Pre-Conference Workshops: The Learning Begins Early!

Pre-conference Workshop Hosted By:
Black in Gerontology and Geriatrics (BIGG) and the HBCU Collaborative Interest Group  

Date and Time:
1 ½ Day Workshop
Tuesday, November 7th | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET at Embassy Suites
Wednesday, November 8th | 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM at Marriott Tampa Water Street

Workshop Fee:
Free to GSA 2023 Attendees

Workshop Description:
This pre-conference workshop will facilitate connections and promote relationship-building opportunities for scholars from HBCUs and Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). It will promote cross-disciplinary and institutional collaboration and communication among researchers, support trainees and early career investigators, and establish wider scientific, clinical, and public awareness of Black health and aging trends. Participants will broaden their perspectives on new and emerging trends in equity-based research and practice in Black communities, which will highlight how addressing these trends can assist in recalibrating their research programs and clinical practice. This interactive workshop features diverse speakers, who are alum and/or have a current affiliation with an HBCU, who will share their experiences incorporating an equity lens in their research design and clinical practice, working with community stakeholders, non-harmful reporting of research findings, and grant mechanisms that have been successful in furthering their research careers.

Workshop Speakers:
• James Appleby, ScD | Chief Executive Officer of GSA
• Tamara Baker, PhD | University of North Carolina
• Staja Booker, PhD | University of Florida
• Fayron Epps, PhD | Emory University
• Darlingtina Esiaka, PhD | University of Kentucky
• Melissa Gerald, PhD | National Institute on Aging
• Kalisha Bonds Johnson, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC | Emory University
• Candi Nwakasi, PhD | University of Connecticut
• Antonius Skipper, PhD | Georgia State University
• Amy Thierry, PhD | Xavier University Louisiana
• Roland Thorpe Jr., PhD | Johns Hopkins University
• Tiffany Washington, PhD | University of Georgia

Date and Time:
1 Day Workshop
Tuesday, November 7th | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET at Embassy Suites

Workshop Fee:
$150

Workshop Description:
This NIA-supported full-day pre-conference workshop will align and extend research education and training programs in geroscience and aging. The objectives are to create a framework for competencies needed to build an interdisciplinary and diverse workforce in aging, and to foster an alliance between scientists, educators, and key stakeholders to develop and implement educational materials and training opportunities across the translational and career continuum. The workshop will feature: 1) scientific talks by leaders in biological aging, geroscience, geriatrics; 2) updates on existing and newly initiated educational programs; and 3) small- and large-group discussions with educators, scientists, trainees, program leaders to identify best practices and barriers to success and sustainability.

Workshop Chairs:
• Jamie Justice, PhD | Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatrics, Sticht Center on Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention,
   Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC USA
• Iman Al-Naggar, PhD | Cell Biology, UConn Center on Aging, University of Connecticut School of Medicine Farmington, CT, USA
• George Kuchel | Geriatric Medicine, UConn Center on Aging, University of Connecticut School of Medicine Farmington, CT, USA
• Christy Carter, PhD | Division of Aging Biology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Workshop Speakers / Moderators:
• Sean Curran, PhD | Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, USC Center for Lifespan Health, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• Sara Espinoza | Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, University of Texas Health
   Science Center at San Antonio, and South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA
• Daniel Forman, MD | Department of Medicine, Sections on Cardiology and Geriatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• Steve Kritchevsky, PhD | Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatrics, Sticht Center on Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention,
   Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
• John Newman, MD, PhD | Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, and Buck Institute for Research on Aging, San Francisco, CA, USA
• Robert Pignolo, MD, PhD | Section of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, and Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Hospital Internal
   Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, the Kogod Center on Aging, and Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN,
   USA