105 - The Power of Comparative Models for Accelerating Translational Healthspan Research: Underutilized Lab Animals, Companion Pets, Old World Monkeys, and Pumas

Session Chair(s)

• Frances Chen

  Speaker
  Cellular Longevity, Inc., dba Loyal

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM – 8:35 AM

  Introductions
  

  Speaker: Frances Chen – Cellular Longevity, Inc., dba Loyal
• 8:35 AM – 8:55 AM

  Translational Studies to Promote Healthy Musculoskeletal Aging: Guinea Pigs as a Valuable Bridge between the Culture Dish and Aging Humans
  

  Speaker: Karyn Hamilton – Colorado State University
• 8:55 AM – 9:15 AM

  Nutrition, the Microbiome, and Cardiometabolic Disease: Translating Findings from Mice and Old World Monkeys to Successful Human Aging
  

  Speaker: Kylie Kavanagh – Wake Forest School of Medicine
• 9:15 AM – 9:35 AM

  Lessons Learned about Human Infectious Disease from Pumas and Companion Cats
  

  Speaker: Sue VandeWoude – Colorado State University
• 9:35 AM – 9:55 AM

  Lessons in Longevity from Companion Dogs
  

  Speaker: Michael LaCroix-Fralish – Cellular Longevity, Inc., dba Loyal for Dogs
• 9:55 AM – 10:00 AM

  Closing Remarks
  

  Speaker: Frances Chen – Cellular Longevity, Inc., dba Loyal