Lefeber Winter Series Speakers

• 02/25/2025: José F. Parodi, MD, MPH, PhD

   Aging in the Andes and Amazons of Peru - Particularities and Challenges
  Presented by  José F. Parodi, MD, MPH, PhD, Geriatrician & Professor of Geriatrics and Public Health, San Martin de Porres University, Lima, Peru

• 02/25/2025: Carlos Cano-Gutierrez, MD, MA

   From Normal to Pathological Aging - A Research View in Colombia
  Presented by  Carlos Cano-Gutierrez, MD, MA, Professor, Institute of Aging, Medical School, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogota, Colombia

• 02/28/2025: James S. Goodwin, MD

   Demystifying Dementia: a Cranky Old Geriatrician’s View
  Presented by  James S Goodwin, MD, Senior Associate Director, Sealy Center on Aging; Co-Director, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB Health)

• 02/20/2025: Sanjay Ranka, PhD

   Artificial Intelligence and Monitoring Systems for Aging
  Presented by  Sanjay Ranka, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering, University of Florida

• 02/11/2025: Amy M. Pastva, PT, MA, PhD

   Redefining Geriatric Rehabilitation - Evidence and Lessons from REHAB-HF
  Presented by  Amy M. Pastva, PT, MA, PhD, Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Medicine, Population Health Sciences, & Cell Biology; Director of Research, Division of Physical Therapy; Senior Fellow, Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development; Member, Duke Clinical Research Institute; Member, Duke Cancer Institute

• 02/04/2025: Diddier Prada, MD, PhD

   Environmental and Social Influences on Bone Aging
  Presented by  Diddier Prada, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Equity Research, Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

• 02/27/2024: Howard Bergman, MD

   Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders: The Hope and Challenge of Health Promotion and Prevention
  Presented by  Howard Bergman, MD, FCFP, FRCPC, FACAHS, CQ, Professor of Family Medicine, Medicine, Oncology, and in the School of Population and Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University

• 02/20/2024: Michelle M. Mielke, PhD

   Examining Sex and Gender Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias: Do They Exist and Where?
  Presented by  Michelle M. Mielke, PhD, Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention, Professor, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Division of Public Health Sciences

• 02/13/2024: Kenneth F. Ferraro, PhD

   Disparities in the Life Course Origins of Dual Functionality
  Presented by  Kenneth F. Ferraro, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Director, Center on Aging and Life, Purdue University

• 02/06/2024: Joshua R. Ehrlich, MD, MPH

   Epidemiology of Vision Loss and Aging
  Presented by  Joshua R. Ehrlich, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan

• 01/30/2024: Julie Bynum, MD, MPH

  Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, and Care Delivery: Triumphs and Threats (video not available)
  Presented by Julie Bynum, MD, MPH, Margaret Terpenning Collegiate Professor, Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs, Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine Division, Director, Center to Accelerate Alzheimer’s Population Research, Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation, University of Michigan Medical School

   

• 02/28/2023:  Ronak V. Shah, DO, MBA, MPH

  We Love Space. But Does Space Love You Back? (video not available)
  Presented by Ronak V. Shah, DO, MBA, MPH, Director, Aerospace Medicine Department of Global Health and Emerging Diseases, School of Public and Population Health, UTMB Health

