You are cordially invited to virtually attend the UCSF Memory and Aging Center’s Fifth Annual Hillblom Aging Symposium! With support from the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation, the Hillblom Aging Network aims to understand cognitive aging and age-associated biological change. With this goal in mind, come to hear research updates from experts in the field on the underpinnings of aging: What is it? How do we study it? Why should we care?

This year, we will feature talks centered on two themes: Sex Differences and Resilience in Aging.

This event is open to the public and will take place on Wednesday, Sep 23 at 9:00am online.

**Registration will close on Tuesday, Sept 22 at 10 p.m.**

AGENDA

9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. Opening Statements (Joel Kramer, PsyD)

9:10 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Contribution of the X chromosome to Alzheimer’s disease (Dena Dubal, MD, PhD)

9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Interrogating the Role of Sex Steroid Hormones in the Human Brain (Emily Jacobs, PhD)

9:50 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Sex Differences in the Behavioral variant of Frontotemporal Dementia: A new window to executive and behavioral resilience (Ignacio Illán-Gala, MD, PhD)

10:00 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. Race and Sex Differences in Incidence of Dementia Among Older Veterans (Erica Kornblith, PhD)

10:10 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Biological Sex: A Model of Cognitive Resilience or Vulnerability? (Kaitlin Casaletto, PhD)10:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Q&A Panel Session 10:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. Break

10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. An Update on Cognitive Reserve (Yaakov Stern, PhD)

11:00 p.m. – 11:20 a.m. A Molecular Substrate for Neural Reserve (William Honer, MD)

11:20 p.m. – 11:30 a.m. Disrupted Sleep: Both a risk factor and symptom of diminished resilience (Neus Falgàs, MD, PhD)

11:30 p.m. – 11:40 a.m. Wisdom is Dissociable from Cognitive Functions that Decline with Age: Implications for resilience (Cutter Lindbergh, PhD)

11:40 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Physical Activity, TV Watching, and Brain Health in Mid-Life (Tina Hoang, MPH)11:50 p.m. – 12:00 p.m. Q&A Panel Session

5th Annual UCSF Hillblom Aging Symposium