Healthy Aging Symposium 2019
Healthy Aging Symposium 2019
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Jaglom Auditorium, George S. Wise Senate Building
09:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Dr. Mira Marcus-Kalish - Director, International Research Collaborations, TAU
Prof. Joseph Klafter - President, Tel Aviv University, TAU
Prof. Yoav Henis - VP for R&D, TAU
09:20 - 10:40 Opening Session:
Chair: Prof. Alan Leshner - Chief Executive Officer, Emeritus, AAAS, and former Executive Publisher, Science, USA
Developing a Policy for an Ageing Population: Examples from the UK
Prof. Sarah Harper - Gerontology, Institute of Population Aging, Oxford University, GB
Do Micro-organisms Have Anything to do with Aging?
Engineering Personalized Tissue Implants for Regenerative Medicine
Prof. Tal Dvir - Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Regenerating Medicine
School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Materials Science
& Engineering, Sagol Center for Regenerative Biotechnology, Center for Nanoscience
& Nanotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, TAU
Keeping People Healthy with Vaccines for the Aging Society
Dr. Rino Rappuoli - Chief Scientist & Head of External R&D GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Vaccines
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30 Session II:
Chair: Prof. Mauro Ferrari - President and CEO, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Director, Institute for Academic Medicine at Houston Methodist Hospital, Executive Vice President, Houston Methodist Hospital, USA
Biomarkers for Cognition, Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
Patient-Centered In Silico Assessment of Health Aging: Imaging and Beyond
Medical Epistemology: A Gerontologist's Perspective
Modelling and Optimization of Homecare and Caregiving Services for the Elderly
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Session III:
Chair: Prof. Dov Shmotkin - School of Psychological Sciences, and Head of the Herczeg Institute on Aging, TAU
Protecting the Elderly and Frail from Pressure Ulcers Using Innovative Bioengineering Technologies
Healthy Aging and Filial Piety in the Shadow of the Law
Prof. Daphna Hacker - The Buchmann Faculty of Law, TAU
The Social Shaping of Uncertainty in Length of Life
Dr. Isaac Sasson - Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Herczeg Institute on Aging, TAU
Assistive Technology for Cognitive Impaired Seniors in Nursing Homes
Kelvin Tan Cheng Kian - Director, NUS Smart Systems Institute National University of Singapore
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:30 Session IV:
Chair: Dr. Dévora Grynspan - Vice President for International Relations, Northwestern University
Research Directions in Healthy Aging in the Era of the Longevity Economy
Healthy Aging Starts Not at 65 but at Day One, So Why Do We Misplace Our Resources?
Healthy Aging International Initiative – Panel Discussion
Prof. Theng Yin Leng - NanYang Technology University, Singapore
Kelvin Tan Cheng Kian - National University of Singapore
Dr. Hedva Voliovitch - Executive Manager, former Head of Global Patient Safety & Pharmacovigilance, Teva Pharmaceuticals
Miri Polachek - CEO, Joy Ventures, Israel
2019 JOY ACADEMIC GRANT CALL FOR PROPOSALS
18:00 Cocktail Event at the Porter School of Environmental Studies