ICAR and its integral partners — the UAB Nathan Shock Center and the UAB Alzheimer’s Disease Center — organize a large impact regionally advertised Aging Research Symposium. The symposium highlights the work of investigators in basic, translational, and clinical aging research. Our hope is to showcase fresh, stimulating ideas and provide an opportunity to develop new collaborative relationships that integrate multiple disciplines into the advancement of aging research.
Save the Date!
The 2026 UAB Aging Research Symposium will be held on
March 3, 2026 at the UAB Alumni House
with late afternoon poster session at the UAB Alys Stephens Center.
Contact us if you have any questions at agingsymposium@uab.edu.
Highlights from the 2024 Aging Symposium
View the 2024 Aging Symposium program:
Program BookletOpens an external link.
Highlights from the 2019 Aging Symposium
The inaugural Aging Symposium was held in 2019 with over 300 national and international participants. The symposium is inclusive and truly embraces the spirit of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration, which led ICAR leadership to name it as The Integrative Aging Symposium — From Chromosomes to Communities.
Download the 2019 Aging Symposium abstract book
2019 Aging Symposium Abstract Book
Download the presentation of our Plenary Speaker — Richard J. Hodes, M.D., Director, National Institute on Aging (NIA) — "From Bench to Bedside: Exploring the Research Continuum at NIA"
NIH Panel Discussion (video)
View a recording of the NIH Panel Discussion. Panel Moderator: Steven Austad, Ph.D. Panel: John Haaga, Ph.D.; Evan Hadley, M.D.; and Max Guo, Ph.D.