The Exceptional Longevity Data Management and Coordination Center (EL DMCC) hosted the first Resilience-AD and Longevity workshop on June 28, 2023. The workshop brought together longevity and cognitive resilience researchers to to highlight opportunities and challenges in the field, and identify ways to leverage ELITE Portal and AD Knowledge Portal data together.
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Workshop Agenda
00:00-18:43 | Data in the ELITE Portal and AD Knowledge Portal. Presenter: Anna Greenwood, PhD (Sage Bionetworks)
Session 1: Alzheimer’s Disease and cognitive resilience.
18:43-31:10 | How do we define cognitive resilience? Presenter: Timothy Hohman, PhD (Vanderbilt University Medical Center)
31:10- 41:05 | Cognitive resilience in individuals with exceptional longevity. Presenter: Stacy Andersen, PhD (Boston University)
41:05-51:50 | Moderated Q&A. Moderator: Catherine Kaczorowski, PhD (University of Michigan)
Session 2: Factors known to contribute to exceptional longevity and AD-resilience.
51:50-1:03:29 | Maintaining brain health as you age: role of lifestyle behaviors. Presenter: Vonetta Dotson, PhD (Georgia State University)
1:03:29-1:14:32 | Genetics of EL and AD resilience. Presenter: Paola Sebastiani, PhD (Tufts Medical Center)
1:14:32-1:20:20 | Moderated Q&A. Moderator: Sofiya Milman, MD. Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Session 3: Gerotherapeutics as drugs for cognitive resilience.
1:20:20-1:32:30 | Gerotherapeutic testing in AD models. Presenter: Derek Huffman, PhD (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
Recording not available | Mitochondrial-targeted therapeutics in aging models. Presenter: Eugenia Trushina, PhD (Mayo Clinic)
1:33:40-1:42:10 | Moderated Q&A. Moderator: Noa Rappaport, PhD (Institute for Systems Biology)
1:42:10-1:46:50 | Closing remarks