UAB Center for Aging Annual Meeting

UAB’s (University of Alabama at Birmingham) Center for Aging will hold its annual meeting on Aug. 28. Recent research findings on aging-related issues will be presented. The keynote address will be delivered by Arthur F. Kramer, Ph.D., professor and Swanlund Chair of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Kramer will speak on “Enhancing Cognitive and Brain Function through Physical Activity.”

August 19, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - UAB's (University of Alabama at Birmingham) Center for Aging will hold its annual meeting on Aug. 28. Recent research findings on aging-related issues will be presented.  The keynote address will be delivered by Arthur F. Kramer, Ph.D., professor and Swanlund Chair of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Kramer will speak on "Enhancing Cognitive and Brain Function through Physical Activity."

The meeting will begin at 11 a.m. at UAB Learning Resource Center, 1714 9th Ave. South on Thursday, Aug. 28.  It is free and open to the public.

The Center for Aging promotes the health and well-being of older persons and their families by conducting and promoting aging related research, training students and faculty to conduct research, educating students and professional on aging issues and supporting community education and patient care programs.