ICAR and its integral partners — the UAB Nathan Shock Center and the UAB Alzheimer’s Disease Center — organize a large impact regionally advertised Aging Research Symposium. The symposium highlights the work of investigators in basic, translational, and clinical aging research. Our hope is to showcase fresh, stimulating ideas and provide an opportunity to develop new collaborative relationships that integrate multiple disciplines into the advancement of aging research.

The 2024 UAB Aging Research Symposium was held on March 11-12, 2024 at the UAB Alumni House. Thank you to all who joined us! Contact us if you have any questions at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

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Schedule

MONDAY MARCH 11

UAB Alumni House, 8:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Featuring UAB Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging Research presentations.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

ROZALYN ANDERSON, PHD

Professor

University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health

Topic: "Aging & Delayed Aging by Caloric Restriction"

JOAO PASSOS, PHD

Professor

Mayo Clinic

Topic: "Mitochondria and Cell Senescence: a Matter of Life and Death"

PLENARY SPEAKERS

• Scott Ballinger, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean. UAB Heersink School of Medicine, Department of Pathology; Co-Leader Nathan Shock Center Comparative Mitochondrial Health Assessment Core
• Stanislava Chtarbanova, PhD, Assistant Professor. Department of Biological Sciences, the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
• Daniella Chusyd, PhD, Assistant Professor. Indiana University Bloomington
• Karen Gamble, PhD, Professor, F. Cleveland Kinney Endowed Chair in Geriatric Psychiatry. UAB Heersink School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
• Abbi Hernandez, PhD, Assistant Professor. UAB Heersink School of Medicine, Department of Medicine
• Girish Melkani, PhD, Associate Professor. UAB Heersink School of Medicine, Department of Pathology Co-Leader; Nathan Shock Center Comparative Organismal Energetics Core
• Courtney Peterson, PhD, Associate Professor, UAB School of Health Profession, Department of Nutrition Sciences
• Martin Young, PhD, Professor. UAB Heersink School of Medicine, Department of Medicine

Alys Stephens Center, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Poster session with reception.

TUESDAY MARCH 12

UAB Alumni House, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

JOHN BEARD, PHD, MBBS

Professor

Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

Topic: "Beyond the Absence of Disease"

STEPHANIE STUDENSKI, MD, MPH

Professor Emeritus

University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

Topic: "There's Something in the Way they Move: Aging and Mobility"

PLENARY SPEAKERS

• Pamela Bowen, PhD, CRNP, FNP-BC, BBA, Associate Professor. UAB School of Nursing, Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care Department
• Virginia Howard, PhD, FAHA, FSCT, Professor. UAB School of Public Health
• Alayne Markland, DO, MSc, Professor. UAB Heersink School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care; Birmingham VA Healthcare System Director, Birmingham/Atlanta Geriatric Research, Educational, and Clinical Center (GRECC)

Highlights from the 2019 Aging Symposium

The inaugural Aging Symposium was held in 2019 with over 300 national and international participants. The symposium is inclusive and truly embraces the spirit of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration, which led ICAR leadership to name it as The Integrative Aging Symposium — From Chromosomes to Communities.

NIH Panel Discussion (video)

View a recording of the NIH Panel Discussion. Panel Moderator: Steven Austad, Ph.D. Panel: John Haaga, Ph.D.; Evan Hadley, M.D.; and Max Guo, Ph.D.