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2026 Neurobiology of Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Symposium

  • May 19, 2026
  • Everett Hall (RES 100)
  • Breakfast and lunch will be available.
  • Remote viewing via Zoom available through registration.

8 a.m. - Breakfast

8:15 a.m. - Dr. Sumien - Intro remarks

8:25 a.m. - Dr. Viet Dinh - PULSATILE PERFUSION THERAPY IMPROVES OUTCOMES FOLLOWING SEVERE HEMORRHAGE IN RATS

8:40 a.m. - Jeri Keitzer - IMPULSIVITY AND RESTING-STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY in RATS FOLLOWING COCAINE USE

8:55 a.m. - Donkor Nina - INHIBITING HDAC 4/5 PRESERVES RETINAL GANGLION CELL FUNCTION AND SURVIVAL IN A MOUSE MODEL OF GLAUCOMA

9:10 a.m. -  Ammar Kapic - DHED-DERIVED 17β-ESTRADIOL REVERSES VISUAL CORTEX PROTEOMIC

DYSREGULATION IN OVARIECTOMIZED GLAUCOMATOUS RATS

9:25 a.m. - Break

9:45 a.m. - Dr. Sal Essajee - PERFUSION-CONTRACTION-METABOLISM MATCHING UNDER RESTRICTED CORONARY FLOW: MECHANISTIC INSTIGHTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR AGE-RELATED MICROVASULAR DYSFUNCTION

10 a.m. - Olivia Anchondo - ACUTE PHARMACOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF TRIAZOLE 1.1 AS A STRATEGY FOR SAFER OPIOID THERAPY IN AGING

10:20 a.m. - Katherine McBroom-Henson - ADAPTIVE SAMPLING FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS OF GENETIC AND EPIGENETIC MARKERS IN HUMAN REMAINS IDENTIFICATION

10:35 a.m. - Jonna Smith - RATS EXPOSED TO RESOURCE DEPRIVATION DURING WEANING EXPERIENCE DIMORPHIC SEX DIFFERENCES IN RENAL FUNCTION AND OXIDATIVE STRESS LATER IN LIFE

10:50 a.m. - Break

11:05 a.m. - Ysabella Ruiz-Pick - VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT POTASSIUM CHANNELS AND VASODILATION IN SKELETAL MUSCLE of HUMANS: IMPACT OF AGE

11:20 a.m. - Nathan Jones - EVALUATING THE NEUROPATHOGENIC ROLE OF CD8 T-CELLS IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

11:35 a.m.Claire Caballero -  FUNCTIONAL HETEROGENEITY OF THE CSF-BRAIN BARRIER

Noon - Lunch

12:30 p.m. - Dr. Yousefzadeh Keynote: The role of senescent cells in health and disease

1:30 p.m. - Dr. Forster Awards and Symposium adjourns

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Keynote Address:

“The role of senescent cells in health and disease.”

Matt Yousefzadeh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Featuring: 

Presentations by T32 Scholars

Sponsors:

  • UNT Health Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience
  • UNT Health Office of the Vice President of Research and Graduate Studies
  • NIH/NIA T32 AG020494