The biology of ageing: Clinical implications
Tuesday 29 June 2010
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
There are still spaces on this meeting, please come along and register on the day. However I can not guarantee lunch.
Registration Details:
Consultant/GP: £150
RSM Retired Fellow: £35
RSM Student: £35
Student: £45
Trainee: £75
RSM Fellow: £60
RSM Associate: £50
RSM Trainee: £50
Allied Health Professional: £75
Meeting ref: GGA06
CPD (Applied for): 5 credits
9.30 am |
Registration, tea and coffee |
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The ageing systems |
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| Chair: Aza Abdulla, Consultant Geriatrician, South London, Healthcare NHS Trust, Orpington, Kent | |
10.00 am |
Introduction |
10.05 am |
Cell biology of ageing / The ageing cell |
| Professor Thomas von Zglinicski, Professor of Cellular, Gerontology, Newcastle University | |
10.35 am |
The ageing immune system and its clinical implications |
| Dr Deborah Dunn-Walters, Senior Lecturer, Immunobiology, Kings College | |
11.00 am |
The ageing cardiovascular system |
| Professor Chakravarthi Rajkumar, Brighton and Sussex Medical School | |
11.30 am |
Tea and coffee |
11.50 am |
The ageing skin |
| Dr Barry Monk, Consultant Dermatologist, Bedford Hospital | |
12.15 pm |
The ageing kidneys |
| Dr Andrew Frankel, Consultant Nephrologist, Imperial College and Charing Cross Hospital | |
12.45 pm |
Lunch |
| Chair: Dr Kalman Kafetz, Consultant Geriatrician, President of the Geriatrics & Gerontology Section, The Royal Society of Medicine | |
1.45 pm |
The ageing brain |
| Dr Jonathan Schott, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Neurologist, Institute of Neurology UCL | |
2.15 pm |
Ageing and its effect on skeletal muscle |
| Professor Stephen Harridge, Professor of Human and Applied Physiology, Division of Applied Biomedical Research, KCL | |
2.45 pm |
Effects of exercise on balance, bone and muscle health |
| Dr Dawn Skelton, Reader in Ageing and Health, School of Health and Social Care, Glasgow Caledonian University | |
3.15 pm |
Tea and coffee |
3.30 pm |
The social aspects of ageing |
| Professor Anthea Tinker, Professor of Social Gerontology, Kings College | |
4.00 pm |
Frailty and ageing |
| Dr Finbarr Martin, Consultant Geriatrician, Guys & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, KCL Institute of Gerontology | |
4.30 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
4.35 pm |
Ageing and quality of life |
| Professor Christina Victor, Professor of Gerontology and Public Health and Director of the Doctorate in Public Health, Brunel University | |
5.05 pm |
Closing remarks |
| Dr Kalman Kafetz, Consultant Geriatrician, President of the Geriatrics & Gerontology Section, The Royal Society of Medicine | |
5.10 pm |
Close of meeting |
