ICAR and its integral partners — the UAB Nathan Shock Center and the UAB Alzheimer’s Disease Center — organize a large impact regionally advertised Aging Research Symposium. The symposium highlights the work of investigators in basic, translational, and clinical aging research. Our hope is to showcase fresh, stimulating ideas and provide an opportunity to develop new collaborative relationships that integrate multiple disciplines into the advancement of aging research.
UAB Aging Research Symposium 2026: New Approach Methodologies and Entrepreneurship
When: March 3, 2026
Where: UAB National Alumni Society House
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Keynote Speakers
Sara Burke, PhD
Professor and Head, Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona
“Diet, Metabolism, Genetic Risk, and the Path to Cognitive Resilience”
Steve Austad, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
“Yes, Virginia, there really are Blue Zones and we have a lot to learn from them”
Paula Grisanti, DMD, MBA, and Scott Noggle, PhD
Grisanti is CEO, National Stem Cell Foundation. Noggle is Lab Director, New York Stem Cell Foundation
“Cosmic Brain Organoids””
Registration and Presentation Opportunities
There is an opportunity to present your work at an early evening poster session & reception at the Alys Stephens Center. To be considered, submit an abstract by Friday, February 6, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. CT.
Registration is free!
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Highlights from the 2024 Aging Symposium
View the 2024 Aging Symposium program:
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Highlights from the 2019 Aging Symposium
The inaugural Aging Symposium was held in 2019 with over 300 national and international participants. The symposium is inclusive and truly embraces the spirit of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration, which led ICAR leadership to name it as The Integrative Aging Symposium — From Chromosomes to Communities.
Download the 2019 Aging Symposium abstract book
2019 Aging Symposium Abstract Book
Download the presentation of our Plenary Speaker — Richard J. Hodes, M.D., Director, National Institute on Aging (NIA) — "From Bench to Bedside: Exploring the Research Continuum at NIA"
NIH Panel Discussion (video)
View a recording of the NIH Panel Discussion. Panel Moderator: Steven Austad, Ph.D. Panel: John Haaga, Ph.D.; Evan Hadley, M.D.; and Max Guo, Ph.D.