Professionals in Aging

Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture Series - 2010

Coordinated by the Aging Institute, the Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture Series is sponsored by many schools and departments doing exemplary research in Aging at the University of Pittsburgh and QoLT. The faculty, staff and students of the University and QoLT are invited to attend the Visiting Professor Lecture Series to hear distinguished scientists from United States and other countries discuss their current research and to explore opportunities for further cutting edge research in aging.

Currently, there are no lecture series presentations scheduled for 2011. Contact the Aging Institute at 1-866-430-8742 if you have questions about the 2010 lectures.

Click on one of the dates below for more information on each presentation or click here for the full schedule.

Continuing Education Credits

Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:00 PM Scaife Hall, Auditorium 6, 4th Floor University of Pittsburgh
	Roger A. Fielding, PhD Senior Scientist and Director Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, and Sarcopenia Laboratory and Director, Human Studies, Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Sponsored by	Center for Aging and Population Health Graduate School of Public Health and Division of Endocrinology University of Pittsburgh

Thursday, February 11, 2010 4:00 PM Scaife Hall, Auditorium 6, 4th Floor University of Pittsburgh
	Dan G. Blazer II, MD, MPH, PhD J.P. Gibbons Professor Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Community and Family Medicine, School of Medicine Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
Sponsored by	Center for Late Life Mood Disorder Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and Department of Psychiatry University of Pittsburgh

Thursday, March 11, 2010 4:00 PM
Scaife Hall, Auditorium 6, 4th Floor University of Pittsburgh

Norman Sharpless, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Genetics
School of Medicine
University of North Carolina

Sponsored by

Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Pharmacology

The Molecular and Cellular Cancer Biology Program

University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and

The Center for Aging and Population Health
University of Pittsburgh

Thursday, April 8, 2010 4:00 PM
Scaife Hall, Auditorium 6, 4th Floor University of Pittsburgh

Prof. Thomas Kirkwood, MD
Director
Institute for Ageing and Health
New Castle University, England

Sponsored by

Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Pharmacology

The Molecular and Cellular Cancer Biology Program

University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

The Center for Aging and Population Health
University of Pittsburgh

Thursday, May 13, 2010 4:00 PM
Scaife Hall, Auditorium 6, 4th Floor University of Pittsburgh

Ana Maria Cuervo, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
Marion Bessin Liver Research Center
Institute for Aging Research
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

TOPIC OF DISCUSSION

Selective Autophagy in Aging and Age-related Disorders

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Sponsored by

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Pharmacology

The Molecular and Cellular Cancer Biology Program

University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

The Center for Aging and Population Health
University of Pittsburgh

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