2023 NIA RCMAR Workshop at GSA

This workshop on November 8 at the Gerontological Society of America’s conference in Tampa, FL, will focus on the importance of bridging biomarkers with social and behavioral factors to health outcomes. NIA-funded researchers will explain the state of the art in the collection and use of biomarker data in research, bring minority aging research leaders to describe research questions where biomarkers have provided new insights, and discuss the priority questions for future research in minority aging health where biomarker data may provide new insights. Registration is open to RCMAR Faculty and Scientists (current and alumni). See the agenda below.

Visit GSA’s website to register.

Workshops are free to ASM attendees; however, pre-registration for all workshops is required. Space is limited for each Workshop.

Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Time: 1:00 – 5:00 PM

Location: Marriott Water Street location: 505 Water Street, Tampa, FL 33602

Workshop Title: Use of Health-Related Biomarkers in Studies with Diverse Older Adults to Promote Health Equity and Address Health

Time	2023 Topics	Speaker
1 – 1:30 pm	Welcome, Introductions and All of Us Research Program Bingo	Lourdes Guerrero, UCSD
1:30 – 2:15 pm	Allostatic load and health trajectories among older African Americans, and Q&A	Roland Thorpe, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2:15 – 3 pm	Profile of the Mexican Health and Aging Study Biomarkers, and Q&A	Rafael Samper-Ternent, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
3 – 3:15 pm	Networking break
3:15 – 4 pm	The Health & Aging Brain Study – Health Disparities (HABS-HD), and Q&A	Sid O’Bryant, University of North Texas Health Science Center
4 – 4:45 pm	Bridging epigenetics with biobehavioral factors to understand pain disparities in aging, and Q&A	Yenisel Cruz-Almeida, University of Florida, Department of Aging and Geriatric Research
4:45 – 5 pm	Q&A Panel discussion: Recommendations in the use biomarkers in studies of diverse older adults