Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists

2020 Virtual Conference Agenda

July 6–7, 2020

Time	Session
8:30 – 8:40 a.m.(PT) 11:30 – 11:40 am (ET)	Opening Remarks Esther Friedman, Director, RAND Mini-Medical School for Social Scientists
8:40 – 9:10 a.m. (PT) 11.40 – 12:10 p.m. (ET)	Research "Speed Networking" (Small Group Breakout Sessions with RAND moderators) Moderators: Drew Anderson Julia Bandini Emily Chen Catherine Cohen Laura Fraade-Blanar Jody Liu Dan Siconolfi
9:10 – 10:40 a.m. (PT) 12:10 – 1:40 p.m. (ET)	Judith Campisi, Buck Institute for Research on Aging/ Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Cancer and Aging: Rival Demons? Moderator: Laura Fraade-Blanar, Assoc. Policy Researcher, RAND Aging, cellular senescence, and cancer
10:40 – 11:25 p.m.(PT) 1:40 – 2:25 p.m. (ET)	Virtual Break
11:25 a.m. – 12:55 p.m. (PT) 2:25 – 3:55 p.m. (ET)	Aimee Kao, University of California, San Francisco Neurodegenerative Diseases in 2020: A Day in a Memory and Aging Clinic Moderator: Catherine Cohen, Assoc. Policy Researcher, RAND
12:55 – 1:40 p.m. (PT) 3:55 – 4:40 p.m. (ET)	Virtual Break
1:40 – 3:10 p.m. (PT) 4:40 – 6:10 p.m. (ET)	Kenneth Kosik, University of California, Santa Barbara Alzheimer's Disease: Envisioning a Cure Moderator: Peter Hudomiet, Assoc. Economist, RAND
3:10 p.m. (PT) 6:10 p.m. (ET)	Adjourn

Time	Session
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. (PT) 11:30 – 1:00 p.m. (ET)	Steve Cole, University of California, Los Angeles Aging and the Social Regulation of Gene Expression Moderator: David Knapp, Economist, RAND Transcript origin analysis identifies antigen- presenting cells as primary targets of socially regulated gene expression in leukocytes [PDF] Social Regulation of Human Gene Expression [PDF] Computational identification of gene–social environment interaction at the human IL6 locus [PDF]
10:00 – 10:45 a.m. (PT) 1:00 – 1:45 p.m. (ET)	Virtual Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. (PT) 1:45 – 3:15 p.m. (ET)	Holly Ingraham, University of California, San Francisco Opening New Doors to Improve Women’s Health—One Neuron at a Time Moderator: Monica Williams, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of Aging, RAND
12:15 – 1:00 p.m. (PT) 3:15 – 4:00 p.m. (ET)	Virtual Break
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. (PT) 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. (ET)	Break Out Session with Mini Med Speakers (Speaker Assigned Rooms)
1:30 – 1:40 p.m. (PT) 4:30 – 4:40 p.m. (ET)	Virtual Break
1:40 – 3:10 p.m. (PT) 4:40 – 6:10 p.m. (ET)	Roland Thorpe, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Health Disparities and Minority Aging: Challenges and Opportunities Moderator: Daniel Siconolfi, Assoc. Behavioral/Social Scientist, RAND
3:10 – 3:15 p.m. (PT) 6:10 – 6:15 p.m. (ET)	Final Remarks & Adjourn