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  • 2025-2026 Seminar Archive

    2025-2026 Seminar Archive

    2/13/26 - Kun Wang, PhD, MSW

    2/13/26 - Kun Wang, PhD, MSW

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Social Work
    College of Arts and Sciences
    UAB

    Presentation: "Evolving Digital Engagement Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Older Adults in the United States"

    1/9/26 - Justin Turner, MD, PhD

    1/9/26 - Justin Turner, MD, PhD

    Professor and Chair
    Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
    UAB

    Presentation: "Immune Dysregulation and Aging: Evolving Insights into CRS Pathogenesis and Therapy"

    12/8/25 - Reed Bratches, PhD

    12/8/25 - Reed Bratches, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Acute, Chronic, and Continuing Care
    School of Nursing
    UAB

    Presentation: "Medication management and care-resistant behaviors in dementia: strategies, challenges, and the experiences of family caregivers"

    11/14/25 - Meghan Hirsch, PhD

    11/14/25 - Meghan Hirsch, PhD

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care
    Department of Medicine
    UAB

    Presentation: "The Role of Fibroblast Growth Factor Signaling on Cellular Senescence in the Cystic Fibrosis Airways"

    10/10/25 - Yi Lin, PhD

    10/10/25 - Yi Lin, PhD

    Instructor
    Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
    Department of Medicine
    UAB

    Presentation: "Bridging Technology and Lifestyle Intervention to Preserve Function in Older Adults"

    9/12/25 - Bryan Becker, PhD

    9/12/25 - Bryan Becker, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Division of Nephrology
    Department of Medicine
    UAB

    Presentation: "Connections between circadian rhythms and hydrocephalus, early results of the CHORUS study"

    7/25/25 - Reem Waziry, PhD

    7/25/25 - Reem Waziry, PhD

    Associate Research Scientist
    Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
    Columbia University

    Presentation: "Translation and Integration of Advanced Causal Inference, Machine Learning and Big Data to Inform Clinical Trials on ADRD and Cognitive Aging"

  • 2024-2025 Seminar Archive

    2024-2025 Seminar Archive

    5/9/25 - Stephanie Wilson, PhD

    5/9/25 - Stephanie Wilson, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Psychology
    College of Arts and Sciences
    UAB

    Presentation: "Aging together, for better and worse: Social relationships and their ties to healthy aging"

    4/11/25 - Jerri Edwards, PhD

    4/11/25 - Jerri Edwards, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Psychiatry - Behavioral Neurobiology
    UAB

    Presentation: "Cognitive Engagement as Compared to Cognitive Training in Healthy Older Adults"

    3/14/25 - Jenny Marwitz, MA

    3/14/25 - Jenny Marwitz, MA

    Director, TBI Research
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    UAB

    Presentation: "Traumatic Brain Injury among Older Adults: Long-term Follow-up in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Sample"

    2/24/25 - Jacob Allen, PhD

    2/24/25 - Jacob Allen, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Health and Kinesiology
    University of Illinois

    Presentation: "Exercise and fermented foods to promote immune-modifying microbial metabolites"

    1/10/25 - Raegan Durant, MD, MPH

    1/10/25 - Raegan Durant, MD, MPH

    Professor
    Division of General Internal Medicine and Population Science
    Department of Medicine
    UAB

    Presentation: "Deep South RCMAR: Lessons Learned in Growing Health Equity and Aging Research"

    10/11/24 - Hjalmar Bouma, MD, PhD, EuCP

    10/11/24 - Hjalmar Bouma, MD, PhD, EuCP

    Physician Researcher and Adjunct Professor
    University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands

    Presentation: "Energy Crisis in Sepsis: Consequences for Health and Life Span"

    9/13/24 - Monica Aswani, DrPH

    9/13/24 - Monica Aswani, DrPH

    Assistant Professor
    School of Health Professions
    UAB

    Presentation: "Hospital Admissions Reduction Program: Who is a peer?"

  • 2023-2024 Seminar Archive

    2023-2024 Seminar Archive

    5/10/24 - Rachel Wells, PhD

    5/10/24 - Rachel Wells, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    School of Nursing
    UAB

    Presentation: "Developing and Optimizing Pain Intervention Strategies: The ADAPT HF Navigator Approach"

    Joint presentation with Shena Gazaway, PhD

    5/10/24 - Shena Gazaway, PhD

    5/10/24 - Shena Gazaway, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    School of Nursing
    UAB

    Presentation: "Developing and Optimizing Pain Intervention Strategies: The ADAPT HF Navigator Approach"

    Joint presentation with Rachel Wells, PhD

    4/12/24 - G.M. Anantharamaiah, PhD

    4/12/24 - G.M. Anantharamaiah, PhD

    Professor Emeritus
    Medicine - Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
    UAB

    Presentation: "Cholesterol reducing and anti-inflammatory functions of apolipoprotein mimetic peptides to lipid-mediated diseases"

    3/8/24 - Edmund Arthur, OD, PhD, FAAO

    3/8/24 - Edmund Arthur, OD, PhD, FAAO

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Optometry and Vision Science, School of Optometry
    UAB

    Presentation: "Quantifying Preclinical Retinal Changes in Diabetic Retinopathy"

    2/9/24 - Ahmed Lawan, PhD

    2/9/24 - Ahmed Lawan, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Biological Sciences
    University of Alabama in Huntsville

    Presentation: "Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases: from lipid and glucose control, to senescence regulation"

    1/12/24 - Margaret Bell, PhD

    1/12/24 - Margaret Bell, PhD

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Department of Pathology, Division of Molecular and Cellular Pathology
    UAB

    Presentation: "Mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease"

    12/8/23 - Ryan Coute, DO & Dylana Adams, MD

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    Ryan Coute, DO

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Emergency Medicine
    UAB


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    Dylana Adams, MD

    PGY-2
    Department of Emergency Medicine
    UAB

    Presentation: "Development of the Surviving Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Prediction Score "

    11/17/23 - David Englund, PhD, MS

    11/17/23 - David Englund, PhD, MS

    Postdoctoral Fellow
    Mayo Clinic

    Presentation: "The Role of Cellular Senescence in Skeletal Muscle Loss and Dysfunction"

    10/13/23 - Joseph McQuail, PhD

    10/13/23 - Joseph McQuail, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience, School of Medicine Columbia
    University of South Carolina

    Presentation: "Modifiable Risk Factors for Age-Related Memory Loss"

    9/8/2023 - Robert Mankowski, PhD

    9/8/2023 - Robert Mankowski, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Physiology and Aging
    University of Florida

    Presentation: "Toward Precision Medicine in Prevention of Physical Disability in Older Adults"

    8/28/23 - Shalini Jain, PhD

    8/28/23 - Shalini Jain, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
    University of South Florida

    Presentation: "The Microbiome's Potential: A New Horizon for Brain Health in Aging Cancer Survivors"

    8/25/23 - Rachel Skains, MD, MSPH

    8/25/23 - Rachel Skains, MD, MSPH

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Emergency Medicine
    UAB

    Presentation: "Geriatric ED: The Missing Link in an Age-Friendly Healthcare System"

    6/23/23 - Hariom Yadav, PhD

    6/23/23 - Hariom Yadav, PhD

    Director, USF Center for Microbiome Research; Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair
    University of South Florida

    Presentation: "Connection between gut-brain and what goes wrong during aging"