NBAAD Symposium

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
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
