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Recent Talks by Dr. Waters
| Date | Talk Title | Organizer | Location |
| October, 2019 | Selenium and the Nutritional Prevention of Human Disease: Introducing U-Shaped Thinking as an Intellectual Framework | Rich in Selenium, Make Us Healthier. Jiangjin 2nd Selenium Industry Development Conference | Chongqing, China |
| October, 2019 | Innovating Animal Models of Aging: Selenium, Frailty Index, and Mortality in Pet Dogs with Exceptional Longevity | The 6th International Conference on Selenium in the Environment and Human Health | Yangling, China |
| July, 2019 | The Challenge of Cancer Avoidance and Successful Aging in a U-Shaped World | National Cancer Institute Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention | Rockville, MD |
| July, 2019 | Nutrition and Pet Aging: Principles Inform Practice | 2019 ASAS-CSAS Annual Meeting and Trade Show | Austin, TX |
| June, 2019 | Advancing Nutritional Medicine: How U-Spahed Thinking Informs an Orthomolecular Approach to Selenium Nutrition | 32° Congresso Internacional de Prática Orthomolecular | Sao Paolo, Brazil |
| May, 2019 | Pets and People Living Longer and Healthier: What the Oldest-Living Rottweilers are Teaching Us About Successful Aging, Cancer Resistance, and The Future of Human Healthspan | 2019 National Animal Supplement Council Annual Conference | Miami, FL |
| June, 2018 | Beyond Reproduction: A Re-conceptualizing of Ovaries and Healthy Longevity through the Lens of Whole Organism Thinking | 21st European Veterinary Society for Small Animal Reproduction Congress | Venice, Italy |
| May 2018 | In Pursuit of Precision: How U-Shaped Thinking Informs the Future of Cancer Prevention | 11th Annual World Cancer Congress | Philadelphia, PA |
| May, 2018 | On the Making of agriPoets | 2018 agriFuture Educational Institute | Albuquerque, NM |
| March, 2018 | Innovating Animal Models of Frailty: Frailty Index and Mortality in Pet Dogs with Exceptional Longevity | International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research | Miami Beach, FL |
| October, 2017 | To Be Kind You Need to Know What is True: Research as the Root of Re-Thinking | National Animal Interest Alliance 2017 Conference | Washington DC |
| August, 2017 | Of Dogs and Men: Review of Translational Impact of Dog Studies on Selenium and Prostate Cancer Risk | Se2017 - 200 Years of Selenium Research | Stockholm, Sweden |
| July, 2017 | The Challenge of Cancer Avoidance and Successful Aging in a U-Shaped World | National Cancer Institute Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention | Rockville, MD |
| June, 2017 | Envisioning the Future of Medicine: Science, Attitudes, and the Challenge of Optimizing Health in a World of Words | 2017 American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) TriBranch Symposium | Atlantic City, NJ |
| May, 2017 | Considering the Consequences of Non-Linear Dose Responses in the Nutritional Prevention of Chronic Disease: The Need for U-Shaped Thinking in a "More is Better" World | Chinese Nutrition Society's 13th China Nutrition Science Congress | Beijing, China |
| April, 2017 | How Language Precision Can Catalyze Creative Excellence | One Significant Act | Houston, TX |
| April, 2017 | Gerontology Plus: A Creative Sorting of Biogerontological Tenets of Successful Aging at the Limits of Biomedical Discovery | Westchester Rockland Veterinary Medical Association (WRVMA) | Tarrytown, NY |
| March, 2017 | Making Sense of a World of Words: How the Humanities Can Catalyze Creative Excellence and Discovery in the Health Sciences | Siena College | Loudonville, NY |
| March, 2017 | Awakening Creative Excellence: Cultivating an Attitude of Language Precision as an Essential Part of Your 21st Century Toolkit | 5th Annual Pidemont Educator Renewal Conference | Demorest, GA |
| November, 2016 | On Cultivating a Readiness for Sustainable Health: Our Words are Our Starting Points | National Animal Interest Alliance 2016 Conference | Orlando, FL |
| September, 2016 | Keynote Address: Envisioning the Future of Medicine: Get the Words Out of Your Eyes Talk I: The Biology of Aging: You Can't Think Critically About Nothing Talk II: Successful Aging: The Challenge of Promoting Health in a U-shaped World Talk III: Beyond Reporduction: Re-Conceptualizing Ovaries and Healthy Longevity Talk IV: The Aging-Cancer Connection: Implications for Cancer Prevention Talk V: Celebrating Your Unfinishedness: A Perspective on Personal Performance and the Aims of Education | American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association 2016 Annual Conference | Columbus, OH |
