34th IOA Annual Colloquium, 2024

A Successful 2024 Colloquium

Thank you to all who attended and supported our 34th IOA Annual Colloquium, held Sept. 18, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin.

If you were unable to participate, see below for some of the resources that were offered at the event:

2024 Exhibitors showcased at our Health & Resource Fair

2024 Posters presented at our Poster Session

Watch the 2024 Speaker Presentations

2024 Speaker Presentation Slides

Health and Psychological Well-Being of Parents of Adults with Developmental Disabilities: Impacts of Lifelong Caregiving

Marsha Mailick, PhD
Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, Emeritus; Vaughan Bascom & Elizabeth M. Boggs Professorships, Waisman Center; UW–Madison


Musculoskeletal Health with Aging: Perspective of an Aging Clinician Researcher

Neil Binkley, MD
Professor, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, School of Medicine and Public Health; Director, UW Osteoporosis Clinical Research Program; Associate Director, Institute on Aging; UW–Madison


Caring for My Abuser: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Intergenerational Caregiving

Jooyoung Kong, PhD, MSW
Assistant Professor, Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, UW–Madison


Expansion, Equity, and the Economy of U.S. Higher Education since the 1960s

Adam Nelson, PhD
Senior Associate Dean, School of Education; Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, Depts. Educational Policy Studies & History; UW–Madison

2024 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:

Biological/Biomedical Research Award: Bailey Knopf
Sex-dependent metabolic responses to protein restriction are ablated by ovariectomy

Clinical/Applied Research Award: Ejura Salihu
Acceptability of inclusive Tai Chi Prime in Latinx and African American/Black communities

Psychosocial Research Award: Mingtong Liu
The association of tau and amyloid levels with representational similarity in the amygdala’s reactivity to and recovery from negative stimuli in individuals at risk for Alzheimer’s disease

2024 Award Winners slide with profile photos of Bailey Knopf, Ejura Salihu, and Mingtong Liu.

Posters Presented at the 2024 Poster Session:

Perceived discrimination: A risk factor for accelerated brain aging
Presented by: Nagesh Adluru

Lifelong restriction of dietary valine has sex-specific benefits for health span and lifespan in mice
Presented by: Mariah Calubag

Low protein diet improves metabolic health but not lifespan in aged mice
Presented by: Isaac Grunow

Predicting myocardial infarction risk using abdominal CT-derived biomarkers
Presented by: Yunju Ha

Identifying patterns in patient-reported dysphagia across dementia progression
Presented by:
Alyssa Huelsbeck

 Implementation of Riding in the Moment in Dane County: An adaptive horseback riding program for adults with dementia and their care partners
Presented by:
Benazir Meera

Associations between time spent on paid, unpaid work, and well-being

Presented by:
Jonathan Morris

Mechanisms of Latino migrant retention: Lived-in experiences from the third age and implications for health

Presented by:
Johanna Nunez

Age associations and retinal structure-function relationships in companion dogs

Presented by:
Michele Salzman

Protein restriction improves metabolic health independent of dietary sugar content
Presented by:
Michelle Sonsalla

Predicting fracture using bone mineral density from abdominal CT scans

Presented by:
Alexandra Wong

Dietary restriction of individual BCAAs improved metabolic health and cognition in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
Presented by:
Fan Xiao

Hippocampal connectivity in aging: the impact on purpose in life
Presented by:
Yiyi Zhu