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National Advisory Council on Aging Meeting Agenda -- January 29 - 30, 2019

One Hundred Thirty-Sixth Meeting
Tuesday and Wednesday, January 29 & 30, 2019
Building 45, Conference Room E1/E2
Day-of-the-Meeting Contact Phone: (202) 380-6412

Tuesday, January 29

3:00 to 4:30 p.m. – This portion of the meeting is closed to the Public

This portion of the meeting is closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in section 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S. Code and Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).

Review of Applications: Dr. Robin Barr

Wednesday, January 30

8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – This portion of the meeting is open to the Public

This meeting will be videocast 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: http://videocast.nih.gov.

8:00 to 8:30 a.m.

  1. Call to Order
    Dr. Richard Hodes

     

    1. Director's Status Report
    2. Future Meeting Dates:

      May 21-22, 2019 (Tues.–Wed.), Building 60
      September 10-11, 2019 (Tues.–Wed.), Neuroscience Bldg., Exec. Blvd.
      January 21-22, 2020 (Tues.–Wed.), Building 31
      May 26-27, 2020 (Tues.–Wed.), Building 31
      September 8-9, 2020 (Tues.–Wed.), Building 45

    3. Consideration of Minutes of Last Meeting

     

8:30 to 9:00 a.m.

  1. Report: Task Force on Minority Aging Research
    Dr. J. Taylor Harden
    Dr. David Bennett

9:00 to 10:00 a.m.

  1. Report: Working Group on Program
    Dr. Eileen Crimmins

    Meetings/Initiative Developments

    1. Recommendations from Past Meetings (None)
    2. CTAP Report
      Dr. Romashkan
    3. RFA/RFP Concept Clearance
    4. DN Review
      Dr. Reisa Sperling

10:00 to 10:30 a.m.

    1. Program Highlights (DAB)
      Dr. Manuel Moro
      Dr. Adam Salmon
      Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine
      Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies
      University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
      "The role of mTOR inhibition on longevity and healthy aging in a non-human primate"

10:30 to 10:45 a.m.

Break

10:45 to 11:15 a.m.

    1. Program Highlights (DGCG)
      Dr. Evan Hadley
      Michael A. Province, Ph.D.
      Professor of Genetics and Biostatistics
      Director, Division of Statistical Genomics
      Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology
      Washington University School of Medicine
      "Evidence for Rare Protective Variants for Healthy Aging and Longevity in the Long Life Family Study (LLFS)"

11:15 to 11:45 a.m.

    1. Program Highlights (DBSR)
      Dr. John Haaga
      Samuel H. Preston, Ph.D.
      Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography and Professor of Sociology
      University of Pennsylvania
      “The role of obesity in exceptionally slow US mortality improvement"

11:45 to 12:15 p.m.

    1. Program Highlights (DN)
      Dr. Eliezer Masliah
      Julie Ann Schneider, M.D.
      Rush University Medical Center
      “The Complex and Evolving Landscape of Brain Diseases Underlying Alzheimer's dementia”

12:15 to 12:30 p.m.

Break/Working Lunch

12:30 to 1:00 p.m.

  1. Intramural Program Report
    Dr. Luigi Ferrucci

    Scientific Director, IRP, NIA
    1. Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics
      Dr. Myriam Gorospe
    2. Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology
      Dr. Ranjan Sen

1:00 to 1:30 p.m. – This portion of the meeting is closed to the Public

This portion of the meeting is closed to the public in accordance with the provisions set forth in section 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S. Code and Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2).

  1. Review of Intramural Research Program
    Dr. Luigi Ferrucci

1:30 p.m.

Adjournment

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