Welcome to the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
PhD Graduate Celebration 2020
PhD GRADUATE CELEBRATION
May 15, 2020 11:00 AM WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Pinchas Cohen, MD
Dean, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Executive Director, Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center William and Sylvia Kugel Dean’s Chair in Gerontology
INTRODUCTION TO DOCTORAL RESEARCH AT THE LEONARD DAVIS SCHOOL OF GERONTOLOGY Sean Curran, PhD
Associate Professor of Gerontology, Molecular and Computational Biology Associate Dean of Research
RECOGNITION OF GERONTOLOGY PhD PROGRAM Jennifer Ailshire, PhD
Assistant Professor of Gerontology and Sociology
PRESENTATION OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN GERONTOLOGY Jennifer Ailshire, PhD Kathleen Wilber, PhD
Mary Pickford Foundation Professor of Gerontology Professor of Health Services Administration
Eileen Crimmins, PhD
University Professor AARP Chair in Gerontology Director, Multidisciplinary Research Training in Gerontology PhD Program
RECOGNITION OF BIOLOGY OF AGING PhD PROGRAM Kelvin Davies, PhD, DSc, FRSC, FRCP
Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry Executive Vice Dean, Dean of Faculty and Dean of Research James E. Birren Chair in Gerontology
PRESENTATION OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN BIOLOGY OF AGING Caleb Finch, PhD
University Professor ARCO & William F. Kieschnick, Professor in the Neurobiology of Aging
Changhan David Lee, PhD Assistant Professor of Gerontology
Gordon Lithgow, PhD
Professor and Vice President, Academic Affairs Buck Institute for Research on Aging
RECOGNITION OF AFFILIATED DOCTORATE MOLECULAR AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY Sean Curran, PhD
INTRODUCTION OF DAVIS SCHOOL RECOGNITION AWARDS Sean Curran, PhD
PRESENTATION OF HEINZ OSTERBURG PRIZE Caleb Finch, PhD
PRESENTATION OF DAVIS SCHOOL RECOGNITION AWARDS & CLOSING REMARKS Pinchas Cohen, MD
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN GERONTOLOGY Stephen Frochen “Residential Care in Los Angeles: Policy and Planning for an Aging Population” Presented by Jennifer Ailshire, PhD Catherine Perez-Garcia “Raices de Salud (Roots of Health): How Sociocultural, Cohort, and Contextual Factors Influence Health among Older Latinos in the United States” Presented by Jennifer Ailshire, PhD Gerson Galdamez “Developing a Better Understanding of Elder Abuse Multidisciplinary Teams: Addressing Gaps for Research, Policy, and Practice” Presented by Kathleen Wilber, PhD Laura Giles Rath “Family Caregiver Well-Being: Generational Differences and Coping Strategies” Presented by Kathleen Wilber, PhD Hyunju Shim “Technology Use, Psychological Functioning and Social Isolation at Older Ages” Presented by Eileen Crimmins, PhD
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN BIOLOGY OF AGING Amin Haghani “Air pollution Neurotoxicity Throughout the Lifespan: Studies on the Mechanism of Toxicity and Interactions with Effects of Sex and Genetic Background” Presented by Caleb Finch, PhD
Joseph Reynolds “Mitonuclear Communication in Metabolic Homeostasis During Aging and Exercise” Presented by Changhan David Lee, PhD Azar Asadi Shahmirzadi “Alpha-ketoglutarate, an Endogenous Metabolite, Extends Lifespan and Compresses Morbidity in Aging Mice” Presented by Gordon Lithgow, PhD Maria Konovalenko “The Overlap Between mTOR Signaling, Rapamycin and Cellular Senescence” Presented by Sean Curran, PhD
RECOGNITION OF AFFILIATED DOCTORATE MOLECULAR AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY Chia-An Yen “The Role of Proline Metabolism in Male Reproductive Senescence” Presented by Sean Curran, PhD
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