The 60th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Irish Gerontological Society will take place in
Brookfield Health Science Campus, UCC on Friday 14th/Saturday 15th September 2012.
As always with Cork, the weather and craic is guaranteed!! In addition we will host a
satellite symposium on Parkinson’s Disease at the Lewis Glucksman Gallery in
University College Cork on the evening of Thursday the 13th of September.
Conference Information (Including Full Programme) is available on the following webpage
http://irishgerontology.com/events/gs-scientific-meeting-september-2012/
More importantly registration details are on the link below. Early bird registration closed
at the end of next week!. In addition the hotel rooms are booking up really quickly.
Information on the links above.
http://irishgerontologyconf12.eventbrite.ie/
We have had an unprecedented amount of abstract submissions this year and look
forward to four superb keynote speakers.
Well Elderly and Lifestyle Redesign Studies.
Professor Jeanne Jackson, PhD., OTR/L, FAOTA
Chair Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy University
College Cork
The Cardio-Renal Syndromes: Prognosis and Management in Older Adults
Dr Liam Plant Consultant Renal Physician at Cork University Hospital, and Clinical
Senior Lecturer in Nephrology at University College Cork.
Current National Clinical Director of the HSE National Renal Office.
Willie Bermingham Lecture
Atrial Fibrillation in the Elderly
Prof. Martin O’Donnell, MB, PhD, MRCPI, Associate Professor of Translational
Medicine, NUI Galway and Associate Director, Clinical Research Facility, Galway
Working memory in healthy ageing and Alzheimer's Disease
Professor Robert H Logie
Professor of Human Cognitive Neuroscience Centre for Cognitive Ageing and
Cognitive Epidemiology University of Edinburgh
We look forward to seeing you in Cork in September. Please feel free to circulate email
to all relevant healthcare staff.
Kind regards
Mike O’ Connor
Consultant Geriatrician
Cork University/St Finbarr’s Hospital