SEMINAR 1: "Overview of Aging"

Date: September 8, 2000 (Friday, 1100-1300)

(1) "NASA perspectives"
Richard S. Williams, , M.D., FACS, Deputy Chief Health and Medical Officer, Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer, NASA HQ, Washington, D.C.

(2) "U.S. perspectives"
Jeanette Takamura, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary of Aging, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.

(3) "Global perspectives"
Martha Pelaez, M.D., Regional Advisor on Aging and Health, Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, Washington, D.C.

SEMINAR 2: "International Aging Issues and Research"

Date: September 22, 2000 (Friday, 1100-1300)

(1) "Aging and geriatric medicine: a country profile - France"
Bruno Vellas, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Tolouse University Hospital Hospitaux de Toulouse Tolouse, France

(2) Russia

SEMINAR 3:

D.C. Date: October 13, 2000 (Friday, 1100-1300)

(1) "Biology of Aging"
"Biological mechanisms and molecular biology of aging"
Huber R. Warner, Ph.D., Associate Director, Biology of Aging, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD

(2) "Psychology of Aging"
"Psychological changes in aging population: individual and cultural perspectives"
Marc Shepeneck, Ph.D., Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer, NASA HQ, Washington,

SEMINAR 4:

Date: October 27, 2000 (Friday, 1100-1300)

(1) "Nursing Care of Geriatric Patients"
Susanne Gibbons, M.S. (DnSc. Candidate), Assistant Professor, Dept. of Nursing Practitioner, Graduate School of Nursing, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

(2) "Biology of Aging"
"Co-enzyme Q and aging"
Enrique Cadenas, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

SEMINAR 5:

Date: November 3, 2000 (Friday, 1100-1300)

(1) "Women's Health and Aging"
"The myths and facts of menopause - critical issues that women face as they age"
Saralyn Mark, M.D., Senior Medical Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.

(2) "Biology of Aging"
"Endocrinological / musculoskeletal changes; bone loss and osteoporosis"
Sherry Sherman, Ph.D., Director, Clinical Endocrinology and Osteoporosis Research, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Joan A. McGowan, Ph.D., Director, Musculoskeletal Diseases Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, MD

SEMINAR 6: "Aging Under Microgravity"

Date: November 17, 2000 (Friday, 1100-1300)

(1) "Overview of "aging" process in space"
Joan Vernikos, Ph.D., Director, Life Sciences Division, Office of Life and Micrograity Sciences and Applications, NASA HQ

(2) "Longitudinal studies of astronauts on specific 'aging' issues"
William Paloski, Ph.D.,, Johnson Space Center, NASA, Houston, TX

SEMINAR 7:

Date: December 1, 2000 (Friday, 1100-1300)

(1) "Aging Under Microgravity"
"Longitudinal studies of cosmonauts"
____________, Institute for Biomedical Problems, Moscow, Russia

(2) "Biology of Aging"
"Neurobiology (structure and function of aging nervous system)- Alzheimer's diseases"
Guy McKhann, M.D., Professor of Neuology and Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine & Director, Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

SEMINAR 8: "Recent Research"

Date: December 15, 2000 (Friday, 1100-1300)

(1) "Caloric intake, gene expression and aging"
Richard H. Weindruch, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Geriatric Resdearch, Education and Clinical Center, Veteran Administration Hospital, Madison, WI

(2) "Telomerase and the immortalization of normal human cells"
Calvin B. Harley, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Geron Corporation, Menlo Park, CA

SEMINAR 9: "Aging Measures"

Date: January 12, 2001 (Friday, 1100-1300)

(1) "Counter measures under microgravity"
Clarence Sams, Ph.D., Chief, Immunology Lab, Medical Science Division, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX

(2) "Medical perspectives of aging measures"
Sandra M. Charles, M.D., Chief, Health Services, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

SEMINAR 10:

Date: January 26, 2001 (Friday, 1100-1200)

(1) "______________"
Richard S. Williams, M.D., FACS, Deputy Chief Health and Medical Officer, NASA HQ, Washington, D.C.

(2) "Aging: Microgravity vs Gravity and Its Implications"
Arnauld Nicogossian, M.D., FACP, Chief Health and Medical Officer, NASA HQ, Washington, D.C.