Garrison Institute on Aging to Host Regional Healthy Aging And Dementia Research Symposium
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Garrison Institute on Aging
will host the Regional Healthy Aging And Dementia Research Symposium
Oct. 24 - 25 at the Texas Tech University International Cultural Center, Hall of Nations
601 Indiana Ave.
The Research Symposium will feature experts primarily focused on dementia and neurodegenerative
diseases research, public health trends focused on neurodegenerative diseases of aging
and community-based research focused on health, nutrition and cognition.
P. Hemachandra Reddy, Ph.D., executive director and chief scientific officer of the
Garrison Institute on Aging, said the event will give participants an opportunity
to interact with representatives of advocacy groups and experts on healthy aging and
dementia research.
“With more than 50 million people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias
worldwide, the Garrison Institute on Aging is committed to provide forums such as
this symposium to connect experts across all universities and institutes in order
to share knowledge about aging and dementias,” Reddy said.
The symposium will feature the following panel of experts:
Sanoj Suneja, Ph.D., Deputy Director of External Activities at the National Institutes on Aging
P. Hemachandra Reddy, Ph.D., executive director and chief scientific officer of Garrison
Institute on Aging and professor of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Neuroscience/Pharmacology
and Neurology at TTUHSC
Russell Swerdlow, M.D., director of the University of Kansas Alzheimer’s Disease Center
and professor in the Departments of Neurology, Molecular and Integrative Physiology
and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Marcia Ory, Ph.D., MPH, Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences School of Public
Health at Texas A&M Health Sciences Center
Shirley ShiDu Yan, M.D., Pharmacology & Toxicology, Pharmacy Administration
University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, Howard E. Mossberg Distinguished Professor
Salvatore Oddo, Ph.D., associate professor of the Biodesign Institute, Neurodegenerative
Disease Research Centerat Arizona State University
Deadline for submission of abstracts is Oct. 17. Both poster and oral sessions are
open to all faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students who conduct
research. Awards also will be presented to postdoctoral and graduate students based
on the quality of research and presentation.
Submission is online. For more information, email susan.thompson@ttuhsc.edu, call
(806) 743-7821 or visit ttuhsc.edu/garrison.
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