RAND Conference Agenda

RAND-Andrus/AARP MiniMed School for Demographers and Economists 2000 Program

RAND Headquarters
Santa Monica, California

Wednesday, July 12, 2000
9:00am-9:30am	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:30am-9:45am	OPENING REMARKS
9:45am-11:45am	THE EVOLUTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF CROWDED HUMAN POPULATIONS Jared M. Diamond, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology UCLA School of Medicine Questions and Answers
12:00pm-1:00pm	LUNCH AT RAND
1:00pm-3:00pm	BIOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON LIFE SPAN Judith Campisi, Ph.D. Senior Scientist and Department Head, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory UC Berkeley Questions and Answers
3:00pm-3:30pm	BREAK
3:30pm-5:30pm	CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN THE ELDERLY: CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES Karen Alexander, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC Questions and Answers
6:15pm	DINNER AT IL FORNAIO
Thursday, July 13, 2000
9:00am-9:30am	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AT RAND
9:30am-11:45am	STRESS: UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLLING CANCER Andrew Steptoe, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology St. George's Hospital Medical School Crammer Terrace, London Questions and Answers
12:00pm-1:00pm	LUNCH AT RAND
1:00pm-3:00pm	A GENERAL POPULATION VIEW OF COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS OF OLDER PERSONS Denis Evans, MD Codirector, The Rush Institute for Healthy Aging Chicago, IL Questions and Answers
3:30PM-3:30pm	BREAK
3:30PM-5:30pm	MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE ELDERLY: A LOOMING CRISIS Dilip V. Jeste, MD Professor, Department of Psychiatry University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA Questions and Answers
5:30pm	CONCLUDING REMARKS