Improving Health and Independence in Older Adults through Precision Vaccinology, Gerontology and Geroscience

Dates and Times

Start: 11/6/2024 8:00 AM
End: 11/6/2024 9:00 AM

Objectives

1. Provide an overview of the epidemiology of common infections in older adults as well as their impact on health, function, hospitalization and death
2. Provide an overview of changes in immune function with aging, frailty and varied chronic diseases that impact the ability of older adults to respond to infection and vaccines
3. Review the history and recent advances in the development of more effective vaccines
4. Discuss efforts to increase vaccine acceptance by older adults
5. Discuss efforts to better match the choice of vaccine with heterogeneity of individual aging
6. Provide an overview of research designed to improve vaccine responses and clinical outcomes by targeting biological aging

Speakers

Location

Charles B. Wang Center
100 Nicolls Rd
Stony Brook, NY 11794

Accreditation

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ^™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Maintenance of Certification

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.