| 9:00 – 9:30 |
Breakfast and Registration |
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| 9:30 – 9:45 |
Opening Ceremony — Welcome Remarks |
Prof. Habiba Alsafar Dean
College of Medicine and Health Sciences - Khalifa University
H.E. Dr. Noura Al Ghaithi
Undersecretary, Department of Health – Abu Dhabi
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| 9:45 – 10:30 |
Panel I: Innovating for Healthy Longevity: Empowering Families Across the Life Course |
Dr. Nicole Sirotin (Moderator)
Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Healthier Living – Abu Dhabi
H.E. Dr. Ahmed AlKhazraji
Executive Director, Healthy Living Sector, Department of Health – Abu Dhabi
Dr. Khalid Fakhro
Chief Research Officer & Director, Precision Medicine Program, Sidra Medicine, Qatar
Dr. Maryam Busehail
Salmaniya Medical Complex, Kingdom of Bahrain
Dr. Fahad Zajdali
Oman College of Health Sciences, Sultanate of Oman
Dr. Ayesha Al Mheiri
Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) – UAE
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| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Keynote Address: Healthy Longevity: Of Science, Sense, and...Elephense |
Dr. David L. Katz, MD, MPH
Senior Science Advisor, Institute of Healthier Living - Abu Dhabi; Past President, American College of Lifestyle Medicine
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| 11:00 – 11:15 |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:15 – 11:45 |
Plenary Address: Fasting Mimicking Diet Cycles, Multi-system Regeneration and Disease |
Professor Valter Longo
Edna M. Jones Professor of Gerontology and Biological Sciences; Director, USC Longevity Institute, University of Southern California
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| 11:45 – 12:30 |
Panel II: Clinical Trials for Healthspan: National and Global Perspectives |
Dr. Mira Mousa (Moderator)
Assistant Professor in Public Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University
Dr. Rebecca Robbins
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Sleep Scientist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Dr. David Katz
Senior Science Advisor, Institute of Healthier Living - Abu Dhabi; Past President, American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Dr Erik Koornneef
Executive Director – Research, Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi
Professor Ayman Al Hendy
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University
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| 12:30 – 1:30 |
Lunch |
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| 1:30 – 1:55 |
The Effects of Age, Sex and Genes on the Immune System Across the Lifespan and Their Overall Impact on Healthy Ageing |
Professor Francesco Cucca
Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Sassari; Director, Institute for Genetic and Biomedical Research (IRGB–CNR), Italy
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| 1:55 – 2:20 |
Engineering Peptides for Human Health |
Professor Bradley L. Pentelute
Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America
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| 2:20 – 2:45 |
How to Accelerate the Discovery of Drugs for Healthy Ageing |
Professor Maria Pia Abbracchio
Full Professor of Pharmacology, University of Milan
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| 2:45 – 3:15 |
Building a Healthy Longevity Department in Academic Settings: Equipping Professionals to Translate Science into Practice |
Professor Evelyne Bischof
President & Co-Founder, Healthy Longevity Medicine Society
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| 3:15 – 3:45 |
Break |
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| 3:45 – 4:30 |
Panel III: From Case to Practice: Regional Differences in Longevity Assessment, Extended Testing and Physician Education |
Dr. Maryam Al Ali (Moderator)
Consultant Family & Lifestyle Medicine, Division Chief – Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
Dr. Nicole Sirotin
Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Healthier Living – Abu Dhabi
Professor Evelyne Bischof
President & Co-Founder, Healthy Longevity Medicine Society
Dr Rory Melville
Medical Director, Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi
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| 4:30 – 5:30 |
Invited Oral Presentations |
Extracellular Vesicle Therapy Reprograms the Chemotherapy-Injured Testicular Transcriptome Toward a Regenerative State By Dr. Farzana Liakath Ali
Proteostasis as a Target in Longevity Medicine: Can Engineered Chaperones Protect the Ageing Brain? By Dr. Noureddine Ben Khalaf
What Does the Plant-Greening Molecule Cytokinin Do in the Human Body? By Dr. Muhammad Naseem
Probability of an Overweight or Obese Person Attaining Normal Body Weight: A Population-Based Cohort Study Using Electronic Health Records in Abu Dhabi By Dr. Dian Kusuma
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