Registration is required for this event. 2025 Internal Medicine Division of Geriatrics & The Landon Center on Aging 2025 Geropalooza October 23rd, 1:00-4:30 p.m. Ad Astra Room, Health Education Building 12:00 p.m. Lunch
12:45 p.m. Welcome and Introductions
1:00 p.m. Keynote speaker: Dr. Gustavo Duque Presentation
2:15 p.m. GeroSprint Competition
3:45 p.m. Ranked-Choice Voting for GeroSprint
3:50 p.m. 2024 GeroSprint Winner: Dr. Linda D’Silva Pilot Project Presentation
4:15 p.m. Award Ceremony and Concluding Remarks
Keynote Presentation: "Osteosarcopenia: A metab-palooza between bone, muscle and fat"
Keynote Speaker: Gustavo Duque, MD, PhD, FRACP, FGSA; Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at McGill University
Dr. Duque is a geriatrician and biomedical scientist with a research interest in the mechanisms, potential therapies, and biomarkers for age-related bone loss, osteoporosis, sarcopenia, osteosarcopenia, and frailty in older persons. He is also studying the effect of vitamin D, exercise, protein, and nutraceuticals on bone and muscle mass.
GeroSprint
A "lightning talk" competition with a $10,000 pilot grant prize.
2025 Competitors
Assessing Cognitive and Physiological Resilience in Older Adults Participating in a Community-Based Program
Amanda Szabo-Reed, Associate Research Professor
Physical Activity and Weight Management, Internal Medicine
Transgenerational Impacts of Spaceflight on Aging
Lane Christenson, Professor (represented by Molika Sinha)
Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine
Untold Stories of Aging – Revealed and Travelled: Expanding an Arts-based Intervention to Increase Impact
Sarah Jen, Associate Professor
Social Welfare, Department of Sociology
Wider Distribution of Expression of PRMT1 in Megakaryocytes and Platelets with Aging Causes
Thrombo-inflammation and Deteriorating Tissue Damage
Xinyang Zhao, Associate Professor
Pathology, School of Medicine
Resilience in Motion: A Longitudinal Study of Caregivers Using Smartwatches
Frances M. Yang, Research Associate Professor (represented by Daniel English)
School of Nursing
Mitochondrial Menopause & Its Role in Alzheimer's
Amber Watts, Associate Professor
Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Feasibility of a Brief Educational Recruitment Strategy via Home-Delivered Meals
Jaime Perales Puchalt, Assistant Professor
Neurology (KU Alzheimer's Disease Research Center), School of Medicine
Healthy Aging in a Highly Unequal Context
Tyler Myroniuk, Assistant Professor
Sociology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences |