8^th International Conference on Geriatric Medicine & Gerontological Nursing October 30-31, 2017 San Antonio, Texas, USA

Domenico Praticò graduated from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, School of Medicine as Medical Doctor, where is completed a residency program in Internal Medicine. Later on he continued his post-graduation training at the University College Dublin, Ireland. Internationally known for his work on Alzheimer’s disease, Dr. Praticò is a Professor of Pharmacology, Microbiology and Immunology at Temple University, School of Medicine. He has authored over 230 original articles, and has received many awards for his research accomplishments including the Irvine H. Page Award, Neurosciences Education and Research Award, The Zenith Award from the Alzheimer’s Association, and the Dorothy Dillon Eweson Lectureship.

Alzheimer’s disease, Glucose Deficits, Dementia, Neurofibrillary Tangle

Prof. Gaiane Safarova is graduated from Leningrad State University (Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics). Since the graduation she have worked at the same institution – now its name is Saint-Petersburg Institute for Economics and Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences. At present she occupies a position of Leading Research Scientist and the Head of the Laboratory of Analysis and Modeling Socio-Demographic Processes. Besides, she is a Professor of the Faculty of Economics at the European University at Saint-Petersburg. She has two scientific degrees – PhD in Economics and Sc. D in Gerontology and the author of more than 150 scientific publications. She has been the leader of several projects supported by Russian foundations and participated in a number of international projects. Prof. Gaiane Safarova is a member of the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) and International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP).

Age structure, Population ageing, comparative studies, demographic projections, population policies

Nagy A. Youssef is graduated from Cairo University (Egypt), postgraduate fellowship at the University of South Alabama and Yale University and a research fellowship at both Durham VA and Duke University. He was on the faculty at Duke University before moving to Augusta. Currently he is an Associate Professor at the Medical College of Georgia. His primary academic interest include clinical, education, and research in treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders especially mood disorders, and PTSD and suicide prevention. He is interested in the mechanistic understanding at the environment-genomic interface and brain stimulation interventions of these disorders.

Depressive disorders, bipolar depression, suicide, brain stimulation interventions, psychopharmacology