08:30-09:15 - “Early Career Researcher Career Progression Talks” - Professor Andy Clark, Dr Jon Hazeldine, Dr Sally Clayton, Dr Rahul Mahida - University of Birmingham
Session 3: Translational Geroscience – 09:30-12:00 BST
Chair: Professor Janet Lord & Dr Jose Romero, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham
09:30-09:50 - “Transcending Time: Genetic and Epigenetic Insights into Ageing and Health” - Dr Archana Sharma-Oates - University of Birmingham
09:50-10:10 - “A Healthy Gut – the key to maintaining a healthy immune system with age” - Dr Niharika Duggal - University of Birmingham
10:10-10:40 - Break
10:40-11:20 - “Making clinical trials in translational geroscience work for older people” - Professor Miles Witham - University of Newcastle
11:20-11:50 - Selected talks from submitted poster 3 x 10 minutes - Early Career Researchers
11:50 - 13:20 - Lunch
Session 4: Artificial intelligence – 13:20-14:00 BST
Chair: Dr Mohammed Baragilly & Dr Jeremy Mirza, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham
13:20-13:40 - “Characterising Spatial Organisation of the Inflamed Synovium in Juvenile idiopathic arthritis Using Spatial Transcriptomics” - Dr Chris Mahony - University of Birmingham
13:40-14:00 - “STANDING Together: developing international recommendations for AI safety and equity” - Dr Elinor Laws - University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
14:00-14:30 - Closing Remarks & Prizes - Professor Liz Sapey - University of Birmingham