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Dear List members
The Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing (TILDA) (www.tilda.ie) is organising a 2
day conference on the 29th and 30th May 2008 in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham
(www.rhk.ie). The conference is entitled "Health in Ageing - Achievements and
Potential of Longitudinal Research".
As you can see from the attached provisional programme, it promises
to be comprehensive, informative and exciting with presentations from world
leaders in ageing research. Each day of the conference qualifies for 7 CME
points.
Hopefully this conference will be of interest to you. Further details, including
on-line registration will be available from mid February on our website
www.tilda.ie. I would be very grateful if you could forward this email on to
interested colleagues working in the field of ageing research.
If you have any queries, please contact [log in to unmask]
Many thanks,
Hilary Cronin,
Research Fellow TILDA
Ext +353 1896 4051/4052
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME (as of 22/01/2008)
THURS 29th MAY 2008
8.00am – 9.00am: Registration
9.00am – 9.30am: Opening of Conference & Introduction (Rose Anne Kenny, Health
Minister Mary Harney)
9.30am – 1.10pm: SESSION I: Nature versus Nurture
•9.30am – 10.20am: The Inter-personal Spread of Health Behaviours in Social
Networks (Nicholas Christakis)
•10.20am – 11.10am: Genome wide association for Cardiovascular Disease
(Framingham) (Daniel Levy)
•11.10am – 11.30am: Tea / Coffee
•11.30am – 12.20pm: Biomarkers and cardiovascular disease (English Longitudinal
Study of Ageing) (speaker to be confirmed)
•12.20pm – 1.10pm: Evolution and Genetics of Ageing (Newcastle 85+ Study) (Tom
Kirkwood)
1.10pm – 2.00pm: Lunch
2.00pm – 5.50pm: SESSION II: The Ageing Brain
•2.00pm – 2.50pm: Dementia in the United States: The Aging, Demographics, and
Memory Study (ADAMS) (Ken Langa)
•2.50pm – 3.40pm: Cognitive decline with ageing (MRC/CFAS) (Carol Brayne)
•3.40pm –4.00pm: tea/coffee
•4.00pm – 4.50pm: The complex and dynamic nature of disability in older persons
(Yale Precipitating Events Project) (Thomas Gill)
•4.50pm – 5.50pm: Keynote Speaker: What is the Future of Healthy Ageing? (Nun
Study) (David Snowdon)
FRIDAY 30th May 2008
8.00am – 9.00am: Registration
9.00am – 12.50pm: SESSION III: No Health without Mental Health
•9.00am –10.00am: Platform presentations 1-4 (speakers to be confirmed)
•10.00am – 10.50am: The natural history of late life depression (AMSTEL, LASA)
(Aartjan Beekman)
•10.50am – 11.10am: Tea/coffee
•11.10am – 12.00pm: Biological correlates of psych well-being (MIDUS) (Carol
Ryff)
•12.00pm – 12.50pm: Cross-cultural studies of late-life depression in Europe and
beyond; EURODEP, SHARE and 10/66 (Martin Prince)
12.50pm – 1.40pm: LUNCH
1.40pm – 4.30pm: SESSION IV: Future Directions
•1.40pm – 2.30pm: Adding new technologies to old surveys (HRS) (David Weir)
•2.30pm – 3.20pm: Biomarkers in population-based Ageing research (NSHAP) (Stacy
Lindau)
•3.20pm – 3.40pm: tea/coffee
•3.40pm – 4.05pm: Exploring means of delaying or preventing the onset of
age-related macular degeneration (Stephen Beatty)
•4.05pm – 4.30pm: Technology Research for Independent Living (Rose Anne Kenny)
CLOSE OF MEETING
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