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  • Wednesday, January 11, 2017 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Overview of epidemiology of aging

    What is the epidemiology of aging?

    Faculty:  Dr. Elizabeth Mayeda, PostDoc, DEB
     
    Location:      Mission Hall 1105

    • Session Slides:

    • EPID OF AGING Course Syllabus 2016 File
    • Overview rev 2016 File

    • Required Reading:

    • Crimmins, 2004 File
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    • Fries, 2005 File
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    • Fried, 2000 File
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    • Ferrucchi, 2008 File
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    • Lutz, 2008 File
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    • CPS next 4 decades to 2050 2010 File
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  • Wednesday, Janaury 18, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Biology of aging

    Basics of biological/physiological changes common in aging populations.

    Example Q: What are three social, biological or genetic factors that influence longevity?

    Faculty:  Mary Haan

    Location:      Mission Hall 1105

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

    • Harman, 2001 File
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    • Goodwin, 2003 File
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    • Murphy, 2010 File
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    • Berry, 2010 File
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    • Newman, 2010 File
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    • Carnes, 2004 File
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  • Wednesday, January 25, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Aging-related diseases and disorders

    Changes in prevalence and incidence of various diseases with age. Frailty as an aging syndrome

    Q: What is frailty and how will it affect treatment of patients?

     Faculty:  Dr. Dennis Black
     
    Location:      Mission Hall 1105

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

    • Kaplan, 1999 File
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  • Wednesday, February 1, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Epidemiologic methods in aging

    Risk factors for disease in the elderly; competing risk/role of selective survival; age/period/cohort effects; measurement difficulties (e.g., due to physical, cognitive or sensory impairments)

    Q: What is the likely effect on risk estimates for CVD in people over 80 of a major flu epidemic that occurred when they were 30?

    Faculty:   Mary Haan

    Location:  Mission Hall 1105

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

  • Wednesday, February 8, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Methods of analysis: Application of longitudinal methods in aging populations

    Longitudinal analysis and aging populations.

    Q: What statistical models are most appropriate for modeling the association between age and change over time in cognitive test scores:

    Faculty:  Dr. Steve Cummings, Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine), UCSF

    Location:  Mission Hall 1105

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

    • Doll, 2004 File
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  • Wednesday, February 15, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Guidelines for statin use in elderly

    Presentation of key recommendations for treatment in people aged 60+

    Q: Should people over 65 be treated differently with statins? What are the pros and cons?

    Faculty:  Mary Haan 
     
    Location:      Mission Hall 1105

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

    • Brookmeyer, 2007 File
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    • Middleton, 2010 File
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    • Byers, 2010 File
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    • Unutzer, 2007 File
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  • Wednesday, February 22, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Hypertension control in the elderly

    Comparison of JNCI 8 guidelines to recommendations of SPRINT trial

    Q: What is the evidentiary base for the JNCI 8 recommendations in people over 65?

    Faculty:  Mary Haan

    Location:      Mission Hall 1105

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

    • AHA ,2007 File
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    • Owen, 2005 File
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    • Kaplan, 1999 File
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    • Colditz, 2010 File
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    • Berenson, 2005 File
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    • Wild, 2004 File
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    • Kahn, 2008 File
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  • Wednesday, March 1, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Cognitive function and dementia

    Changes in cognition with age; risk factors for cognitive impairment and dementia; potential for prevention.

    Faculty:  Mary Haan

    Location:      Mission Hall 1105

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

    • Covinsky, 2009 File
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    • Fried, 2001 File
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  • Wednesday, March 8, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Depression/mood

    Changes in prevalence of mood disorders with age; risk factors and outcomes


    Faculty:  Dr. Christine Ritchie, Palliative Care in Aging, Harris Fishbon Distinguished Professor in Clinical Translational Research and Aging, UCSF.


    Location:      Mission Hall 1105

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

    • Theis, 2007 File
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    • Zekry, 2010 File
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    • Rozzini, 2002 File
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  • Wednesday, March 15, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Physical function, disability and comorbidity

    Factors influencing physical function, disability and comorbidity in older populations; risk factors and outcomes.

    Faculty:  Mary Haan


    Location:      Mission Hall 1105

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  • Wednesday, March 22, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture:

    TBA

    Faculty:  Mary Haan

    Location:  Mission Hall 1105