• 02/21/2023: Gulshan Sharma, MD, MPH, FCCP
   Rearview in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned
  Presented by Gulshan Sharma, MD, MPH, FCCP, Senior Vice President, Chief Medical and Clinical Innovation Officer in the UTMB Health System; Sealy & Smith Distinguished Chair in Internal Medicine; Professor & Director, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, UTMB Health
• 02/14/2023: George A. Kuchel, MD
   UConn Pepper Center: Early Insights into Precision Gerontology and Geroscience
  Presented by George A. Kuchel, MD CM, FRCP, AGSF, FGSA,Professor and Travelers Chair in Geriatrics and Gerontology; Director, UConn Center on Aging, University of Connecticut, Chief, Geriatric Medicine, UConn Health; Director, UConn Older Americans Independence (Pepper) Center; Director, NIH SenNet KAPP-Sen Tissue Mapping Center; Director, NIA Geroscience Education and Training Network, UConn Health
• 02/07/2023: James S. Goodwin, MD
   Long Term Care: A Concept in Transition
  Presented by James S. Goodwin, MD,George and Cynthia Mitchell Distinguished Chair in Geriatric Medicine, Sealy Center on Aging, UTMB Health
• 01/31/2023: Michael S. Wolf, PhD, MPH, MA
   Optimizing Primary Care for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Work of the Northwestern Pepper Center
  Presented by Michael S. Wolf, PhD, MPH, MA, James R. Webster, Jr. Professor of Medicine, Director, Center for Applied Health Research On Aging (CAHRA), Associate Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Associate Division Chief, General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University
• 02/22/2022: Sudha Seshadri, MD
   Reimagining the Alzheimer Disease Research Centers: Prevention, Personalized, Participatory
  Presented by Sudha Seshadri, MD, Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology, Founding Director, Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurogenerative, Diseases; UT Health San Antonio, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
• 02/15/2022: Axel Börsch-Supan, PhD
   SHARE and Its Lessons About COVID-19 in Europe
  Presented by Axel Börsch-Supan, PhD, Professor of Economics, Technical University of Munich, Germany, Principal Investigator of SHARE; Managing Director of SHARE-ERIC, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
• 02/08/2022: J.D. Smith, PhD
   Using the Implementation Research Logic Model (IRLM) in the Planning and Execution of Pragmatic and Hybrid Trials
  Presented by J.D. Smith, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, Division of Health Systems Innovation and Research, University of Utah Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine
• 02/01/2022: Sara E. Espinoza, MD, MSc
   Clinical Trials to Identify Interventions for Frailty and Sarcopenic Obesity in Older Adults
  Presented by Sara E. Espinoza, MD, MSc, Professor and Associate Chief for Research
  Dr. F. Carter Pannill Jr., Professor of Internal Medicine, Director, San Antonio GRECC, South Texas Veterans Health System, UT Health San Antonio Barhop Institute
• 01/25/2022: Monica Rivera Mindt, PhD, ABPP
   A New Path Forward: Advancing Equality and Inclusion in Dementia Care and Research [UTMB ONLY]
  Presented by Monica Rivera Mindt, PhD, ABPP, Professor, Department of Psychology & Latin American and Latino Studies Institute, Fordham University
• 02/23/2021: Victoria Sweet, MD, PhD
   Slow Medicine and Aging (video not allowed)
  Presented by Victoria Sweet, MD, PhD , Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine University of California, San Francisco; Medical historian and celebrated author of “God’s Hotel” and “Slow Medicine”
• 02/09/2021: Ivan R. Molton, PhD
   Aging with Early Acquired Physical Disability:Resilience, Challenge, and Adaptation
  Presented by Ivan R. Molton, PhD , Professor, Psychology Division; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine; University of Washington
• 02/02/2021: Jay S. Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg
   Hip Fracture Recovery: Past Research and Directions for Future Research and Practice
  Presented by Jay S. Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg, Chair, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health; Director, Center for Research on Aging; University of Maryland, School of Medicine
• 01/26/2021: George W. Rebok, PhD, MA
   Cognitive Training to Prevent CognitiveDecline and Dementia and Reduce Health Disparities
  Presented by George W. Rebok, PhD, MA , Professor of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health; Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Research The Johns Hopkins University
• 02/25/2020: Charlotte A. Peterson, PhD
   Satellite Cells in Skeletal Muscle Aging and Adaptation
  Presented by Charlotte A. Peterson, PhD, Professor, College of Health Sciences, Director, Center for Muscle Biology, University of Kentucky
• 02/18/2020: David Reuben, MD
   Health Care of Older Persons: Time to Think Different
  Presented by David Reuben, MD, Director, Multicampus Program in Geriatrics and Gerontology; Chief, Division of Geriatrics; Archstone Foundation Chair and Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine; Director, UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care Program, University of California
• 02/11/2020: Jennifer Manly, PhD
   Lifecourse Mechanisms of ADRD Disparities
  Presented by Jennifer Manly, PhD, Professor, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Department of Neurology, Columbia University Medical Center
• 02/04/2020: George E. Taffet, MD
   Heart Rate and Diastolic Function in Aging
  Presented by George E. Taffet, MD, Professor, Geriatrics and Cardiovascular Sciences; Robert J. Luchi, M.D. Chair in Geriatric Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine; Head of the Division of Geriatrics, Houston Methodist Hospital
• 01/28/2020: John P. Schuster, MA
   Asset Based Aging
  Presented by John P. Schuster, MA, Author, executive coach, CEO mentor, consultant The Schuster Kane Alliance; Speaker at Abundant Living Conference at Camp Allen in 2019
• 02/26/2019: Steven P. Wallace, PhD
