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RAND-Andrus/AARP MiniMed School for Demographers and Economists 2001 Program

July 11-12, 2001

RAND Headquarters
Santa Monica, California

Wednesday, July 11, 2001
9:00 - 9:30	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:30 - 10:00	OPENING REMARKS
10:00 - 11:45	STRESS: INTEGRATING PSYCHOSOCIAL AND BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Andrew Steptoe, Ph.D. British Heart Foundation Professor of Physiology Department of Epidemiology and Public Health University College London, UK Questions and Answers
11:45 - 1:30	LUNCH AT RAND
1:30 - 3:00	EVOLUTIONARY THEORY OF AGING Stephen C. Stearns, Ph.D. Edward P. Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Yale University Questions and Answers
3:00 - 3:30	BREAK
3:30 - 5:00	UNDERSTANDING CANCER AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO AGING Judith Campisi, Ph.D. Senior Scientist and Department Head, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory UC Berkeley Questions and Answers
5:00 - 6:00	COCKTAIL HOUR
6:15	DINNER AT IL FORNAIO
Thursday, July 12, 2001
9:30 - 10:00	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AT RAND
10:00 - 11:45	INFLAMMATORY MECHANISMS AS A COMMON DENOMINATOR OF AGING Caleb E. Finch, Ph.D. University of Southern California Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center Questions and Answers
11:45 - 1:30	LUNCH AT RAND
1:30 - 3:00	ALZHEIMERS' DISEASE AND THE AGING BRAIN Marcelle Morisson-Bogorad, Ph.D. Neuroscience and Neuropsychology of Aging Program National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health Questions and Answers
3:00 - 3:30	BREAK
3:30 - 5:00	SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS (RELEVANT TO PARTICIPANTS' RESEARCH)
5:00	CONCLUDING REMARKS