Study Findings Reveal Genotype in People Who Live Longer and Risk Factors for
Physical and Cognitive Decline
October 30, 2014—(BRONX, NY)—Investigators at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center will present their latest aging research at the Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) 67th Annual Scientific Meeting. Topics include the identification of a genotype that can predict survival, risk factors for cognitive impairment and the cellular biology of aging. GSA 2014 will take place November 5-9, 2014 in Washington, D.C.
"Einstein-Montefiore has distinguished itself in a range of aging fields – from basic biology to clinical diagnosis and treatment," said Joe Verghese, M.D., chief, division of geriatrics, department of medicine, and director of the Center for the Aging Brain and the division of cognitive and motor aging, department of neurology, at Einstein and Montefiore. "Our ongoing longitudinal studies, in particular the Einstein Aging Study and LonGenity, also link the bench and the bedside, improving our understanding of the aging process and driving discoveries that may potentially slow it."
Dr. Verghese will attend GSA 2014 and is available for interviews.
Einstein-Montefiore symposia presentations are:
The Einstein Aging Study (EAS), a forty-year, longitudinal study that examines the how the brain ages, is presenting a poster. The study, led since 1992 by Richard Lipton, M.D., director, division of cognitive aging and dementia, department of neurology, Einstein and Montefiore, investigates the normal aging process of the brain and how it goes awry, leading to dementia and other cognitive deficits.
In addition, there will be two symposia and three poster presentations on ESCAPE, an Einstein-Montefiore-based study examining how stress impacts cognition. The study follows adult residents living in Co-op City, a large cooperative housing development located in the northeast Bronx. The study is led by Einstein and Montefiore's Dr. Lipton, but all presentations will be made by collaborators at Pennsylvania State University's Center for Healthy Aging.