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Monday, March 21, 2011
Plenary Session: Treatment Approaches for Aging and Bone
Chairs:
Jay S. Magaziner, Ph.D., MSHyg, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Clifford J. Rosen, M.D., Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, Maine, USA
Speakers:
Mid-life Changes in Femur Shape as a Predictor of Longevity in Mice: New Marker for Intervention Studies?
Richard A. Miller, M.D., Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Special Considerations in Treating Osteoporosis in the Elderly
Susan L. Greenspan, M.D., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Session 1: Bone Accretion and Loss: Influence of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Chairs:
Catherine M. Gordon, M.D., Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Karen K. Winer, M.D., National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Speakers:
Effects of Puberty on Bone Structure and Strength
Frank Rauch, M.D., Shriners Hospital for Children, Montreal, Canada
Effect of Physical Activity on Growing Bone
Heather A. McKay, Ph.D., University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Evaluation of Bone in Children with Chronic Illness
Mary B. Leonard, M.D., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Effects of Vitamin D on Bone in Children and Mouse Models
Marie Demay, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Effect of Nutritional Deprivation on Bone (Pediatrics and Anorexia Nervosa)
Catherine M. Gordon, M.D., Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Geometric Bone Adaptations from Childhood to Early Adulthood in Males and Females: A Longitudinal Assessment
Stefan Jackowski, M.Sc., University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Session 2: Genetic and Other Risk Factors for Bone Loss and Fracture
Chairs:
Douglas P. Kiel, M.D., M.P.H., Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew Senior Life, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Sherry S. Sherman, Ph.D., National Institute on Aging, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Speakers:
Advances in Bone Genetics: BMD and Fracture
Andre G. Uitterlinden, Ph.D., Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Relation of Race and Ethnicity to Fracture Risk
Anne Looker, Ph.D., National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA
Impact of Changes in Renal Function on Bone Metabolism, Contrast of Aging and Kidney Disease
Keith A. Hruska, M.D., Washington University at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Relation of Vitamin D to Falls in the Elderly
Paul T. Lips, M.D., Ph.D., VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Frailty and Falls as Contributors to Fracture
Laurence Z. Rubenstein, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P., Oklahoma University Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Age-Related Differences in Skeletal Microstructure and Mechanical Competence in Chinese-American and Caucasian Women
X. Sherry Liu, Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Session 3: Aging-Related Changes in Bone Structure and Cellular Activity
Chairs:
Meryl S. LeBoff, M.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Orhan K. Oz, M.D., Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Speakers:
Effects of Body Composition on Bone and the "Muscle Bone Unit" in Healthy Youth
Nicola Crabtree, Ph.D., Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Changes in Bone Strength and Skeletal Loading with Age
Mary L. Bouxsein, Ph.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Role of the Osteocyte in Mechanotransduction and in Age-Related Bone Loss
Lynda F. Bonewald, Ph.D., University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Exercise and the Preservation of Bone Health with Aging
Wendy M. Kohrt, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA
Age-Related Increases in Constitutive Expression of RANK, c-fms, and PPARγ and in Osteoclast Potential in Human Marrow Stem Cells
Regina O'Sullivan, Ph.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Session 4: Mechanisms of Cellular Aging
Chairs:
Teresita M. Bellido, Ph.D., Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
John P. Williams, Ph.D., National Institute on Aging, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Speakers:
The Aging Cell
Judith Campisi, Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
Autophagy and Aging Cartilage
Martin Lotz, M.D., The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA
Regulation of Life Span and Age-Related Diseases by Caloric Restriction
Holly Van Remmen, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio,Texas, USA
Muscle Stem Cell Function in Aging
Zipora Yablonka-Reuveni, Ph.D., University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
Session 5: Understanding Physiological Signals Contributing to Age-Related Bone Loss
Chairs:
Marja Marie Hurley, M.D., University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
Sundeep Khosla, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Speakers:
Overview from Clinical Studies in Humans on Bone Loss Through the Menopausal Transition
Jane A. Cauley, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Role of Oxidative Stress in Age-Related Bone Loss
Stavros C. Manolagas, M.D., Ph.D., University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Potential Role of T- and Other Immune Cells in Estrogen Deficiency Mediated Bone Loss
Roberto Pacifici, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Role of the CNS in Mediating Age-Related Bone Loss
Edith M. Gardiner, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
The Misty Mouse Is a Model for Age-Related Bone Loss Due to Sympathetic Nervous System Hyperactivity
Katherine Motyl, Ph.D., Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, Maine, USA