The tenth RCCN workshop “Nutrition and Aging Biology” will be held in-person June 25-26, 2024, in San Francisco, California. The scope of the workshop is broad and includes these themes: Caloric Restriction’s Effect on Lifespan and Healthspan, Intake Timing, Treating Obesity in Older Adults, and Other Approaches and Considerations. This meeting will be hybrid and registration to join virtually is free and open to the public. View a draft of the agenda here.
This webinar will discuss the K award review process, including an overview of peer review and information on how grants are scored. The presentation will also touch on how the review process has changed in recent years and may be particularly helpful to mentors supporting new applicants.
NIA Research Centers Collaborative Network Stephen Kritchevsky PhD, Odette van der Willik BA, Jay Magaziner PhD, Elizabeth Pritchett-Montavon MPA, Stephanie Lederman MEd This paper is part of the Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the National Institute on Aging special collection for the May 2024 edition of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Precision Nutrition to Promote Healthy Aging Workshop May 7-8, 2024 The NIA Division of Aging Biology will host this virtual workshop, welcoming researchers and clinicians at all career stages who are interested in the emerging research area of precision nutrition, and how such approaches can be studied and applied to improve health outcomes in older adults.
USDeN 2024 Annual Meeting May 15, 2024 This highly interactive meeting is open to all with an interest in research that aims to improve deprescribing and medication use in older adults.
Johns Hopkins AITC Webinar May 21, 2024 at 12pm ET This webinar is part of the JHAITC webinar series, and will feature Michael Batista, MS, managing partner at Healthworx Studio.
Co-Designing Age Tech for Commercialization and Impact May 28, 2024 at 3pm ET MassAITC’s next webinar will feature Nicole Werner, PhD, associate professor in health and wellness design and Dean’s Eminent Scholar at the University of Indiana Bloomington.
AD/ADRD Digital Pilot Program Pitch Competition May 31, 2024 at 1:00-3:30pm ET Top applicants of the NACC and Gates Ventures Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) Digital Pilot Program will pitch their proposals to the review committee in front of a live audience.
Bruce McEwen Career Development Fellowship on Social Determinants of Health Deadline: May 31, 2024 at 5pm ET This award will support outstanding junior scientists in research-related activities with high potential to advance the use of animal models or comparative approaches to understand the social determinants of health and aging.
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center (GLCCC) Postdoc Training Program The Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center (GLCCC) is seeking outstanding candidates for a NCI funded T32 postdoctoral training program in Cancer Population Science (CPaS). They are currently recruiting for Summer or Fall 2024 and 2025, with a special emphasis on candidates interested in Cancer and Aging.
Annual NIA Summer Training Course in Experimental Aging Research Deadline: July 8, 2024 The 31st Annual Summer Training Course provides intense exposure to current concepts in experimental aging research to approximately 20 research scientists to facilitate development of independent research programs in the basic biology of aging.
Interested in learning more about any of the NIA centers programs? Looking for more detailed information on pilot funding, webinars, resources and more? Visit the coordinating center websites below.
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