2023 Keynote Speakers and Session Themes

Session 1 - Epidemiology of aging, obesity, and the brain

Allison Aiello, PhD

James S. Jackson Healthy Longevity Professor of Epidemiology, Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center

Professor of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

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session 2 - gut-brain axis in obesity and aging

Dana Small, phd

Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychology

Director, Modern Diet and Physiology Research Center, School of Medicine, Yale University

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Session 3 - The Brain-Inflammation Connection

Gabrielle Fredman, Phd

Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Albany Medical College

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session 4 - How can Translational Geroscience Impact the Aging Brain?

Sai Krupa Das, PhD

Senior Scientist, Energy Metabolism Team

Associate Professor, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Session 5 - obesity, cognitive function, and interventions

Stephen Kritchevsky, PhD

Professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University

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