ANYTHING VERY INTERESTING? I WILL BE THERE..KRAM BE
Jubilee symposium on
"Medical Research and Public Health"
Program
Thursday, April 22, 2010, 08:30-12:15, followed by light lunch House of Sweden, Washington DC
Jointly organized by Karolinska Institutet and Fogarty International Center, NIH
08:30 Registration and coffee
09:00 Welcome and Introduction by Prof. Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson, President, Karolinska Institutet
Introductory Remarks by Dr. Ewa BjOrling, Minister for Trade and Foreign Affairs, Sweden
- 09:10 Keynote lecture "Medical Research and Public Health"by Prof. Harold Varmus, former Director of NIH and co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Moderators Prof. Hans Wigzell, former President, Karolinska Institutet, and Prof. Roger I. Glass, Director, Fogarty International Center, NIH
09:35 Session 1: "Genes and Life Style = Disease?" "Epidemiology in Sweden during 200 years: From battlefields to Internet and Genes"
Prof. Henrik GrOnberg, chair, Dept Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet.
"Unleashing the potential of largest twin register in the world" Prof. Nancy Pedersen, vice Dean of Research, Dept Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet.
10:15 Short break
- 10:30 Session 2: "Successful Development and Aging of the Brain"
"Can brain plasticity be used to improve cognition?" Prof. Hans Forssberg, Dept Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet
'We are getting older-shall we do something about it?" Prof. Laura Fratiglioni, Director, Aging Research Centre, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm University.
"Brain Aging: Predictors of Cognitive Decline and Resilience" Dr. Susan M. Resnick, Acting Chief, Laboratory of Personality and Cognition, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, IRP, NIH.
"The energetic pathway to age-related frailty".
Dr. Luigi Ferrucci, Senior Investigator, Cheif, Longitudinal Section, NIH.
- 11:50 Session 3: "The Nobel Prize: Who and How?"
Prof. Klas Karre, Chairman, Nobel Committee Karolinska Institutet
12:10 Conclusion
Audience: Mainly lay-people within the Health Care Sector, decision makers, policy makers etc.