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The New York Academy of Medicine and the Royal Society of Medicine have enjoyed a close and productive relationship for many years, including library and conference privileges as well as access to RSM housing for NYAM Fellows visiting London. In the past decade we have conducted annual joint conferences on topics of mutual interest in medicine and public health.
On September 26-27, 2011, NYAM and The Royal Society of Medicine presented their most recent Annual Joint Symposium with the theme of “Promoting Health in Aging.” The event brought together clinical health professionals, researchers, and policy makers, to focus on important determinants of health in older persons. The program presented the findings of long-term cohort studies regarding the antecedents of health status in older age and efforts to intervene at various points across the life course.
Below you will find the full text and accompanying PowerPoint presentations for all of the talks given at the conference.
Keynote Addresses
The Life Course Perspective in Promoting Health in Aging
Professor Diana Kuh, University College, London
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The Biological Background for Health in Aging
Luigi Ferrucci, MD, PhD, Director, Baltimore Longevity Study, National Institute of Aging
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Panel 1 - Proximal Determinants of Health in Aging: A Life Course Perspective
Intrauterine and Perinatal Factors
Professor Avan Aihie Sayer, University of Southampton
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Additional Early Determinants of Cardiovascular Health in Aging
Professor Julian Halcox, Wales Heart Research Institute
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Social Networks and Environmental Context in Health-Related Behaviors
Gina S. Lovasi, PhD, MPH, Columbia University
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The Social Environment: The Impact of Loneliness
Louise Hawkley, PhD, University of Chicago
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Panel 2 - Observational (Cohort) Studies
The Centenarian Study
Thomas H. Perls, MD, MPH, Boston University
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The Nun Study
Kelvin O. Lim, MD, University of Minnesota
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The Whitehall Study and the English Longitudinal Health study in Aging
Professor Anthea Tinker, King’s College, London
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Panel 3 - Interventions
Early Interventions
Professor Tom Kirkwood, Newcastle University
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The Experience Corps
Michelle Carlson, PhD, The Johns Hopkins University
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Work, Health and Active Aging
Professor Dame Carol Black, Department of Health
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Policy Approaches
Ruth Finkelstein, ScD, The New York Academy of Medicine
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NYAM and the Royal Society of Medicine conduct annual joint conferences on topics of mutual interest in medicine and public health. View presentations from the 2011 symposium, "Promoting Health in Aging." Learn More >>
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