2022 CCMBM & Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Scientific Retreat - 
The Past, Present, and Future of Aging: Perspectives on Building Longer Healthier Lives

The Past, Present, and Future of Aging: Perspectives on Building Longer Healthier Lives
This scientific event brings together researchers from the Bay Area and beyond to discuss cutting edge research that aims to transform human health by improving musculoskeletal function across the lifespan. Researchers from the biological, engineering, imaging, and epidemiologic sciences will discuss advances in soft and mineralized skeletal tissues and muscle in health and disease.

 


Please join us for this special two-day retreat sponsored by the NIH P30 Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (CCMBM) and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery for all musculoskeletal researchers. We will convene in-person for this year's event at UCSF's Mission Bay Campus, Genentech Hall, 600 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94158. Remote participation is available. Registration is closed.


EVENT AGENDA

DAY 1 - TUESDAY, MARCH 15TH, 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Open to the general community.

  • Welcome Gathering with speakers, MSK Leaders, UCSF Leaders, and invited guests
  • Event Program with Keynote Speaker Steven Petrow, Columnist and Author with Conversation Partner Coleen Sabatini, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Professor at UCSF; slam talk competition.
  • Poster Session, Book Signing and Reception

Steven Petrow's new book, Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old, may be purchased at your local or black-owned book store:
Green Apple Books
Marcus Books
- Dog Eared Books
- BookShop West Portal

Graduate students, postdocs, and other trainees: Opportunities to present your research via a slam talk on Day 1, and/or posters on Day 2 are available here.

 


THANK YOU TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS

UCSF logo

 

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

 

DR. DAVID BRADFORD
LECTURESHIP FUND

 

 

Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science

 

Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging


 

 

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE EVENT COMMITTEE
 

Event Co-Chair - Galateia Kazakia, PhD
Event Co-Chair - Nathan Young, PhD
Tamara Alliston, PhD
Upasana Bharadwaj, MD
Noah Bonnheim, PhD
Victor Cheuy, PhD
Nicholas Hanne, PhD
 

Candice Herber, PhD
Sunita Ho, PhD
Jerry Jung, PhD
Serra Kaya, PhD
Pui Yee Law
Mary Tran

 

DAY 2 - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16TH, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Open to the scientific community.

8:00 AM

8:15 AM

 

8:25 AM

 

8:30 AM

BREAKFAST

WELCOME REMARKS
Tamara Alliston, PhD
, Orthopaedic Surgery & CCMBM Center Director, UC San Francisco

INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Galateia Kazakia, PhD, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging & Event Co-Chair, UC San Francisco

​​​​​​​​​BRADFORD DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIP/KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Douglas P. Kiel, MD, MPH

Director, Musculoskeletal Research Center and Senior Scientist, Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Hallmarks of the Aging Skeleton

10:20 AM

BREAK

12:00 PM
 

12:55 PM

NETWORKING LUNCH - Meet at the Exterior Staircase of Genentech Hall.

POSTER SESSION [Submit your abstract by March 8]
Graduate students, postdocs, and other trainees may present your research via poster presentation. 

3:00 PM



3:20 PM

 

3:25 PM

 

 

4:10 PM

 

4:15 PM

BREAK / GUIDED MEDITATION
Upasana Bharadwaj, MD
, Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, UC San Francisco

INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Jeffrey Lotz, PhD
, Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC San Francisco

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
James N. Weinstein, DO, MS

Senior Vice President, Microsoft Health
The Sixth Scientific Paradigm: Big Data Meets Ptolemaic Socioeconomics

CLOSING REMARKS
Thomas Vail, MD
, Chair of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC San Francisco

SLAM TALK & POSTER AWARD ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nathan Young, PhD, Orthopaedic Surgery & Event Co-Chair, UC San Francisco