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Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/Metabolism

Clinical and Translational Nutrition
Session Type: Symposium

Nutrition and the Aging Brain

Monday, July 24, 2023
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Location: Constitution A

CPE for RDs CME

Learning Objectives

At the end of this activity, learners will be able to:
  • Explain findings from observational studies on the effects of dietary compounds on healthy aging and Alzheimer’s disease
  • Describe how brain metabolic function may play a role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease
  • Describe potential mechanisms for how dietary modulation of the gut microbiota can possibly impact the brain

      • Chair(s)

    • Thomas Biederer, PhD (he/him/his)

      Senior Scientist, Neuroscience and Aging Team
      HNRCA
      Tufts University
      Boston, Massachusetts, United States

      Disclosure(s): Mead Johnson Nutrition/Reckitt: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

      • Speaker(s)

    • Paul Jacques, ScD

      Senior Scientist/Professor
      USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University
      Boston, Massachusetts, United States

      Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

    • Ai-Ling Lin, PhD (she/her/hers)

      Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Radiology
      Radiology
      University of Missouri
      Institute for Data Science and Informatics
      Columbia, Missouri, United States

      Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

    • Claudia Perez Cruz, PhD

      Principal Investigator
      Dept. Farmacología
      Cinvestav-IPN: Mexican Research Institution
      Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

      Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

    Disclosure(s):
    Thomas Biederer, PhD: Mead Johnson Nutrition/Reckitt: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)
    Paul F. Jacques, ScD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
    Ai-Ling Lin, PhD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
    Claudia Perez Cruz, PhD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

    Presentations:

    • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
      The Effects of Dietary Compounds on Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease: What We’ve Learned from Observational Studies

      Speaker: Paul F. Jacques, ScD – USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University

    • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET
      Neuroimaging Studies of Caloric Restriction and the Implications in Alzheimer’s Disease Mitigation

      Speaker: Ai-Ling Lin, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Missouri

    • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET
      The Gut-Brain Axis in Alzheimer’s Disease

      Speaker: Claudia Perez Cruz, PhD – Cinvestav-IPN: Mexican Research Institution