Geriatric Medicine

Program Schedule

2020 Research Conference on Aging

More information will be posted regarding the 2020 Research Conference on Aging in Spring of 2020. Please check back then for more details, or explore the schedule and programs from previous years.

May 29, 2019 | 8:00am - 12:30pm

UCLA Geffen Hall, B-36 (B-Level)
885 Tiverton Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Time Event
8:00 AM Check-In & Breakfast
8:15 AM Poster Session I | Exhibit Hour
9:15 AM Introduction
Jonathan Wanagat, MD, David Reuben, MD, and Gary Small, MD
9:30 AM Sleep, Inflammation, and Depression in Older Adults
Joshua Hyong-Jin Cho, MD, PhD, MSc, FAPA
9:50 AM Sleeping Pill Discontinuation Strategies
Constance Fung, MD, MSHS
10:10 AM The Generation Xchange Program: Preliminary Evidence of the Health & Well-being Benefits to Older Adults from Intergenerational Engagement
Teresa Seeman, PhD
10:30 AM Poster Session II | Exhibit Hour
11:30 AM Caregivers of Persons with Dementia
Zaldy Tan, MD, MPH
12:00 PM Los Angeles Aging Research Alliance (LAARA): The UCLA/USC Pepper Center
Sean Curran, PhD
12:30 PM Closing Remarks