2002 Regenstrief Conference

2002 Regenstrief Conference

DETERMINANTS OF SUCCESSFUL AGING: DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED RESEARCH AGENDA FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

Conference proceedings were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, 2 September 2003, Volume 139, Issue 5 (Part 2).

Conference Co-Chairs: Christopher M. Callahan, MD, Colleen A. McHorney, PhD

Monday, September 30-Wednesday, October 2, 2002
Turkey Run State Park, Marshall, Indiana

	The goal of the Eighth Biennial Regenstrief Conference was to provide a forum for leading scientists to discuss strategies and innovative approaches to challenges facing researchers who seek to promote successful aging. The conference facilitated an integrated approach to aging research by gathering experts to speak to the complimentary research agendas on the genetic, environmental, medical care, lifestyle, and psychosocial determinants of successful aging. While broad in perspective, the specific topics reflected common practical issues faced by researchers from many academic disciplines and across disparate study designs. Speakers addressed strategies to improve the timeliness and applicability of research so that it might better inform health care policy and help frame an integrated research agenda for the 21st century.

DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND SUCCESSFUL AGING
Opening Session, Monday, September 30th

Welcome and brief history of the Regenstrief Conference
Clement J. McDonald, MD
	Regenstrief Chair in Health Services Research
	Director, Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
	Distinguished Professor of Medicine
	Indiana University School of Medicine

An integrated biopsychosocial approach to promote research on successful aging
Thomas S. Inui, ScD, MD
	President and CEO, Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
	Associate Dean for Health Care Research
	Indiana University School Medicine

Grounding the health services research agenda in a health economics framework: Issues embedded in the investment of resources in support of the elderly
Stuart Altman, PhD
	Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy
	The Florence Heller Graduate School for Social Policy
	Brandeis University

Healthy aging or dementia: Findings from the Nun Study
David A. Snowdon, PhD
	Professor of Neurology
	University of Kentucky College of Medicine
	Director, The Nun Study


PSYCHOSOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF SUCCESSFUL AGING
Session 1, Tuesday, October 1st

The life course and aging: A society and health perspective
Benjamin C. Amick, PhD
	Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Epidemiology
	University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health
	Associate Director, Texas Institute for Society and Health

The contributions of social capital and cohesion in determining the health of older populations
Ichiro Kwachi, MD, PhD
	Associate Professor of Health and Social Behavior
	Department of Health and Social Behavior
	Harvard School of Public Health

How does one design and implement a social intervention?
S. Leonard Syme, PhD
	Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology
	Division of Public Health Biology & Epidemiology
	University of California at Berkeley


GENETIC DETERMINANTS OF SUCCESSFUL AGING
Session 2, Tuesday, October 1st

Matching genotype with phenotype. Lessons from the study of centenarians
Thomas Perls, MD
	Associate Professor of Medicine
	Boston University Medical School
	Director, New England Centenarian Study

The interaction of genes and environment
Richard S. Cooper, MD
	Professor and Chair
	Department of Community and Preventive Medicine
	Loyola University Medical School

Gene—Diet interactions in brain aging and neurodegenerative disorders
Mark P. Mattson, PhD
	Professor, Department of Neuroscience
	Johns Hopkins University
	Chief, Laboratory of Neurosciences
	NIA Gerontology Research Center, Baltimore


METHODOLOGIC ISSUES IN GERIATRIC SERVICES RESEARCH
Session 3, Tuesday, October 1st

Advances in the processes of measuring patient-centered outcomes for older populations
Colleen A. McHorney, PhD
	Professor, Department of Medicine
	Indiana University School of Medicine
	Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute
	Director of Research, Indiana University Center for Aging Research
	Research Career Scientist, Roudebush VAMC HSR&D Service

Measuring and improving quality of death and dying
Donald Patrick, PhD
	Professor of Health Services
	Joint appointments in Epidemiology, Sociology and Rehabilitative Medicine
	University of Washington
	Co-Director, Center for Disability Policy and Research

Dealing with death in longitudinal studies of health in older adults
Paula Diehr, PhD
	Professor of Biostatistics and Health Services
	School of Public Health and Community Medicine
	University of Washington

Postprandial address: Placebo What!
Nelda P. Wray, MD, MPH
	Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics
	Chief, Section of Health Services Research
	Baylor College of Medicine
	Chief of General Medicine, Houston VAMC


MEDICAL CARE DETERMINANTS OF SUCCESSFUL AGING
Session 4, Tuesday, October 1st

Improving the quality of care across the continuum of care: beyond ACE and GEM
C. Seth Landefeld, MD
	Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
	Chief of the Division of Geriatrics
	University of California-San Francisco

Can health status reports to clinicians improve health?
Stephan D. Fihn, MD
	Professor and Head, Division of General Internal Medicine
	University of Washington
	Director, Northwest VA HRS&D Center of Excellence
	Director, VA Puget Sound Health Care System

Improving medication use in older adults
Michael D. Murray, PharmD
	Professor of Pharmacy
	Purdue University School of Pharmacy
	Research Scientist, Regenstrief Institute
	Director, Regenstrief Health Data & Epidemiology Section


MEASURING AND MONITORING PROGRESS IN SUCCESSFUL AGING
Session 5, Wednesday, October 2nd

Measuring and improving the quality of health care systems: Putting ACOVE into action
Neil S. Wenger, MD
	Associate Professor of Medicine
	Division of General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research
	UCLA School of Medicine

Measuring and monitoring success in compressing morbidity
James F. Fries, MD
	Professor of Medicine
	Stanford University School of Medicine

Improving the quality of care through information support at the point of care
Clement J. McDonald, MD
	Regenstrief Chair in Health Services Research
	Director, Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
	Distinguished Professor of Medicine
	Indiana University School of Medicine


THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH IN GERIATRIC HEALTH SERVICES
Closing Session, Wednesday, October 2nd

Grounding aging research in efforts to improve the effectiveness of health care systems: What do we need to know and why do we need to know it?
John R. Feusnner, MD
	Professor and Chairman
	Department of Medicine
	Medical University of South Carolina

The future of geriatric services research
Robert Kane, PhD
	Professor and Minnesota Chair in Long-Term Care and Aging
	University of Minnesota School of Public Health
	Director, University of Minnesota Clinical Outcomes Research Center

Summing Up
Thomas S. Inui, ScM, MD
	President and CEO, Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
	Associate Dean for Health Care Research
	Indiana University School Medicine