Aging Research at Yale: Past, Present and Future

Stephen Strittmatter, MD, PhD, Vincent Coates Professor of Neurology and Professor of Neurobiology and Director, Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair, gives a lecture entitled, "Lost in Thought: Basis for Brain Malfunction in Alzheimer's Disease," during the Yale Claude D. Pepper Symposium Aging Research at Yale: Past, Present and Future.

Nicholas Christakis, MD, PhD, Sol Goldman Family Professor of Social & Natural Science and Professor of Internal Medicine/General Medicine, gives a lecture entitled, "Why Humans Have Friends: The Evolutionary Biology of Lifelong Social Interactions," during the Yale Claude D. Pepper Symposium Aging Research at Yale: Past, Present and Future.

Jocelyn Maminta, News 8 Medical Reporter and Veteran Journalist, moderates the question and answer session of the Yale Claude D. Pepper Symposium Aging Research at Yale: Past, Present and Future.

Sandy Chang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and of Pathology, gives a lecture entitled, "The Long and Short of It: Telomeres in Aging and Cancer," during the Yale Claude D. Pepper Symposium Aging Research at Yale: Past, Present and Future.

Thomas Gill, MD, Director of the Yale Pepper Center, Robert Alpern, MD, Dean of the Yale School of Medicine, and Congresswoman Rosa De Lauro introduce viewers to the Yale Claude D. Pepper Symposium on "Aging Research at Yale: Past, Present and Future" and provide some opening remarks.

Mary Tinetti, MD, Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine and Section Chief, Geriatric Medicine, gives a lecture entitled, "When One Person has Many Diseases: Multiple Chronic Conditions in Older Adults," during the Yale Claude D. Pepper Symposium Aging Research at Yale: Past, Present and Future.

Richard Hodes, MD, Director of the National Institute on Aging, give a lecture entitled, "Opportunities and Challenges in Aging Research during the Next Quarter Century," during the Yale Claude D. Pepper Symposium Aging Research at Yale: Past, Present and Future.