(Staying Sharp Rochester, NY October 27, 2012 [From Left to Right: William Armbruster, Carol Podgorski, William J. Hall & Lisa L. Boyle / Photo by Stacey Kratz / AARP NY)
Staying Sharp forums are dynamic discussions by an expert panel followed by a Q&A session with the audience, covering how the brain changes as we age, memory loss, brain diseases and disorders, and maintaining cognitive function. Watch a video of a Staying Sharp session in Washington, DC, in 2005.
2013 Forums
New York, NY
braiNY: Brain Awareness Week in New York City (March 11-17)
Two Staying Sharp sessions were presented during Brain Awareness Week (BAW) as part of braiNY, New York City's collaborative celebration of BAW. These sessions were held at NYU Langone Medical Center and Hunter College.
Staying Sharp Hunter College
Friday, March 15, 2013
Around 125 people attended the Staying Sharp presentation at Hunter College on March 15. The program was presented by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives in partnership with Hunter College and AARP New York. The panelists for the session were Charles Mobbs, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Geriatrics and Adult Development at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Christine Anne Ganzer, PhD, RN, NPP, Assistant Professor at Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing. The session was moderated by Roger Persell, PhD, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Hunter College.
Staying Sharp NYU
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
On March 13, 2013 around 80 people attended the Staying Sharp presentation at Farkas Auditorium in the NYU Langone Medical Center. The program was presented by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives in partnership with NYU and AARP New York. The panel of experts consisted of three NYU clinicians from the Pearl I. Barlow Center for Memory Evaluation and Treatment.
Watch a video of the Staying Sharp session at New York University in 2013.
2012 Forums
Westchester County, NY
December 1, 2012
(From left to right: John H. Morrison, Shannon A. White, & Rajiv R. Ratan)
On December 1, 2012 over 500 “successful agers” attended the Staying Sharp forum at the Westchester County Center. The program was presented by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives in partnership with AARP New York, the Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services, and the Westchester County Executive’s Office. The panelists for the session—both Dana Alliance members—were John H. Morrison, PhD, Dean of Basic Sciences and the Graduate School of Biological Sciences, and Willard T.C. Johnson Professor of Geriatrics and Adult Development at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and Rajiv R. Ratan, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, and Associate Dean at Weill Cornell Medical College. The session was moderated by News 12 Westchester’s, Shannon A. White.
Check out this Storify Link covering Staying Sharp Westchester.
Read the transcript from Staying Sharp Westchester.
Rochester, NY
October 27, 2012
(From left to right: Carol Podgorski, William J. Hall, & Lisa L. Boyle)
Over 450 people attended the Staying Sharp forum at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, New York on Saturday, October 27th. The program was presented by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives in partnership with AARP New York. The session was preceded by an hour long Brain Fair and a “Brain Warm-Up” fitness routine (seen in the image above). The session was moderated by William Armbruster, Associate State Director of AARP New York. The panelists, all from University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, were William J. Hall, MD, Paul Fine Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics and Director of the Center for Healthy Aging, Lisa L. Boyle, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, and Carol Podgorski, PhD, MPH, MS, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry.
Check out this Storify link covering Staying Sharp, Rochester.
Read the transcript from the Staying Sharp session in Rochester.
Lexington, KY
June 2, 2012
On June 2nd, 2012 around 250 people attended the Staying Sharp forum at the Hyatt Regency at Lexington Center in Lexington, Kentucky. The program was presented by the Dana Alliance in partnership with the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. The session was moderated by Dana Alliance member Linda Van Eldik, PhD, (seen in the far left of the image above) Director of Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology. The panelists were (from left to right in image above) Gregory Cooper, MD, PhD, Baptist Neurology Center-Lexington, Donna Wilcock, PhD, Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, and, Frederick Scmitt, PhD, Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky, Sanders-Brown Center on Aging.
Watch a video of the Staying Sharp session in Lexington, KY in 2012.
Read the transcript from the Staying Sharp session in Lexington.
Winston-Salem, NC
April 28, 2012
Over 200 people attended the Staying Sharp session at Biotech Place in Winston-Salem, NC on April 28th, 2012. The session was presented by the Dana Alliance in partnership with Wake Forest University and Wake Forest Baptist Health. The session began with a keynote address and book signing by Gary Small, MD, author of The Alzheimer’s Prevention Program. There was also a Brain Fair for attendees of the forum. The panelists for the session were all from Wake Forest University and Wake Forest School of Medicine. These panelists were Kaycee Michelle Sink, MD, MAS, Medical Director, Kulynych Memory Assessment Clinic, Janine Jennings, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Floyd “Ski” Chilton, PhD, Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology, and Paul Laurienti, MD, PhD, Director, Laboratory for Complex Brain Networks.
Read the transcript from the Staying Sharp session in Winston-Salem.
Liverpool, NY
April 14, 2012
A crowd of over 400 people gathered for the Staying Sharp session at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Liverpool, NY on April 14th, 2012. The session was presented by the Dana Alliance in partnership with AARP New York. The session was preceded by an hour long Brain Fair and a “Brain Warm-Up” fitness routine led by professional trainer Gioia Gensini. The moderator for this session (seen on the far left) was Marilyn Pinsky, AARP NY State President. The panelists for the session were (from left to right) JoAnne Spoto-Decker, Onondaga County Department of Aging and Youth, Sharon Brangman, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Division Chief, Geriatrics, Upstate Medical University, Tarakad Ramachandran, M.D., Medical Director of Neuroscience Services, Crouse Hospital, and Nabil Aziz, M.D. Neurological Care Center.
Read the transcript from the Staying Sharp session in Liverpool, NY.
2011 Forums
New York, NY
November 19, 2011
On November 19, 2011 over 200 people attended the Staying Sharp session at Lighthouse International in New York City. This particular session, presented by the Dana Alliance in partnership with AARP New York, was geared towards the African American community. Included in the program were two exercise routines, an initial “Brain Warm-Up”, led by professional trainers Andre Wilkins and Luc Bernado, and a subsequent fitness demonstration from a professional yogi. The moderator for the session was Dionne Polite of AARP New York. The panelists were Andre A. Fenton, PhD, New York University, Center for Neural Science, and Jennifer J. Manly, PhD, Taub Institute on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University Medical Center.
November 12, 2011
Around 150 people gathered for the Staying Sharp session at Hunter College in New York City on Saturday, November 12, 2011. The session, presented by the Dana Alliance in partnership with AARP New York, was geared towards the Hispanic community. The session was preceded by a “Brain Warm-Up” exercise routine led by professional trainers Andre Wilkins and Luc Bernado. A Zumba fitness presentation also occurred following the program. The session was moderated by AARP New York Associate State Director, Yvette Martinez. The panelists were Leo J. Shea III, PhD, Rusk Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center, and Pedro Saez, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center.
New Haven, CT
October 29, 2011
On Saturday, October 29, 2011 around 100 people attended the Staying Sharp session at Yale University in New Haven, CT. The session was presented by the Dana Alliance in partnership with Yale University School of Medicine. All of the panelists were from the Yale University School of Medicine. These panelists were Amy F.T. Arnsten, PhD, Professor of Neurobiology, and Christopher H. van Dyck, MD, Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Unit. The session’s moderator, also from Yale University School of Medicine, was Robert Wickham, BS, Department of Psychiatry. The program also included a Brain Fair organized by Yale graduate students.
For an archive of earlier Staying Sharp sessions, visit the Staying Sharp archives.
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