| July, 2016 | The Challenge of Cancer Avoidance and Successful Aging in a U-Shaped World | National Cancer Institute Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention | Rockville, MD |
| June, 2016 | On Becoming a Delicate Sieve: A Creative Sorting of Biogerontological Tenets of Successful Aging at the Limits of Interdisciplinary Discovery | Functional Aging Institute Summit | Phoenix, AZ |
| May, 2016 | The Old Grey Muzzle Tour: Reflections on Geroscience and the Limits of Biomedical Research | American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Branch Meeting | New York, NY |
| April, 2016 | Cultivating a Readiness for Healthcare Innovation: Our Words are Our Starting Points | Midwestern University | Phoenix, AZ |
| April, 2016 | Exceptional Longevity, Exceptional Languaging: Optimizing Health and Performance in a World of Words | 2016 International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants Animal Behavior Conference | Anaheim, CA |
| April, 2016 | Cultivating Sustainable Health: Two or Three Ideas | Chatham University | Pittsburgh, PA |
| March, 2016 | Situating Subjectivity Within the Science of Performance: Toward Building a Method-Constituting Self for a Self-Constituting World | Interdisciplinary Research, Education, and Communication: IDREC 2016 | Orlando, FL |
| March, 2016 | Language in the Key of B: Method for Making the Biology of Aging an Accessible Part of Interdisciplinary Gerontology Education | Association for Gerontology Higher Education (AGHE) Annual Conference | Long Beach, CA |
| January, 2016 | Essential Ideas in Gerontology Instruction | Purdue Center on Aging and the Life Course Colloquium | West Lafayette, IN |
| December, 2015 | Exploring Possibilities: Two or Three Ideas | 2015 New Mexico Joint Stockmen's Convention | Albuquerque, NM |
| September, 2015 | Full STEAM Ahead: Introducing Portals to the Poet Wallace Stevens as a Necessary Part of Science Education | Start Talking Science | Philadelphia, PA |
| September, 2015 | Unlocking the Science Behind Exceptional Longevity in Dogs | Congreso Veterinario De Leon 2015 | Leon, Mexico |
| August, 2015 | Healthier Aging for Pets and People: What the Oldest-Old Rottweilers are Teaching Us About Successful Aging and Cancer Avoidance | TailsUWin | Manchester, CT |
| July, 2015 | The Challenge of Cancer Avoidance and Successful Aging in a U-Shaped World | National Cancer Institute Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention | Rockville, MD |
| May, 2015 | Full STEAM Ahead: Introducing Portals to the Poet Wallace Stevens as a Necessary Part of Interdisciplinary Science Education | Learning and the Brain Conference: Educating World Class Minds | New York, NY |
| April, 2015 | Extreme Natural Biology: Sex-Specific Analysis of Exceptional Longevity and Predictors of Life Expectancy in Advanced Age in the First Systematic Study of Canine Centenarians and Supercentenarians | 8th Annual Meeting of Organization for the Study of Sex Differences | Pal Alto,CA |
| April, 2015 | The Oldest Dogs as Our Greatest Teachers: Exploring the Science of Exceptional Longevity | Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Midwestern University | Glendale, AZ |
| March, 2015 | Science Heads Out of the Laboratory and Into the Living Room: "The Old Grey Muzzle Tour" as a Quest to Better Understand Successful Aging and Cancer Avoidance | Chatham University | Pittsburgh, PA |
| March, 2015 | On the Art of Possibility: Philosophy, Linguistic Readiness, and the Attitudes of Science | Interdisciplinary Research, Education, and Communication 2015 Conference | Orlando, FL |
| February, 2015 | Unlocking the Science Behind Exceptional Longevity in Dogs | Western Veterinary Conference 2015 | Las Vegas, NV |
| January, 2015 | Unlocking the Science Behind Exceptional Longevity in Dogs | North American Veterinary Conference 2015 | Orlando, FL |
| December, 2014 | Creating Successful Aging Trajectories: Lessons from Studying Dogs with Exceptional Longevity | AKC/Eukanuba National Championships | Orlando, FL |
| November, 2014 | Cancer and Aging | 35th Anniversary of Purdue Comparative Oncology Program | West Lafayette, IN |
| November, 2014 | The Power of Comparative Medicine | Tools and Techniques in Translational Research | West Lafayette, IN |
| October, 2014 | Selenium and Prostate Cancer: The Challenge of Optimizing Health in a U-Shaped World | American Institute for Cancer Research Annual Research Conference | Washington, DC |
| July, 2014 | The Challenge of Cancer Avoidance and Successful Aging in a U-Shaped World | National Cancer Institute Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention | Rockville, MD |
