Past Events
This is an archival page for Departmental events that have occurred since 2005. LINKS ARE COMING!
Department Picnic! Sept 22, 2007. Contact Jewell Oliver for information.
Annual Clergy Conference. The Quest for immortality: Does the Church Have a Response? May 14, 2007.
Summer Geriatric Institute for 2007! Successful Aging: Overcoming the Hurdles. June 20-21, 2007.
Dr. Marie Bernard on MSNBC Feb 20, 2007
(also click on 'Trading Places' at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/)
Aging Research Grand Rounds
Genome dysfunction and transcriptional deregulation in aging and disease. Elliott Mufson, PhD; Professor, Rush University.
Aging Research Grand Rounds
Genome dysfunction and transcriptional deregulation in aging and disease. Jan Vijg, PhD; Professor, Buck Institute.
Aging Research Grand Rounds
Aging in the Growth Hormone, IGF-1 Era Realities, Controversies and
Opportunities. William E. Sonntag, PhD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
S. Jay Olshansky, Ph.D.(center), University of Illinois at Chicago; Visiting Professor. Public lecture hosted by College of Public Health, Thursday Oct 26, 2006 noon-1pm.
Aging Research Grand Rounds
Is our failure to cure Parkinson’s disease the result of wrong animal models?
Paul Carvey, Ph.D., Dean Graduate College, Rush University Medical Center
[Videoconference with Central Arkansas GRECC/ UAMS] Richard A. Dennis, PhD: Influence of genetics and aging on inflammation and macrophage function within skeletal muscle after resistance exercise. Oct 3, 2006.
[Aging Research Grand Rounds] Paula Bickford, PhD, visiting professor. Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Neurodegenerative Disease: Nutritional Interventions. Sept 18, 2006.
OUHSC Cardiovascular Grand rounds by Bruce A. Carnes, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept of Geriatric Medicine. “An Interspecies Examination of Aging”
Objectives: To provide insights into the origins of aging. To discuss the biological and demographic implications of aging. To illustrate the similarity of human mortality to that of other species. To discuss population aging and the biomedical challenges it poses for humans.
Fri, Sept 8, 2006. OUPB, room 2107
(1 Hr. AMA PRA Cat 1 Credit))
Summer Geriatric Institute for 2006! Cognitive Issues in the Elderly: Aiming for Quality of Life. June 21-22, 2006.
2006 Oklahoma Conference on Aging. Dr. Bruce Carnes speaks, May 2nd.
Drs. Allen and Bonnie Dobbs join us for Journal Club and a presentation of their driving assessment program for older drivers.
March 8, 2006.
Fourteenth Annual Summer Training Course in Experimental Aging Research. June 11 – 15, 2006, Buck Institute, Novato, California
OK GEC Grand Rounds Teleconference. Feb 17th, 2006 from 1:30-3:30. Contact Sheryl_Mapes@ouhsc.edu or 405-271-8599.
[Aging Research Grand Rounds] Randy Strong, PhD. Director NIA-Aging Intervention Testing Center, San Antonio;
Director, Research Development, Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Biology of Aging, San Antonio; Co-Director, VA Neurodegeneration Research Center, San Antonio. "Detoxification of Biogenic Aldehydes in Parkinson’s Disease"
Tuesday Dec 6, 2005 in the VA Chase Auditorium.
Faculty presentations at the Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America in Orlando, Florida Nov 18-22, 2005.
[Aging Research Grand Rounds] William Evans, PhD, visiting professor. Sarcopenia: Influence of exercise and nutrition on muscle and body composition. Nov 7, 2005.
Aging & Disabilities Grand Rounds with A. Prince, LCSW, JD and G. Odenheimer, MD. Friday, Oct 28th, noon.
[Aging Research Grand Rounds] Holly VanRemmen, PhD, visiting professor. Studying the Role of Superoxide and Oxidative Stress in Skeletal Muscle Atrophy that Occurs During Aging and in ALS. Oct 25, 2005.
[Aging Research Grand Rounds] Arlan G. Richardson, PhD, visiting professor. A Critical Look at the Oxidative Stress
Theory of Aging in Mammals. Oct 3, 2005.
Tele-conference with Mark E. Kunik, MD, MPH, noon July 13, 2005.
Geriatric Medicine Update VIII: Rheumatologic Problems of the Aged, Friday Sept 9, 2005.
16th Annual Summer Geriatric Institute: The Team Approach toComplex Problems in the Elderly, June 22-23, 2005.
New Interdisciplinary Geriatric/Gerontology Certification Program.
[Internal Medicine Grand Rounds] Mary E. Tenetti, MD, visiting professor. April 10, 2005.
2005 Annual Meeting of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (Hosted by the Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine).
2005 Summer Geriatrics Student Research Experience
Mary E. Tenetti, M.D., Visiting Professor for April 9-10, 2005
