Wednesday, September 21, 2022 1:30pm to 4:45pm
About this Event
The Oaklander Hotel
https://www.epiresources.pitt.edu/newman-festschriftPlease mark your calendars for Festschrift Symposium honoring Anne B. Newman on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 for presentations from 1:30-4:45 at The Oaklander Hotel, The Cathedral Room.
Dr. Newman is Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Professor of Medicine and Clinical and Translational Science in the School of Medicine. She is the Clinical Director of the Aging Institute of the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC and Director of the Center for Aging and Population Health. She served as Chair of the Department of Epidemiology from 2010-2022, advancing the research program and the curriculum and recruiting almost half of the current faculty. She is internationally renowned for her work in the epidemiology of aging, longevity, and disability.
Dr. Newman’s own research has defined the impact of subclinical disease on physical and cognitive function and on metrics of healthy aging. She has conducted clinical trials to prevent disability using physical activity, weight management, and medical therapies.
With Dr. Susan Greenspan, Dr. Newman co-leads Pitt’s Claude D. Pepper Older American Independence Center. She led the T-32 Epidemiology of Aging Training Grant from 2011 – 2021 and has mentored numerous PhD candidates, post-doctoral fellows, and early career faculty.
Dr. Newman has published over 800 research manuscripts and has been recognized annually as a “most highly cited researcher” since 2014. With Dr. Jane Cauley, Dr. Newman co-edited the book, “The Epidemiology of Aging,” and has authored several chapters on the “Epidemiology of Aging” in major medical textbooks. She has received the Joseph T. Freeman Award from the Gerontological Society of America and the Clinical Research Award from the American Heart Association.
She served as a member of the National Advisory Council on Aging of the National Institute on Aging from 2015-2018 and currently serves as a member of the National Institute on Aging Board of Scientific Counselors and the Clinical Trials Advisory Panel (CTAP). She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Gerontology, Medical Sciences, after serving as the Editor-in Chief from 2016-2020.
Please let us know if you require an accommodation in order to participate in this event. Accommodations may include live captioning, ASL interpreters, and/or captioned media and accessible documents from recorded events. At least 5 days in advance is recommended.