| June, 2014 | The Challenge of Cancer Avoidance and Successful Aging in a U-Shaped World | Universidad Nacional De Colombia Sede Bogota | Bogota, Colombia |
| June, 2014 | A Move to Improve: Training Scientists to Make Sense of a World of Words | 2014 IRACDA National Conference | Albuquerque, NM |
| May, 2014 | Feeding Your Creative Imagination: On Silos, Fieldwork, and Leaping Toward Linguistic Readiness | AgriFutures Educational Institute | Albuquerque, NM |
| May, 2014 | Whole Organism Thinking: The Challenge of Successful Aging and Cancer Avoidance | Dalmatian Club of America | Portland, OR |
| April, 2014 | Imagining “The Old Grey Educator Tour”: Realigning Cowell’s Adjustability and Readiness with the Pursuit of Successful Aging Education | Charles C. Cowell Memorial Lecture, Dept of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN |
| March, 2014 | Scientific Discovery in a World of Words: Lessons Learned from The Old Grey Muzzle Tour | Chatham University | Pittsburgh, PA |
| March, 2014 | Making Sense of a World of Words: Wallace Stevens, Interdisciplinary Science Education, and Developing a Vocabulary of Self-Description | Interdisciplinary Research, Education, and Communication Conference | Orlando, FL |
| November, 2013 | It Takes Imagination: Insights From the Process of Studying Highly Successful Aging in Pet Dogs | National Animal Interest Alliance Conference | Orlando, FL |
| August, 2013 | Talk I: Critical Issues in Biogerontology Talk II: Introduction to Cancer Biology |
Arcadia University | Philadelphia, PA |
| July, 2013 | The Challenge of Cancer Avoidance and Successful Aging in a U-Shaped World | National Cancer Institute Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention | Rockville, MD |
| July, 2013 | Talk I: Anti-Aging Medicine: You Can't Think Critically About Nothing Talk II: Successful Aging: The Challenge of Promoting Health in a U-Shaped World Talk III: Beyond Reproduction: Re-Conceptualizing Ovaries and Longevity Talk IV: Aging Facts or Unfinishedness: Embracing a Continuing Education of a Different Kind |
The 150th American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Annual Convention | Chicago, IL |
| June, 2013 | Stress Response and Exceptional Longevity: Clues from the HPA Axis of Centenarian Rottweiler Dogss | The 20th International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics | Seoul, South Korea |
| April, 2013 | The Oldest Dogs as Our Greatest Teachers: Get the Words Out of Your Eyes | TEDxPurdueU | West Lafayette, IN |
| March, 2013 | Generating Scientific Hypotheses From the Living Room: Some Thoughts on Aging, Language, and Barriers to Creative Discovery | University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY |
| March, 2013 | Successful Aging Factors in Dogs & Humans | Louisville Dog Show | Louisville, KY |
| February, 2013 | How Language Misdirects Clinical Thinking: Two Examples of Either-Or-Ness | College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN |
| November, 2012 | Stress Response and Highly Successful Aging: Clues from the HPA Axis of Centenarian Rottweiler Dogs | Gerontology Society of America 65th Annual Scientific Meeting | San Diego, CA |
| August, 2012 | Animal Models in Cancer Control Research | Molecular Prevention Course, National Cancer Institute Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention | Rockville, MD |
| August, 2012 | Healthy Longevity: Applying a Life Course Perspective to the Study of Successful Aging | American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) 149th Annual Scientific Meeting | San Diego, CA |
| August, 2012 | Talk I: Critical Issues in Biogerontology Talk II: Introduction to Cancer Biology |
Lectures delivered at Arcadia University | Philadelphia, PA |
| June, 2012 |
Talk I: Anti-Aging Medicine: You Can’t Think Critically About Nothing Talk II: Successful Aging: The Challenge of Promoting Health in a U-Shaped World Talk III: Re-Conceptualizing Ovaries and Longevity Talk IV: Aging-Cancer Connection: Implications for Cancer Prevention Talk V: Celebrating Unfinishedness: Some Thoughts on Professional Development |
Georgia-Alabama Veterinary Medical Association | Miramar Beach, FL |
| May, 2012 | Researching by Rabbit Light: Situating Wallace Stevens and Science Education |
American Literature Association 23rd Annual Conference: Wallace Stevens and Education | San Francisco, CA |
| March, 2012 | Keynote Address: The Paradox of Tethering: Key to Unleashing Creative Excellence in the Research-Education Space Talk I: Fostering the Self-Renewal of Teachers: A Underutilized Approach to Innovating Interdisciplinary Education Talk II: How the Deep-Rooted Metaphor "More is Better" Compromises Interdisciplinary Communication and Jeopardizes Public Health |
