Tenth Annual McKnight Brain Research Foundation Inter-Institutional Meeting
April 5th, 2018
SESSION I – Intervention
“Intervention Opportunities for Cognitive Decline: Report from the National Academy of Medicine”
Ralph Sacco, MD, MS, FAHA, FAAN
Professor and Olemberg Chair of Neurology
Executive Director Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Chief of Neurology Jackson Memorial Hospital
Director, UM Clinical & Translational Science Institute
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical & Translational Science Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami
President, American Academy of Neurology
“Exercise is Regenerative Medicine: Impact on Aging”
Marcas M. Bamman, PhD, FACMS
Professor and Center Director Center for Exercise Medicine University of Alabama at Birmingham
“The ACT Intervention Trial”
Ronald Cohen, PhD, ABPP, ABCN
Evelyn McKnight Chair of Clinical Translation in Cognitive Aging
Professor, Clinical and Health Psychology, Neurology and Psychiatry Director
Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory
University of Florida
Adam Woods, PhD
Assistant Professor, Clinical and Health Psychology, Neuroscience Assistant Director, Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory Clinical Translational Research
University of Florida
“Modifiable Risk Factors in Cognitive Aging: Influence of Vascular Health and Physical Activity”
Gene Alexander, PhD
Professor
Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry
University of Arizona
“Cognitive Resilience: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Windows for Memory Loss”
Jeremy Herskowitz, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
“Epigenetic Clock Analysis of Cognitive Aging”
Steve Horvath, PhD
Professor, Human Genetics and Biostatistics David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California
SESSION II – McKnight Brain Aging Registry (MBAR)
“McKnight Brain Aging Registry I: Clinical Update”
Bonnie Levin, PhD
Bernard and Alexandria Schoninger Professor of Neurology
Director, Division of Neuropsychology
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
“McKnight Brain Aging Registry II: Imaging Update”
Kristina Visscher, PhD
Associate Professor Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
SESSION III – New MBI Faculty
“Cardiac Reperfusion, Neuro-inflammation and Human Cognition”
Ronald M. Lazar, PhD, FAAN, FAHA
Evelyn F. McKnight Endowed Chair
Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute at UAB
University of Alabama at Birmingham
“Novel Peptide Therapy to Treat Cognitive Impairment in Heart Disease Patients at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease”
Meredith Hay, PhD
Professor, Physiology, Psychology
Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Arizona Health Sciences Center
“Cognitive, Cultural and Affective Dimensions of Frailty”
Katalina McInerney, PhD
Assistant Professor Clinical
Department of Neurology
University of Miami
“Life Course and Emotional Factors and the Frailty Phenotype”
Sarah Getz, PhD
Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Neurology
University of Miami
“Exosomes: Biomarkers of Aging and Potential Mediators of Therapeutic Interventions”
Brittney Yegla, PhD
Post-doctoral Researcher
University of Florida
“The Gut Microbiome: A Target for Improving Late Life Cognition?”
Tom Buford, PhD
Associate Professor
Med – Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care
University of Alabama at Birmingham
“Encoding and Retrieval of Complex Events: A Shift towards Knowledge-Based Processing with Normal Aging”
Matthew Grilli, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute University of Arizona
“Sleep and Neurocognitive Aging in Population Based Studies”
Alberto Ramos, MD, MSPH, FAASM
Associate Professor
Research Director, Sleep Disorders Program
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
“Frontal Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Concentrations are Associated with Cognitive Performance in Older Adults”
Eric Porges, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Florida
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
“Bears, Bile and the Brain: Towards New Cures for Alzheimer’s Disease”
Madhav Thambisetty, MD, PhD
Investigator and Chief
Unit of Clinical and Translational Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging
April 6th, 2018
SESSION IV – Data Blitz: Trends in Neuroscience
“Neurobiological Mechanisms of Age-Associated Changes in Decision–Making”
Jennifer Bizon, PhD
Professor, College of Medicine
Department of Neuroscience and Psychiatry
Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute University of Florida
“Contributions of Perirhinal and Postrhinal Cortex to Memory: Implications for Aging”
Lee Ryan, PhD
Professor and Department Head
Associate Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute Director,
Cognition and Neuroimaging Laboratory
University of Arizona
“Processing Speed Training to Preserve Driving and Functional Competencies in Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment”
Virginia Bradley, PhD
Professor
Med-Gerontology/Geriatrics/Palliative Care
University of Alabama at Birmingham
“Retinal Microvascular and Microstructural Changes in Normal Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease”
Hong Jiang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neuro-ophthalmology & Neurology Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Department of Neurology
University of Miami
“Perforant Path Fiber Loss Impairs Mnemonic Similarity Task Performance in Rats”
Sara Burke,PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience
University of Florida
“Neat1 Mediated Histone Methylation and c-Fos Gene Expression in Memory and Age-Related Memory Deficits”
Farah Lubin, PhD
Associate Professor Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
“Post-Stroke Physical Exercise Improves Cognitive Outcomes in Young and Elderly Animals”
Kunjan Dave, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
University of Miami
“Use of Internet-Based Testing to Identify Factors Associated with Successful Cognitive Aging”
Matthew Huentelman, PhD
Professor, Neurogenomics Division
Scientific Director, Center for Rare Childhood Disorders, Translational Genomics Research Institute
University of Arizona
