2026 OKLAHOMA GEROSCIENCE SYMPOSIUM
"Impact of early-life environment on aging and age-associated disease"
The annual Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center Geroscience Symposium will be held on September 22, 2026 at the Nicholson Conference Center on the OU Health Campus.
This event is an opportunity for researchers and clinicians to share their latest findings and innovations in the biology of aging and age-related disease.
REGISTRATION
Registration for this event is free.
Find information about travel awards and abstract submissions below.
SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS
Keynote Speaker:
Susan Ozanne, PhD | Professor, University of Cambridge | Early life nutrition: navigating the road to a health ageing trajectory |
Adam Salmon, PhD | Professor, University of Texas Health San Antonio | Developmental programming and later life resilience from cells to function |
Archana Unikrishnan, PhD | Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma Health | Wired for aging: How maternal obesity impacts offspring aging |
Yousin Suh, PhD | Professor of Reproductive Sciences, Columbia University | Cell |
Mike Rudolph, PhD | Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma Health | |
Shelly Buffington, PhD | Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine | How studies of host-microbe interactions mediating early-life neurodevelopment can inform lifelong brain health |
Michael Garratt, PhD | Associate Professor, University of Otago | Programming effects of sex-hormones on aging |
Martin Valdearcos, PhD | Associate Professor, University of California San Francisco | Microglia as mediators of early-life programming of metabolic disease |
Ajay Bhat, PhD | Research Investigator, University of Michigan | Stress-driven microbial evolution to improve host health and longevity |
Matthew Zipple, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University | Aging in the real world: taking mice out of the lab and into the field |
Brianah McCoy, PhD | Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | From reproductive history to biological aging: a life course perspective on women’s health |
Sarah Borengasser, PhD | Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma Health | Accelerated aging in the womb: fact or fiction? |
Michelle Nguyen, PhD | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oklahoma Health | Cell |
ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS
Submissions are closed.
Abstract format:
250 words (Arial 11, single-spaced, 1 inch margins) excluding title, authors, and affiliations
Title: Arial 12 bold, aligned left
Authors: Arial 11 regular, aligned left
Affiliations: Arial 10 italic (please list affiliations separate by semicolons, as continuous text, aligned left)
Please submit your abstract as a Word document or a PDF
Poster format:
Posters must be printed 4 feet tall by 6 feet wide
TRAVEL AWARD SUBMISSIONS
Submissions are closed.
Announcements will be made by August 1.
Travel awards are for Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows.
Travel award will cover the cost of airfare to the symposium and 2 nights in the Embassy Suites hotel and local transportation.
QUESTIONS?
Contact gerosciencesymposium@ou.edu for more information
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