The Fourth Summit: Geroscience for the Next Generation

Speaker Bios

Dr. Al-Naggar is an Assistant Professor at the UConn Center on Aging, with appointments in the Departments of…

The focus of my research collaborations and methodological development work is the field of Gerontological Biostatistics, which I…

Alessandro Bartolomucci, PhD, is Professor and Ancel Keys Biomedical Scholar in Physiology and Metabolism, at the Department of…

Ilaria Bellantuono is Professor of Musculoskeletal Ageing and Co-Director of the Healthy Lifespan Institute (HELSI), bringing together over…

Dr. Brummel is an associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine in The…

Dr. Chen is an epidemiologist specializing in human biomarkers of aging. His research spans genomics, epigenetics, transcriptomics, and…

Dr. Jamaine Davis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Cancer Biology and Neuroscience at Meharry…

Dan Ehninger is a Senior Research Group Leader at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Bonn.…

Dr. Espinoza is Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology & Palliative Medicine, and a…

I am a board-certified Geriatrician and Cardiologist, and a tenured Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh…

Dr. Thomas Gill is Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Investigative Medicine and the Humana Foundation Professor of Geriatric…

Michael Gurven is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is Chair of…

Albert Higgins-Chen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Department of Pathology at Yale University.…

Susan Howlett is Professor of Pharmacology Geriatric Medicine at Dalhousie in Halifax, where she has taught for more…

James L. Kirkland, M.D., Ph.D., is the Noaber Foundation Professor of Aging Research at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Kirkland’s…

George A. Kuchel is Professor of Medicine, Travelers Chair in Geriatrics and Gerontology, and Director of the UConn…

Gordon Lithgow is a Professor and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Buck Institute for Research on…

Leon McDougle, M.D., M.P.H., is the 1st African American Professor with tenure in the Ohio State University Department…

Dr. Sofiya Milman is a physician-scientist and Associate Professor of Medicine and Genetics at Albert Einstein College of…

Lolita Nidadavolu, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,…

Natasha Olby completed her veterinary degree at Cambridge University in the UK in 1991. After a brief period…

Daniel Parker, MD, is a geriatrician, memory disorders specialist, and translational aging researcher. He is an Assistant Professor…

Dr. Robert J. Pignolo, MD, PhD is the Robert and Arlene Kogod Professor of Geriatric Medicine and past…

Ellen Quillen is an Assistant Professor in Molecular Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine. She was trained…

Dr. Noah Snyder-Mackler, PhD, is an evolutionary biologist who studies the molecular mechanisms through which environmental adversity alters…

Dr. Heather Whitson is an internist, geriatrician and clinical investigator.  She is a Professor of Medicine, Ophthalmology, Neurology,…

Dr. Sedrak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Oncology and Deputy Director of the Center…

Caroline Zeiss is a dual-boarded laboratory animal veterinarian and veterinary pathologist with a Ph.D. in translational use of…