The Aging Heart: A Roadmap to Cardiac Independence

Sponsored by the

American Federation for Aging Research

 

October 6, 2009

Union Club
101 East 69th Street
New York, NY

 

 

This one-day conference will explore fundamental aspects of aging and cardiovascular diseases, as well as therapies currently being developed for the aging heart. Leading investigators will address the physiologic, cell and molecular biology and genetic changes that increase the impact of cardiovascular diseases in the older population.  Topics will include the role of gender, cardiac myocyte energy utilization and vascular dysfunction, as well as environmental influences on the aging heart.  The conference will also include a session with experts in translational medicine describing clinical strategies currently being developed to address the specific needs of the aging heart, discussing biological therapies such as stem cell technologies.

Presenters include: Edward G. Lakatta, MD, National Institute on Aging; Jeanne Wei, MD, PhD, University of Arkansas; Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Richard Shannon, MD, University of Pennsylvania; Roger Hajjar, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Laura Niklason, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine, Hazel Szeto, MD, PhD, Weill Medical College; and Sean Wu, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital.

Call for Submissions
AFAR-GE Healthcare Junior Investigator Award for Excellence in Aging-Heart Research: Recognizing innovative research related to the interface between cardiovascular disease and the biology of aging.

Sponsors to Date
Anonymous
GE Healthcare
The Nancy Renick Memorial Fund

For more information and to register, please visit: 

www.afar.org/agingheartconf.html

There is no charge for this event but space is limited and registration is required.  Please register early.

Please join us on October 5 for our annual awards dinner. For more information, please visit www.afar.org/09dinner.html.

Contact
KK Apple

American Federation for Aging Research
212-703-9977
info@afar.org

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For 28 years, the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) has played a major role in providing and advancing knowledge of aging and mechanisms of age-related disease by providing grants to nearly 2,500 talented scientists as part of its broad-based series of grant programs. To learn more about AFAR, click here.