dinner LOCATION: Salon 4
7:45 pm	Match up Session LOCATION chosen by matched groups; if this time does not work, please utilize other networking breaks at the meeting to have your match up!
Day 2 - Friday, April 26, 2024 Plenary Session Location: Salons 5-7
7:30-8:45 am	Morning Sessions with NIA/NIH representatives OAIC Directors and NIA Representatives Meeting Confirmed NIA Leaders: Drs. Hodes, Kelley, Santora, Hadley, Romashkan, Eldadah LOCATION: Studio E OAIC Early Career Investigator and NIH/NIA Representatives Meeting Moderators: Kathryn Callahan, MD & Denise Houston, PhD (Wake Forest) LOCATION: Studio F NIA: Sue Zieman Maria Carranza Christy Carter Shoshana Kahana NIMHHD: Lynne Padgett NIAMSD Isaah Vincent NHLBI Wayne Wang
8:45 - 9:00 am	Break / Transition to Plenary Session
9:00 – 9:05 am	Plenary Session: Morning Welcome from Kathryn Callahan, MD LOCATION: Salons 5-7
9:05 – 10:15 am	Effect of Stress on Health and Aging Moderator: Peter Abadir, MD, PhD (Johns Hopkins University)
9:05 – 9:25 am	Biological Pathways Jeremy Walston, MD (Johns Hopkins University)
9:25 – 9:45 am	Psycho-Social Pathways Anthony Ong, PhD (Cornell University) – Virtual Presenter
9:45 – 10:05 am	Resilience perspective Cathleen Colon-Emeric, MD (Duke University)
10:05-10:20 am	Discussion and Q&A with Presenters
10:30 – 10:45 am	Break / Transition to the Poster Session LOCATION: take stairs down to Residence Inn Hotel Space
10:45 – 11:30 am	Poster Session (Group Two) Group Two Board Assignment & Abstracts (1-19) LOCATION: Potomac Meeting Room (Residence Inn Hotel Space)
11:30 – 11:45 am	Break / Transition back to Plenary Session
11:50 – 12:20 pm	Pepper OAIC CC High Impact Publications involving early career faculty LOCATION: Salons 5-7 University of Pittsburgh OAIC: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Use and Access Associated With Loss of Medicaid Supplemental Insurance Eligibility above the Federal Poverty Level. PMC10087092 Eric Roberts, PhD (University of Pittsburgh) UTMB OAIC: The "double jeopardy" of midlife and old age mortality trends in the United States. PMC10589701 Neil Mehta, PhD (UTMB)
12:20 – 12:45 pm	Break / Networking & Pick up Lunches
12:45 – 12:55 pm	Return to Plenary Session: Announcement of Poster Winners Karen Bandeen-Roche, PhD
12:55 – 2:30 pm	Novel and Repurposed Medications for Age Related Disorders Moderator: Dalane Kitzman, MD
12:55 – 1:10 pm	Session Overview & following up to recent published paper: Geroscience- guided repurposing of FDA-approved drugs to target aging: A proposed process and prioritization George Kuchel, MD (University of Connecticut OAIC)
1:10 – 1:30 pm	The TGN experience and novel geroscience agents for older adults James Kirkland, MD, PhD (Mayo Clinic)
1:30 – 1:45 pm	Results and Lessons learned from trials evaluating testosterone safety and efficacy Shalender Bhasin, MD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital)
1:45 – 2:00 pm	NIA Repurposing RFA awardees project: Clinical evaluation of mTORC1 inhibition for geroprotection Adam Konopka, PhD (Wisconsin)
2:00 – 2:30 pm	Discussion and Q&A with Presenters
2:30 pm	Meeting Adjourn

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