Opinion: Should employers care about family caregivers? | Working Nation
November 29, 2024
Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at USC Davis School of Gerontology, Paul Irving, shares opinion on why employers should care about family caregivers.
Roberto Vicinanza Shares Mediterranean Diet Expertise on U.N. Panel | USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Newsroom
November 26, 2024
Roberto Vicinanza, MD, PhD, associate professor of gerontology at USC Leonard Davis School and specialist in geriatric medicine, shares expertise on the mediterranean diet as a panelist during United Nations event in New York.
Inside your body, aging unfolds at different rates | Washington Post
November 25, 2024
Thomas Rando, MD, PhD, molecular biologist and director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA, was quoted in the Washington Post.
A Powerhouse of Innovation | USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Newsroom
November 25, 2024
Feature on Pinchas “Hassy” Cohen, Dean of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and USC Distinguished Professor of Gerontology, Medicine and Biological Sciences, his research on mitochondrial microproteins, and how his lab’s discoveries have impacted the study of biology of aging.
Are Synolytic Supplements Right for Me? | Cedars-Sinai Blog
November 21, 2024
Cedars-Sinai geroscience experts, James Kirkland, MD, director of Cedars-Sinai’s new Center for Advanced Gerotherapeutics, and Nicolas Musi, MD, Cedars-Sinai Translational Research Vice Chair, urge caution with over-the-counter senolytic supplements that target “zombie cells.”
Rethinking How We Study Black Health & Aging | USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Newsroom
November 19, 2024
USC Leonard Davis alumna and Assistant Professor Lauren Brown wants to challenge the way researchers study older Black and Brown adults — and to question how researchers define “old” in the first place.
Is trendy NAD supplement new fountain of youth? Here’s what doctors say | KABC Los Angeles
November 15, 2024
Director of Cedars-Sinai Center for Translational Geroscience, Sara Espinoza, MD, provides expert commentary on NAD supplements.
2025 Event Calendar
Center for Translational Geroscience Seminar Series
Speaker: Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School
Location: Cedars-Sinai: AHSP, PEC 3 (RSVP in-person)
Virtual: Microsoft TEAMS
February 11, 2025 @ 12 p.m.
Center for Translational Geroscience Seminar Series
Speaker: Baroness Susan Greenfield, CBE, Neuro-Bio
Location: Cedars-Sinai: Harvey Morse CC, Rm 4&5 (RSVP in-person)
Virtual: Microsoft Teams
February 18, 2025 @ 12 p.m.
Colloquium Lecture Series
Speaker: Saul Villeda
February 13, 2025
USC/UCLA Geroscience Meeting: Integrating Social and Biological Hallmarks of Aging
Location : USC Leonard School of Gerontology
Speakers: Multiple
Learn More: Agenda
February 20-21, 2025
Center for Translational Geroscience Seminar Series
Speaker: Lewis Lipsitz, MD, Marcus Institute for Aging Research/Harvard Medical School
Location: Cedars-Sinai: Harvey Morse CC, Rm 3 (RSVP in-person)
Virtual: Microsoft Teams
February 25, 2025 @ 4 p.m.
Colloquium Lecture Series
Speaker: Alex Soukas, PhD
Location: USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, GER 224
Virtual: Zoom
February 27, 2025 @ 12 p.m.
Center for Translational Geroscience Seminar Series
Speaker: Benjamin Miller, PhD, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences
Location: Cedars-Sinai
March 11, 2025 @ 12 p.m.
Colloquium Lecture Series
Speaker: Martin Denzel
March 20, 2025
Colloquium Lecture Series
Speaker: Bong-Keun Jung, PhD, Seoul National University
Location: USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, GER 224
Virtual: Zoom
March 28, 2025 @ 12 p.m.
Colloquium Lecture Series
Speaker: Daniel Nation
April 3, 2025
Center for Translational Geroscience Seminar Series
Speaker: Darae Ko, MD,MSc, FACC, FAHA, Harvard Medical School
April 8, 2025 @ 12 p.m.
Colloquium Lecture Series
Speaker: Javier García Bermúdez
April 10, 2025
Colloquium Lecture Series
Speaker: Vera Gorbunova
April 17, 2025
Center for Translational Geroscience Seminar Series
Speaker: Miranda Orr, PhD, Washington University St. Louis
April 22, 2025 @ 12 p.m.
Colloquium Lecture Series
Speaker: Andrew Wojtovich
April 24, 2025
Colloquium Lecture Series
Speaker: Ed Chouchani
May 1, 2025
Center for Translational Geroscience Seminar Series
Speaker: Sara L. Bonnes, MD, MS, Mayo Clinic
May 6, 2025 @ 12 p.m.
2025 California Academic Geriatric Institutions (CAGI) Meeting
One-day academic event that provides a collegial environment for geriatrics healthcare professionals in California to network in person and share their work. Abstracts will be accepted for posters and selected oral presentations at the meeting through April 1st. More details coming soon.
UCI Irvine
May 30, 2025; 8:00 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Center for Translational Geroscience Seminar Series
George A. Kuchel, MD, UCONN Health
Cedars-Sinai
June 10, 2025 @ 12 p.m.
Recent Past Events
Center for Translational Geroscience Seminar Series
FGF21 Signaling: Dietary protein restriction induces adaptive changes to improve metabolic health and aging
Speaker: Cristal Hill, PhD, USC
Virtual: TEAMS
January 21, 2025 @ 12 p.m.
Colloquium Lecture Series
Speaker: Martin Picard
Location: USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, GER 224
Virtual: https://usc.zoom.us/j/97139039922
January 30, 2025
Esther and Isadore Kesten Memorial Lecture
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Speaker: Ana Maria Cuervo
December 5, 2024
Esther and Isadore Kesten Memorial Lecture
USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Speaker: Caleb Finch
November 22, 2024
2024 Geroscience Los Angeles Meeting (GLAM)
California Science Center
September 6, 2024; 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
A trainee-focused meeting, to help unite and synergize the geroscience community in the greater Los Angeles area through its trainees. The Los Angeles area hosts a rich panel of aging research laboratories, across top research institutions including (but not limited to) the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, UCLA, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Caltech, UCR, UCI and UCSB.