Sean Curran
Sean Curran, PhD
James E. Birren Chair in Gerontology
Vice Dean, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Director, Geroscience PhD Program and Biology of Aging PhD Program
Co-Director USC-Buck Nathan Shock Center of Excellence
Professor in Biogerontology, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and Molecular and Computational Biology, USC Dornsife
Sean P. Curran, PhD, is a Professor of Gerontology and Molecular and Computational Biology and the Vice Dean of the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California. He received his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from UCLA and post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Curran’s current research program is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIA and NIGMS) and has received past research funding by the Ellison Medical Foundation, the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), and the American Heart Association.
Curran is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. He has received numerous awards for his research, including: the Paul F. Glenn Award, the Nathan Shock New Investigator Award (GSA), the Ewald W. Busse Research Award, and the Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Award. Dr. Curran’s mentoring has been recognized by Mellon Foundation and in 2019 he received the USC Provost’s Mentoring Award.