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  • January 11

    Topics: Course Introduction & Epidemiology of Aging Overview

    Presenter: Rebecca Graff 


    • Session Slides:

    • Slides - Week 1 File

    • Required Reading:

    • Crimmins - Annu Rev Public Health 2004 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Partridge - Nature 2018 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Gawande - The New Yorker 2007 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

  • January 18

    Topic: Biology of Aging

    Presenter: Steve Cummings 

    • Session Slides:

    • Slides - Week 2 File

    • Assignment:

    • Choose Presentation Topic Assignment

      Rank three possible topics for the measurement assignment (February 1) and student presentation (February 22, March 1, or March 8). The instructor will choose one of the three topics (so as to avoid overlap across students). Due at 8:45am.

    • Required Reading:

    • Wikipedia Page on Aging URL

      Focus on the medical, physical, and biologic aspects of aging

    • DiLoreto - Mol Biol Cell 2015 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • LeBrasseur - Nestle Nutr Inst Workshop Ser 2015 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

  • January 25

    Topic: Methods Themes

    Presenter: Rebecca Graff 

    • Session Slides:

    • Slides - Week 3 File

    • Required Reading:

    • Samelson - Am J Epidemiol 2008 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Driver - BMJ 2012 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Doll - BMJ 2004 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

  • February 1

    Topic: Measurement in Elderly Populations

    Presenter: Rebecca Graff 

    • Session Slides:

    • Slides - Week 4 File

    • Assignment:

    • Write-up Regarding Measurement Assignment

      Each student must focus on a unique chronic disease or disorder, type of physical or cognitive dysfunction, or mood disorder associated with aging and write two single-spaced pages that consider the issues of measurement that may arise in research in the selected domain. Use standard 8.5"x11" pages with 1-inch margins and an 11- or 12-point standard font. Adhere to length limits; the instructor will not read beyond the length specified. Due at 8:45am.

    • Required Reading:

    • Gianattasio - Epidemiology 2018 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Jette - Soc Sci Med 1994 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

  • February 8

    Topic: Clinical Perspectives on Aging

    Presenter:  Kenneth Covinsky

    • Session Slides:

    • Slides - Week 5 File

    • Assignment:

    • Identify One Possible Topic for the Debate Assignment

      Identify one possible controversial topic to debate in class on March 15. Students will vote to decide on the final topic. Due at 8:45am.

    • Required Reading:

    • Covinsky - JAMA 2011 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Rowe - Gerontologist 1997 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

  • February 15

    Topics: Longitudinal Methods for Aging Populations & the Life Course Perspective

    Presenter: Rebecca Graff 

    • Session Slides:

    • Slides - Week 6 File

    • Required Reading:

    • Hulman - Int J Epidemiol 2014 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Mishra - Int J Epidemiol 2009 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

  • February 22

    Topic: Chronic Diseases and Disorders of Aging

    Presenters: Rebecca Graff, Students

    • Session Slides:

    • Slides - Week 7 File
    • Cancer - Eduardo Santiago-Rodríguez File
    • Rheumatoid Arthritis - Erika Meza File
    • Cerebrovascular Disease - Jie Hong File

    • Assignment:

    • Student Presentation Assignment
      Not available unless: You belong to February 22 Presentations

    • Required Reading:

    • Parikh - Circulation 2009 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Kronmal - PLoS Med 2006 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

  • March 1

    Topic: Frailty, Disability, and Functional Impairment

    Presenters: Peggy Cawthon, Students

    • Session Slides:

    • Slides - Week 8 File
    • Huntington’s Disease - Curt Johanson File
    • Homeboundedness - Amy Rosenwohl-Mack File

    • Assignment:

    • Debate Outline Assignment

      As a group, prepare a one-page outline of your debate arguments. Have one group member upload the outline. Due at 8:45am.

    • Student Presentation Assignment
      Not available unless: You belong to March 1 Presentations

    • Required Reading:

    • Fried - J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2004 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Theou - Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2012 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Bianchi - J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2016 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

  • March 8

    Topics: Cognitive Function and Depression / Mood

    Presenters:  Rebecca Graff, Students

    • Session Slides:

    • Slides - Week 9 File
    • Delirium - Camila Vitar File
    • Depression - Rebecca Erenrich File
    • Postoperative Cognitive Decline - Liz Whitlock File

    • Assignment:

    • Student Presentation Assignment
      Not available unless: You belong to March 8 Presentations

    • Required Reading:

    • Byers - Arch Gen Psychiatry 2010 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Satizabal - NEJM 2016 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02

  • March 15

    Topic: Debate

    Presenters: Students

    • Session Slides:

    • Debate - Pro File
    • Debate - Con File

    • Assignment:

    • Debate Assignment

      Students will vote on a controversial topic in aging epidemiology to debate in class (vote to occur February 8). They will then be randomly assigned to debate one side of the topic. Each group will describe its position in a 15-minute presentation (that includes references), after which the opposing group will have five minutes for critique. The presenting group will then get five more minutes to rebut the critique. After both groups have presented and been critiqued, each will have the opportunity to deliver a five-minute closing argument. All individuals participating in the debate should be active in the presentation and/or rebuttal.

      Example debate topics:

      • Should individuals over the age of 65 with high cholesterol be treated with statins differently from younger individuals with high cholesterol?
      • Should men over the age of 65 be screened for osteoporosis?
      • Does lifestyle or genetics play a larger role in longevity?

      Have one group member upload slides by 8:00am.

  • March 22

    Topics: Global Health and Aging Populations & Course Wrap-up

    Presenters: Kala Mehta, Rebecca Graff

    • Session Slides:

    • Slides - Week 11 File

    • Assignment:

      Bring laptops to class!

    • Debate Write-up Assignment

    • Required Reading:

    • GBD - Lancet 2018 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02