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Labor and Population

RAND Conference Program

Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists

July 11-12, 2007

RAND Headquarters
Santa Monica, California

Note: Speakers are preliminary and are subject to change.

Wednesday July 11, 2007
9:00 - 9:30 A.M.	Breakfast
9:30 - 10:00 A.M.	Introductions and opening remarks
10:00 - 11:45 A.M.	David T. Scadden, Harvard University Stem Cells and the Promise of Regenerative Medicine
11:45 A.M. - 1:15 P.M.	Lunch
1:15 - 2:45 P.M.	John Morton, Stanford University Obesity and Aging: Are they Inevitable?
2:45 - 3:15 P.M.	Break
3:15 - 4:45 P.M.	Judith Campisi, University of California, Berkeley Cancer and Aging: Rival Demons? The thorny path linking cellular senescence to organismal aging Suppressing Cancer: The Importance of Being Senescent Note: These are not RAND documents.
4:45 P.M.	Adjourn
5:30 - 8:00 P.M.	Dinner at The Lobster
Thursday July 12, 2007
9:00 - 9:30 A.M.	Breakfast
9:30 - 10:00 A.M.	David B. Abrams, Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) Overview and the Direction of OBSSR and NIH
10:00 - 11:45 A.M.	Carol M. Mangione, University of California, Los Angeles Setting Priorities for the Care of the Older Person with Diabetes
11:45 A.M. - 1:15 P.M.	Lunch
1:15 - 2:45 P.M.	Jacques Rossouw, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute WHI Hormone Trials: the Known, the Unknown, and the Unknowable Implications of Recent Clinical Trials of Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy for Management of Cardiovascular Disease Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease by Age and Years Since Menopause Note: These are not RAND documents.
2:45 - 3:15 P.M.	Break
3:15 - 4:45 P.M.	Gary Small, University of California, Los Angeles Detection and Prevention of Age-Related Cognitive Decline PET of Brain Amyloid and Tau in Mild Cognitive Impairment Effects of a 14-Day Healthy Longevity Lifestyle Program on Cognition and Brain Function Cerebral metabolic and cognitive decline in persons at genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease Patterns of Brain Activation in People at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease Note: These are not RAND documents.
4:45 P.M.	Adjourn