AGS Research Conferences
Each of the following conference pages includes information on the agenda, the planning committee membership, the conference report, and any available PowerPointTM presentations.
Comparative Effectiveness Research Conference (CER) (2010) focused on defining Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) and its relevance to clinical geriatrics research.
BEDSIDE – TO – BENCH CONFERENCE SERIES
This state-of-the-art conference series offers investigators an opportunity to learn about cutting edge research, participate in the creation of recommendations for future research, and to network with colleagues and leaders in the field.
Inflammation and Nutrient Metabolism (2009) focused attention on the interrelationship between nutrient metabolism and inflammation.
Idiopathic Fatigue of Aging (2008) focused on evidence evidence from animal and human models to explore the relationships between energy production and utilization and fatigue.
Thinking, Moving and Feeling: Common Underlying Mechanisms? (2007) examined evidence about the co-occurrence of cognition, mobility and mood, and to explore and identify implications for future basic and clinical research.
Does Mental and Physical Activity Promote Cognitive Vitality in Late Life? (2006) focused on lifelong learning, mental and physical exercise, and continuing "social engagement" are issues which served as the basis for this meeting, with a focus on its impact on cognitive vitality in late life.
Comorbid Disease and Multiple Morbidity in an Aging Society (2005) aimed to provide an understanding of the state of the field and of findings in other fields that may be applicable to research on geriatric comorbidity, and to lay the basis for a new generation of research.
Frailty in Older Adults: Towards a Better Understanding of Physiology and Etiology (2004) sought to to define understanding around the potential phenotypes of frailty and its underlying etiologies, applications and future directions to determine the etiology of frailty in older adults, prevention and treatment.
