Events

Getting Old Before Our Time: Psychiatric Illness and Accelerated Cell Aging.

Time: July 11, 2013 from 12pm to 1pm
Location: NIH Campus
Street: Lipsett Amphitheater, Building 10, NIH
City/Town: Bethesda
Website or Map: http://sigs.nih.gov/geroscien…
Event Type: seminar/videocast
Organized By: NIH Geroscience Interest Group

The Trans-NIH GeroScience Interest Group (GSIG) cordially invites you to its summer seminar, featuring Dr. Owen Wolkowitz. Dr. Wolkowitz is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco and Director of the Psychopharmacology Assessment Clinic. His teaching, clinical work and research are in the areas of stress, depression, and anxiety disorders. His interests include the effects of stress and stress hormones on the brain and behavior, as well as the identification of mechanisms underlying depression, which may lead to the discovery of new treatments. Dr. Wolkowitz and colleagues have developed a detailed model of mechanistic pathways leading from stress to psychiatric illness, representing effects of steroid and neurosteroid hormones, oxidative stress, neurotrophic factors, inflammatory responses, changes in telomeres and telomerase and genetic polymorphisms. They are now conducting additional studies to test this model and to explore the cumulative neuronal damage in the hippocampus.

The GeroScience Interest Group (GSIG) was formed to enhance opportunities for discussion of the intersection between the biology of aging and the biology of disease and conditions that are of interest across ICs. It is focused on basic biology, but with a longer view towards translation. If you are interested in learning more, please visit the GSIG web site (http://sigs.nih.gov/geroscience/Pages/default.aspx).

The seminar will be videocast at http://videocast.nih.gov/ and archived in the GSIG web site.

Sign Language Interpreters will be provided. Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate in this event should contact Dr. Jovier Evans at [email protected] or at 301/443-1369 or Dr. Ron Kohanski at [email protected] or at 301.496.6402.

Dr. Collins briefing on FY 2014 budget

Time: April 10, 2013 from 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Location: online
Website or Map: http://www.aaas.org/go/ostp
Event Type: webinar
Organized By: NIH

Dr. Collins will participate in the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) FY2014 Federal R&D Budget Briefing along with leadership of other agencies that represent core science missions.

This briefing will occur Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. EDT and be streamed live on the web at http://www.aaas.org/go/ostp. Speakers will include:

John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and OSTP Director
Patricia Falcone, Assoc. Director, National Security & International Affairs, OSTP
Charlie Bolden, Administrator, NASA
Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health
Cora Marrett, Acting Director, National Science Foundation
Kathryn Sullivan, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce, Acting Administrator, NOAA

Alliance for Aging Research Webinar: A Post-Election Conversation with Celinda Lake and Sheila Burke

Time: November 7, 2012 from 12pm to 1pm
Location: on line
Event Type: webinar
Organized By: Alliance for Aging Research

Please join the Alliance for Aging Research for a “day after” conversation on the impact of the 2012 elections with our special guests, Celinda Lake and Sheila Burke, moderated by Sue Peschin, COO of the Alliance for Aging Research. Celinda Lake is a prominent pollster and political strategist for Democrats and progressives who currently serves as President of Lake Research Partners. Sheila Burke is the former Chief of Staff to Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole who currently serves as Senior Public Policy Advisor for Baker Donelson. This one-hour call will focus on what the results mean for medical research funding and senior health issues, including the outlook for relevant Senate and House committees in the coming year.

Contact Deidre Paige at [email protected] to register and receive call-in information.

This event is brought to you with support from
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Friends of NIA Annual Budget Meeting

Time: February 28, 2012 from 2pm to 3:30pm
Location: NIH Campus
Street: Building 31, Room 2C15
Website or Map:http://www.ors.od.nih.gov/map…
Event Type: meeting
Organized By: Mary Jo Hoeksema

DR. HODES SLIDES ARE AVAILABLE HERE: file_HodesFoNIAslides212

NIA Director, Dr. Richard Hodes, and his staff will be meeting with the Friends of NIA members on February 28 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. to discuss the Institute’s FY 2013 budget request.

Balancing Employment with Child and Elder Care: The Implications of Changing Workplaces and Families,

Time: December 13, 2011 from 1pm to 2pm
Location:http://www.populationassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/PAA-webinar-invite-12-13.pdf
Event Type: webinar
Organized By: PAA, APC, AARP, Friends of NIA, Friends of NICHD, and Russell Sage Foundation

I am writing to invite you to a webinar that the Population Association of America, AARP, the Association of Population Centers, the Friends of NIA, and the Friends of NICHD are hosting on December 13, 1:00-2:00 p.m. The webinar, “Balancing Employment with Child and Elder
Care: The Implications of Changing Workplaces and
Families,” will feature the work of NIA and NICHD grantees and a presentation by a family demographer from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The invitation is posted at:
http://www.populationassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/PAA-webinar-invite-12-13.pdf

Please feel free to circulate the invitation to your colleagues and staff. I hope you will be able to join us!

Best,
Mary Jo
Mary Jo Hoeksema
Director, Government Affairs
Population Association of America/
Association of Population Centers
1701 K Street NW, Suite 1150
Washington, DC 20006
202-341-7283
[email protected]