A Successful 2023 Colloquium
Thank you to all who attended and supported our 33rd IOA Annual Colloquium, held Sept. 27, 2023 in Madison, Wisconsin.
If you were unable to participate, see below for some of the resources that were offered at the event:
2023 Exhibitors showcased at our Health & Resource Fair
2023 Speaker Presentation Slides
Racial Disparities in Health: Challenges and Opportunities
By: David R. Williams, PhD, MPH
Throughout the State and Across the Life Course: Studies of Health and Aging in Wisconsin
By: Michal Engelman, PhD, MHS
Experiences of Discrimination, Feelings of Purpose in Life, and Brain Health in the Midlife in the U.S. (MIDUS) Affective Neuroscience Project
By: Stacey M. Schaefer, PhD
The Power to Change Lives: 20 Years of the UW Odyssey Project
By: Emily Auerbach, PhD
2023 New Investigator Award Winners:
Awards are given to UW–Madison students or advanced trainees to recognize outstanding achievement in aging or life course studies. Winners receive a $500 award and their research is showcased in the event’s Poster Session. This year’s winners were:
Clinical/Applied Research Award: Helen Omuya
A systematic review of RCTs outcomes of deprescribing in older adults with polypharmacy
Psychosocial Research Award: Yue Qin
Biological/Biomedical Research Award: Michelle Sonsalla
Posters Presented at the 2023 Poster Session:
Reducing dietary branched-chain amino acids improves metabolic health and reduces cellular senescence in liver of male C57BL/6J mice
Presented by: Mariah Calubag
Midlife hearing, vision, olfactory, and motor function improve the long-term prediction of cognitive decline and onset of cognitive impairment
Presented by: Carol Creager
Protein restriction improves metabolic health but not lifespan in aged mice
Presented by: Isaac Grunow
Hippotherapy Practice and Safety Patterns for Older Adults
Presented by: Abby Hays
Feeling more purpose in life is associated with larger hippocampal volumes
Presented by: Lauren Krist
Strategies for translating caregiving research into policy: Lessons learned from a qualitative study
Presented by: Chloe Muntefering
Purpose in life predicts brain health
Presented by: Ajay Kumar Nair
Age-associated changes in a measure of visual function in companion dogs
Presented by: Michele Salzman
Diet-induced responses in the heart and the liver of aged mice is sex-specific
Presented by: Yang Yeh
2023 Poster Session
The Poster Session features posters on various aging-related topics dealing with psychosocial, biomedical, and clinical/applied research. Posters are presented by faculty, research scientists, postdocs, and students.
2023 Poster Session & Award Winners