   Economic Insecurity among Older Adults of Color ─ Housing and Health as Cause and Effect
  Presented by Steven P. Wallace, PhD, Professor, Community Health Sciences Fielding School of Public Health Associate Director, Center for Health Policy Research Center Director, Resource Centers for Minority Aging Resource National Coordinating Center University of California, Los Angeles
• 02/19/2019: Cynthia J. Brown, MD, MSPH
   Creating a Culture of Hospital Mobility for Older Adults
  Presented by Cynthia J. Brown, MD, MSPH, Professor and Director, Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care Director, Comprehensive Center for Healthy Aging University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 02/12/2019: Jeff D. Williamson, MD, MHS
   Integrating Physical and Cognitive Function Outcomes into Large Clinical Trials: The SPRINT Example
  Presented by Jeff D. Williamson, MD, MHS, Professor of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology Chief, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Director, Center for Healthcare Innovation Wake Forest Baptist Health
• 02/05/2019: Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH
   Why is Age a Risk Factor? Insights from Population Studies
  Presented by Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH, Chair, Department of Epidemiology Katherine M. Detre Endowed Chair of Population Health Sciences Director, Center for Aging and Population Health Professor of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Clinical and Translational Science Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh
• 01/29/2019: Bret H. Goodpaster, PhD
   Mitochondrial Energetics and Insulin Resistance in Aging
  Presented by Bret H. Goodpaster, PhD, Senior Investigator & Director, Exercise Metabolism Core Translational Research Institute for Metabolism & Diabetes Florida Hospital, Orlando
• 02/27/2018: Ellen F. Binder, MD
   Recovery after Hip Fracture: How Can We do Better?
  Presented by Ellen F. Binder, MD, Professor, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• 02/20/2018: Goldie S. Byrd, PhD
   Alzheimer's Disease in African Americans: Unraveling Genetics Using a Campus and Community Based Model for Recruitment, Inclusion and Empowerment
  Presented by Goldie S. Byrd, PhD, Professor, Social Sciences and Health Policy; Director, Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity, Wake Forest School of Medicine
• 02/13/2018: Mark D. Hayward, PhD
   Institutional Policy Changes and the Growing Inequality in US Health and Mortality
  Presented by Mark D. Hayward, PhD, Professor, Department of Sociology Centennial Commission Professor in the Liberal Arts Faculty Research Associate, Population Research Center University of Texas at Austin
• 02/06/2018: Marcas M. Bamman, PhD
   Exercise is Regenerative Medicine: Optimizing the Prescription to Counteract Aging Muscle Atrophy
  Presented by  Marcas M. Bamman, PhD, Professor, Departments of Cell, Developmental, & Integrative Biology; Medicine; and Neurology Director, Center for Exercise Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham Professor, Departments of Physiology & Biophysics, Medicine and Nutrition Sciences Director, Center for Exercise Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 01/30/2018: Kenneth M. Langa, MD, PhD
   Is the Risk for Alzheimer's and Dementia on the Decline?: Epidemiological Evidence from Around the World
  Presented by Kenneth M. Langa, MD, PhD, Cyrus Sturgis Professor of Medicine Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine, Health Management and Policy, and Institute for Gerontology Research Scientist, VA Center for Clinical Management Research University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
• 02/28/2017: Jerry Gurwitz, MD
   Drug Therapy in Older Persons: Beliefs, Myths, and Challenges
  Presented by Jerry Gurwitz, MD, Meyers Professorship in Primary Care Medicine, Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
• 03/01/2016: Nicolas Musi, MD
   Diabetes in the Elderly
  Presented by Nicolas Musi, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, UT Health Science Center -San Antonio
• 02/21/2017: Silvia Mejia-Arango, PhD
   Aging and Cognition in Mexican Population
  Presented by Silvia Mejia-Arango, PhD, Director, Department of Population Studies, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF)
• 02/23/2016: Cassio Turra, PhD
   Fifty Years of Elderly Empowerment in Brazil
  Presented by Cassio Turra, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Demography/Cedeplar, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
• 02/14/2017: Christopher M. Adams, MD, PhD
   Searching for Ways to Reduce Muscle Wasting During Aging
  Presented by Christopher M. Adams, MD, PhD, Professor of Internal Medicine - Endocrinology & Metabolism, Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, University of Iowa
• 02/16/2016: Pamela Duncan, PhD
   A Pragmatic Trial for COMprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services (COMPASS)
  Presented by  Pamela Duncan, PhD, FATPTA, FAHA, Professor, Department of Neurology, Sticht Center on Aging, Wake Forest School of Medicine
• 02/07/2017: Michael Marsiske, PhD
   Merits of Late Life Cognitive Training: Findings, Controversies, and a Way Forward
  Presented by Michael Marsiske, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Florida
• 02/09/2016: Thomas M. Gill, MD
   What's Really Happening at the End of Life? Insights from the Yale PEP Study
  Presented by Thomas M. Gill, MD, Humana Foundation Professor of Medicine, Director, Yale Program on Aging, Yale School of Medicine
• 01/31/2017: Alan Jette, PT, MPH, PhD
   Modernizing Survey Measures of Late-Life Disability
  Presented by Alan Jette, PT, MPH, PhD, Director, Health and Disability Research, Professor of Health and Management, Boston University
• 02/02/2016: Kathleen Anne Welsh-Bohmer, PhD
   Advancing the Prevention and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease by 2016
  Presented by  Kathleen Anne Welsh-Bohmer, PhD, ABCN, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Director, Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Duke University School of Medicine