Aging Research Day Conference

Our annual Aging Research Day showcases the latest scientific advances in basic biology and clinical aging research.  This full day virtual conference will feature a keynote address by a national/international aging research expert as well as highlight the groundbreaking work of our University of Rochester aging investigators.

This year's conference was held on May 10, 2024. Dr. Luigi Ferrucci, NIH/NIA, of the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Aging was the keynote speaker, presenting “Aging: A Duel with Entropy.”

Dr. Ferrucci is a geriatrician and an epidemiologist who conducts research on the causal pathways leading to progressive physical and cognitive decline in older persons. In September 2002, he became the Chief of the Longitudinal Studies Section at NIA and the Director of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study on Aging. Dr. Ferrucci has made major contributions in the design of many epidemiological studies conducted in the U.S. and in Europe, including the AKEA study of Centenarians in Sardinia and the Women's Health and Aging Study. In 2002, Dr. Ferrucci refined the design of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging to focus on the Geroscience Hypothesis, which states the pace of biological aging is the root cause of many age-related chronic diseases, as well as physical and cognitive disability. He has made major contributions to the literature and is one of the most cited scientists in the field of aging. Dr. Ferrucci has been Scientific Director at NIA since May 2011.

Video and Photos from 2024 Poster Session

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