InternationalSymposium on Interdisciplinary Research, Education, and Communication | Orlando, FL |
| February, 2012 | Healthy Longevity: Applying a Life Course Perspective to the Study of Successful Aging | Western Veterinary Conference (WVC) | Las Vegas, NV |
| January, 2012 | Beyond Reproduction: Re-Conceptualizing Ovaries and Longevity | Eukanuba | Portland, OR |
| January, 2012 | Healthy Longevity: Applying a Life Course Perspective to the Study of Successful Aging | North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC) | Orlando, FL |
| December, 2011 | Healthy Longevity: Looking at the Biology Behind the Aging Process | Eukanuba | Orlando, FL |
| November, 2011 | In Search of a Strategic Disturbance: Some Thoughts on the Timing of Spaying | National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA) | Harrisburg, PA | November, 2011 |
Session I: Successful Aging: The Challenge of Promoting Health in a U-Shaped World Session II: Anti-Aging Medicine: You Can’t Think Critically About Nothing Session III: Beyond Reproduction: Re-Conceptualizing Ovaries and Longevity |
Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association (ISVMA) | Peoria, IL |
| August, 2011 | Animal Models in Cancer Control Research | National Cancer Institute Molecular Prevention Colloquia | Rockville, MD |
| August, 2011 | Talk I: Critical Issues in Biogerontology Talk II: Introduction to Cancer Biology |
A lecture delivered at Arcadia University | Philadelphia, PA |
| June, 2011 | Anti-Aging Medicine: You Can’t Think Critically About Nothing | American College Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum | Denver, CO |
| April, 2011 | Communicating Health Research to the Public: The Challenge of Promoting Health in a U-Shaped World | 10th Annual International Conference on Dose- Response 2011: Implications for Toxicology, Medicine, and Risk Assessment | Amherst, MA |
| March, 2011 | Speculations on the Physiological Underpinnings of the Resilient Phenotype | Center on Aging and Life Course Spring Luncheon, Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN |
| February, 2011 | Exploring the Pet Dog Paradigm: Will Pet Dogs Become Biogerontology’s New Workhorse? | Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University | Princeton, NJ |
| Aug - Sept, 2010 | Biogerontology Researching: Re-Conceptualizing Ovaries and Longevity | American College of Theriogenology Annual Scientific Meeting | Seattle, WA |
| Aug - Sept, 2010 | Communicating Health Research to the Public: The Challenge of Promoting Health in a U-Shaped World | American College of Theriogenology Annual Scientific Meeting | Seattle, WA |
| August, 2010 | Biogerontology Researching: How the Science of Aging Informs the Practice of Wellness | P & G Pet Care Academy | Cincinnati, OH |
| June, 2010 | The Challenge of Promoting Health in a U-Shaped World | The 11th Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association, University of Maine | Orono, ME |
| May, 2010 | Talk I: Critical Issues in Biogerontology Talk II: Introduction to Cancer Biology |
A lecture delivered at Arcadia University | Philadelphia, PA |
| April, 2010 | Defining the Optimal Selenium Dose for Prostate Cancer Risk Reduction | NCI Cancer Prevention Control Colloquia | Bethesda, MD |
| November, 2009 | It’s a U-Shaped World: A Batesonian Prescription for Promoting Public Health | Science Journalism Laureates Program, Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN |
| September, 2009 | It’s a U-Shaped World: A Batesonian Prescription for Promoting Public Health | International Institute of General Semantics Conference, Fordham University | New York, NY |
| August, 2009 | Talk I: Pet Dogs As Sentinels Of Environmental Cancer RiskTalk II: Defining the Optimal Dose of Selenium for Prostate Cancer Risk Reduction | 10th International Conference on Environmental Mutagens | Florence, Italy |
| June, 2009 | More is Not Necessarily Better: Preventing Cancer in a U-Shaped World | BIT Life Sciences, 2nd World Cancer Congress | Beijing, China |
| June, 2009 | But They Say More is Better: How the Media Environment Makes it Difficult to Prevent Cancer and Promote Health in a U-Shaped World | Media Ecology Association 2009 Convention | St. Louis, MO |
| May, 2009 | Talk I: Critical Issues in Biogerontology Talk II: Introduction to Cancer Biology |
A lecture delivered at Arcadia University | Philadelphia, PA |
| April, 2009 | Selenium, Apoptosis, and DNA Damage: Defining the Optimal Selenium Dose for Human Prostate Cancer Prevention | 8th Annual International Conference on Dose-Response 2009: Implication for Toxicology, Medicine, and Risk Assessment | Amherst, MA |