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Aging and Medical Science: A Mini Medical School

Dates, Times and Location

  • Saturday mornings 9 to 11 a.m., February 7 to March 14, 2009
  • Medical Education Building, UC Davis Medical Center (map)

To Be on the Waiting List: (Limited to 150 People)

The Mini Medical School offers lectures (2 each day) given by distinguished UC Davis physicians and faculty on a variety of health and aging topics. The topics for the 2009 Mini Medical School are:

  • The Anatomy of Aging - by Dr. Michael McCloud
  • Maintaining Mental Health with Age - by Dr. Andreea L. Seritan
  • Nutrition for a Robust Second Half - by Dr. Alexandra Kazaks
  • The New Science of Preventive Medicine - by Dr. Huey Lin
  • Sleep and Aging - by Dr. H. William Bonekat
  • Update on New Technologies in Joint Replacement - by Dr. John Meehan
  • Sports Medicine After the Age of 50 - by Dr. Jeffrey Tanji
  • Trauma and Emergencies in the Mature Adult - by Dr. Kerry F. McMahon
  • Memory, Brain and Aging - by Dr (s) Beth A. Ober and Lisa M. Soederberg Miller, Ph.D.
  • The Healthy Heart in Mid-life and Beyond - by Dr. Amparo Villablanca
  • Grape vs. Grain: Myths and Realities of Alcohol and Health - by Dr. Charles Bamforth
  • Dietary Supplements and Aging: What every consumer should know - by Cathi Dennehy, Pharm D, UCSF guest faculty

The goal of the Mini Medical School series is to increase community outreach and patient consumer education within the 50+ adult community in the greater Yolo County and Sacramento Area while promoting education of aging issues, disease prevention and health.

The 2009 UC Davis Mini Medical School is in its seventh year. Nationally, mini medical schools are public education programs provided by more than seventy medical schools, universities, research institutions, and hospitals across the nation. It is a unique educational experience which creates the classroom environment of a medical school, allowing the community the opportunity to learn modern medical science from actual medical school faculty.

Our final class features a graduation ceremony with a brief valedictory address. Students are presented with an official Mini Medical School graduation diploma to recognize their completion of the program.

Note: Registration is required and commitment to attend all six classes is expected.    This entire program is offered free of charge to students. Early registration is recommended to reserve your space.