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WELCOME MESSAGE
Dear Colleague,
The TILDA Health in Ageing - Achievements and Potential of Longitudinal Research was truly an international, multidisciplinary and diverse meeting. It was held in association with Trinity College Dublin, Science Foundation Ireland and the Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing, St James's Hospital.
The two day programme covered a wide variety of interdisciplinary topics including cardiovascular health, cognitive health and mental health as well as identifying future directions within the field of ageing research. Professor David Snowdon, Professor of Neurology at the University of Kentucky and Principal Investigator on the Nun Study, presented our keynote lecture.
We assembled an internationally-renowned group of scientists, clinicians, practitioners and experts in their field, to contribute to the core program while also providing opportunities for bright, able, up-and-coming young researchers to present their data and new ideas. We hope that all those who participated found the programme to be as comprehensive, stimulating, and informative as we at TILDA did.
Sincerely,
RoseAnne Kenny
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Presentations available for download from this day
Daniel Levy
Ken Langa
Thomas Gill
Tom Kirkwood
| Time | Agenda | Opening Session |
8.00am- 9.00am |
Registration | Tea / Coffee |
9.00am - 9.30am |
RoseAnne Kenny Minister Harney |
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| 9.30am - 1.10pm | SESSION I: Nature versus Nurture |
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| 9.30am - 10.20am | Nicholas Christakis |
The Inter-personal Spread of Health Behaviours in Social Networks |
| 10.20am - 11.10am | Daniel Levy | New Approaches to the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Future Contributions of Genetics and Biomarker Research(Framingham) |
| 11.10am - 11.30am | Tea / Coffee |
Tea / Coffee |
| 11.30am - 12.20pm | Meena Kumari |
Biomarkers and cardiovascular disease (English Longitudinal Study of Ageing) |
| 12.20pm - 1.10pm | Tom Kirkwood | Evolution and Genetics of Ageing (Newcastle 85+ Study) |
| 1.10pm - 2.00pm | LUNCH | |
| 2.00pm - 5.50pm | SESSION II: |
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| 2.00pm - 2.50pm | Ken Langa |
Dementia in the United States: The Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study (ADAMS) |
| 2.50pm - 3.40pm | Carol Brayne |
Cognitive decline with ageing (MRC/CFAS) |
| 3.40pm - 4.00pm | Tea / Coffee | Tea / Coffee |
| 4.00pm - 4.50pm |
Thomas Gill |
The complex and dynamic nature of disability in older persons (Yale Precipitating Events Project) |
| 4.50pm - 5.50pm | KEYNOTE SPEAKER David Snowdon | Ageing with grace (Nun Study) |
| END OF DAY 1 |
FRIDAY 30th MAY 2008 |
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| Time | Agenda | Opening Session |
8.00am - 9.00am |
Registration | Tea / Coffee |
9.00am - 12.30am |
SESSION III: No Health without Mental Health |
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| 9.00am - 10.0pm | To be confirmed |
Platform presentations 1-4 |
| 10.00am - 10.50am | Aartjan Beekman |
The natural history of late life depression (AMSTEL, LASA) |
| 10.50am - 11.10am |
Tea / Coffee | Tea / Coffee |
| 11.10am - 12.00am | Carol Ryff |
Biological correlates of psych well-being (MIDUS) |
| 12.00am - 12.50pm | Martin Prince |
Cross-cultural studies of late-life depression in Europe and beyond; EURODEP, SHARE and 10/66 |
| 12.50pm - 1.40pm | LUNCH | |
| 1.40pm - 4.30pm | SESSION IV: |
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| 1.40pm - 2.30pm | David Weir |
Adding new technologies to old surveys (HRS) |
| 2.30pm - 3.20pm | Stacy Lindau |
Biomarkers in population-based Ageing research (NSHAP) |
| 3.20pm - 3.40pm | Tea / Coffee | Tea / Coffee |
| 3.40pm - 4.05pm | Stephen Beatty |
Exploring means of delaying or preventing the onset of age-related macular degeneration |
| 4.05pm –4.30pm | RoseAnne Kenny | TRIL |
| CLOSE OF MEETING |