Jan. 13 Spring semester classes:

• GERO 513 - Stress, Health and Aging
• GERO 529 - Seminar in the Psychology of Aging: Cognitive Neuroscience

Jan. 17-18 Symposium On Organisms With Slow Aging (SOSA), USC School of Gerontology

April 8  USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Research Colloquium

• The Evolutionary Biology of Human Lifecourse : Development , Aging & Logevity
• Presented By : Hillard Kaplan, Professor of Anthropology , University of New Mexico
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April 10   USC Andrus Gerontology Center Research Colloqium

• Dr. John Trojanowski ,Center for Neurodegeraive Disease Research, University of Pennyslvania
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April 11   USC Aging in Place Workshop

• The Aging in Place Workshop features presentations by experts from community , health care agenicies ,consumers and university scholars who are concerned with aging in place.The focus will be support for deficits in cognition.
• Co-Sponsored by : The Ethel Percy Andrus Center for Gerontology & The Alfred E. Mann Institute
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April 30 - May 1   48 Hr! Caregiver Retreat

• The Tingstad Older Adult Counseling Center at USC hosts 48 Hr!Caregiver Retreat. The retreat teaches caregivers the skills needed to enhance their own health and improve their caregiver abilities. Low-income and minority caregivers especially are invited to participate.
• Location: Mary & Joseph Retreat Center, Palos Verdes, CA. Info: (213) 740-9874

May 6  Take Care Series: Home Safety

• Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center and EduCare. RSVP requested one week prior to the event.
• 11:30am-1:00pm, Andrus Gerontology Center, Room 224
• Contact Info: Monica Layman, LACRC Program Specialist, at (213) 740-7842

June 3  Take Care Series: Internet Workshop

• Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center and EduCare. RSVP requested one week prior to the event.
• 11:30am-1:00pm, Andrus Gerontology Center, Room 224
• Contact Info: Monica Layman, LACRC Program Specialist, at (213) 740-7842

June 17  USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Research Colloquium

• Microglia and Memory in a Mouse Model of Amyloid Deposition
• Presented by: David Morgan Professor,Dept of Pharmacology & Therapeutics UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
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August - Fall semester classes

• GERO 519 / Bio 520 - Topics in Aging / Recent Advances in Neurobiology: The neurobiology and endocrinology of aging

Oct 4  Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk 2003

• To be held in and around USC's campus - click on link for more details.

Oct 10   Sex Steroids, Aging, and Synaptic Plasticity Symposium

Speakers:
• Phyllis M. Wise, Ph.D, Dean, Division of Biological Sciences , UC-Davis
• Catherine S. Woolley, Ph.D Professor,Interdepartmental Biological Sciences Program , Northwestern University
• Tim Teyler, Ph.D, Research Professor of Medical Science , Medical Education Program, University of Idaho

Oct 16  ARCC Lecture Series

• Title: Functional Capacity Assessment in Dementia
• Presenter: Don Gordon, Ph.D., Asst. Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy
• Location: USC University Hospital - Cardinal Room 1st Floor
• Time: 11:30am to 1:00pm
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Nov 5  Molecular Biology of Aging Journal Club

• Location: GER 219
• Lunch will be served
• Articles to be presented:
• Hsu et al. 2003
• Rothkamm et al. 2003
  
  

Nov 14   Metabolic Basis of Senescence

Presenter:
• Charles V. Mobbs, Ph.D.
  Professor, Center for Neurobiology
  Professor, Geriatrics and Adult Development/
  Experimental Diabetic and Aging
  Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York

Dec 11  ARCC Lecture Series

• Title: Cross Cultural Assessment of Dementia
• Presenter: Evelyn Teng, Ph.D., Professor of Neurology
• Location: USC University Hospital - Salerni Room 5th Floor
• Time: 11:30am to 1:00pm
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