Speaker Bios
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Dr. Al-Naggar is an Assistant Professor at the UConn Center on Aging, with appointments in the Departments of…
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The focus of my research collaborations and methodological development work is the field of Gerontological Biostatistics, which I…
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Alessandro Bartolomucci, PhD, is Professor and Ancel Keys Biomedical Scholar in Physiology and Metabolism, at the Department of…
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Ilaria Bellantuono is Professor of Musculoskeletal Ageing and Co-Director of the Healthy Lifespan Institute (HELSI), bringing together over…
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Dr. Brummel is an associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine in The…
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Dr. Chen is an epidemiologist specializing in human biomarkers of aging. His research spans genomics, epigenetics, transcriptomics, and…
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Dr. Jamaine Davis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Cancer Biology and Neuroscience at Meharry…
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Dan Ehninger is a Senior Research Group Leader at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Bonn.…
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Dr. Espinoza is Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology & Palliative Medicine, and a…
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I am a board-certified Geriatrician and Cardiologist, and a tenured Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh…
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Dr. Thomas Gill is Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Investigative Medicine and the Humana Foundation Professor of Geriatric…
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Michael Gurven is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he is Chair of…
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Albert Higgins-Chen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Department of Pathology at Yale University.…
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Susan Howlett is Professor of Pharmacology Geriatric Medicine at Dalhousie in Halifax, where she has taught for more…
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James L. Kirkland, M.D., Ph.D., is the Noaber Foundation Professor of Aging Research at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Kirkland’s…
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George A. Kuchel is Professor of Medicine, Travelers Chair in Geriatrics and Gerontology, and Director of the UConn…
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Gordon Lithgow is a Professor and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Buck Institute for Research on…
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Leon McDougle, M.D., M.P.H., is the 1st African American Professor with tenure in the Ohio State University Department…
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Dr. Sofiya Milman is a physician-scientist and Associate Professor of Medicine and Genetics at Albert Einstein College of…
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Lolita Nidadavolu, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,…
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Natasha Olby completed her veterinary degree at Cambridge University in the UK in 1991. After a brief period…
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Daniel Parker, MD, is a geriatrician, memory disorders specialist, and translational aging researcher. He is an Assistant Professor…
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Dr. Robert J. Pignolo, MD, PhD is the Robert and Arlene Kogod Professor of Geriatric Medicine and past…
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Ellen Quillen is an Assistant Professor in Molecular Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine. She was trained…
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Dr. Noah Snyder-Mackler, PhD, is an evolutionary biologist who studies the molecular mechanisms through which environmental adversity alters…
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Dr. Heather Whitson is an internist, geriatrician and clinical investigator. She is a Professor of Medicine, Ophthalmology, Neurology,…
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Dr. Sedrak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Oncology and Deputy Director of the Center…
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Caroline Zeiss is a dual-boarded laboratory animal veterinarian and veterinary pathologist with a Ph.D. in translational use of…