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Aging, Cognition and Functional Status (ACFS) Scientific Interest Group (SIG) Minutes

Conference Call 1-866-618-2448 Passcode: 9920978

February 14, 2012 2-3 pm (EDT)

Attendees: Christine Bell, Deborah Barnes, Maggie DeBon, Dale Berwin, Kirk Erickson, Mark Espeland, Joe Goveas, Kevin High, Dorothy Lane, Iris Leng, Todd Manini, Steve Rapp, Karen Roberto, Tetyana Shippee, Sally Shumaker, Carson Smith, Marcia Stefanick, Sarah Tom, Leslie Vaughan,

Absentees: Leslie Arendel, Jeannette Beasley, Rosemary Blieszner, Gretchen Brenes, Shirley Beresford, Bob Brunner, Crystal Cene, JC Chen, Melissa Clark, Barbara Cochrane, JD Curb, Suzanne Danhauer, Carol Derby, Peggy Dilworth-Anderson, Ira Driscoll, Yohannes Endeshaw, Lauren Hale, Denise Houston, Julie Hunt, Becky Jackson, Li Jiao, Dae Kim, Grace Klein, Beth Lewis, Wenjun Li, Lewis Kuller, Andrea LaCroix, Dorothy Lane, Eric LeBlanc, Cathy Lee, Claudine Legault, Ramon Luis, Ellen McGough, Kamal Masaki, Yvonne Michael, Todd Manini, Jerry Mysiw, Judy Ockene, Lawrence Phillips, Susan Resnick, Eileen Rillamas-Sun, Rebecca Rossom, Donald Royall, Tina Savla, Kenneth Schmader, Regina Shih, Kaycee Sink, Katie Stone, Leslie Tinker, Bob Wallace, Sylvia Wassertheli-Smoller, Nelson Watts, Jean Wactawski- Wende, Nancy Woods, Oleg Zaslavsky

TOPIC KEY POINTS ACTION ITEMS (PERSON) October minutes were approved Introduction of new members Maggie DeBon – Memphis

New Date for the calls Please note the calls will now Any questions, please contact be held the 2nd Tuesday of each Sonya month from 2-3 pm (EST)

Announcements – Broad Area Funds have been set aside Once the announcement has Announcement (BAA) specific to the WHI Cohort. been sent, Sally will forward to There have been 3 prior rounds. all SIGs and SE RC Investigators You can go on the WHI website and see what has been in the Joe noted it may be worth past. They are looking at looking at proposals on biomarkers, genetic s strongly. depression and cardiovascular All WHIM ECHO women are all in disease and tie into the WHIMS the cohort cohort New Ancillary Study Proposals Brain Derived Neurotropic Factor ???

Poster Submission for the May Anyone can attend the WHI Please let Sonya or Steve know WHI Steering Meeting Steering meeting in May. There if you are submitting a poster are no funds for travel. There is a registration fee of $175.00 that covers meals

Sub Group Reports 80+ Papers –Steve: There have Sally and Steve to distribute been several meetings/calls set outline soon. Conference call is up to discuss how to define being scheduled with authors. outcomes. We now have a structure for the analyses. We will send out materials soon. The groups of papers will be submitted to the P&P together. Steve, Andrea and Sally will be the issue editors.

Women with Uncomplicated Hypertension – Dae Kim: Not on call

Late Life Planning – Christina Sonya will set up a call with the Bell: We have been in contact subgroup. with Michelle Naughton regarding QOL Measures. Will work on setting up a follow up call

Physical Activity, Cognition and the Brain – Kirk/Carson: We are Continue working on papers. looking at physical activity variables in MRI samples initially and physical activity data that is available. Marcia suggested Kirk and Carson email her to discuss this further.

Sleep and Cognition – JC Chen: Not on call

Sleep, CVD and Cognition – Steve Continue on AS proposal Rapp: Sally, Steve and Katie are doing some preliminary planning on primary aims and design issues.

Depression and cognitive Group to continue discussion on impairment – Joe Goveas: We AS proposal are meeting via phone; working on identifying a feasible phone or web base intervention; we do know what outcomes we want to look at.

Functional trajectory after stroke – Christina Bell: We are continuing to work on the paper; first draft is out.

Geographic variation in PA, diet, falls, and physical limitations – Wenjun Li: Not on call

Residual Functional Impairment – Steve: Tina and Karen came to Group to continue working on developing AS proposal on WFSM and met. This proposal Mobility and the driving proposal have so many similarities, that we are combing the two into Mobility AS.

Mobility (Driving) AS-Steve: June submission date is target. Kaycee is looking at driving data for a paper proposal.

Obesity and functional status – Todd Manini: There are a couple analyses with a bit of overlap. We are thinking of long life obesity or lifelong weight status

New ideas/discussion None discussed due to time limitations

Additional Topics None Next Call: The next call will be Tuesday, March 13, 2012 from 2-3pm (EDT). The calls will continue thereafter on the 2nd Tuesday of the month from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (EDT) with the call in information of 1-866-618-2448 Passcode: 9920978.

Recorder: Sonya Ashburn [email protected]