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Drs. Lori Birder (Renal-Electrolyte), Yuan Liu (Pulmonary/Aging Institute), Andrey Parkhitko (Endocrinology/Aging Institute), and Bokai Zhu (Endocrinology/Aging Institute) receive a total of $1 million for translational research on aging.

Aging Institute researchers shared progress and provided lab tours where they are researching circadian rhythm and the connection between inflammation, cardiovascular disease, and dementia through the WoodNext Foundation’s generous support.

In a new Molecular Cell study, a Pitt team including Shiori and Yusuke Sekine of the Aging Insitute, has uncovered a novel mechanism by which cells monitor iron availability, with low iron levels stimulating stress signaling pathways to preserve cell fitness.

Funded by the WoodNext Foundation, researchers will use an interdisciplinary approach to uncover the causes of two of the most costly and deadly illnesses in the U.S.

A Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine, this appointment will support Dr. Newman in her role as Clinical Director of the Aging Institute where she is engaged early stage clinical trials that address the biology of aging.

Dr. Gurkar and colleagues have recently published their findings in Science Advances showing how DNA damage in C. elegans worms rewires cellular metabolism to break down fat deposits.

Led by Drs. Toren Finkel (Aging Institute/Cardiology) and Melanie Königshoff (PACCM), the TriState SenNet TMC (tristatesennet.pitt.edu) combines the expertise of faculty from Pitt, CMU, OSU, and URMC to develop a high-resolution map of the senescent cell population in...

In a recent Nature Communications article, Dr. Bill Chen's lab discuss how a high-throughput screen could be used to identify FDA-approved compounds that may resist SARS-CoV-2 infection. “I grew up in China and came to the U.S. in 2003, the year of the first SARS...

Dr. Toren Finkel has been appointed as Distinguished Professor of Medicine. Distinguished professorship constitutes the highest honor that the University of Pittsburgh can accord a member of the professoriate. Congratulations!

When Bokai Zhu, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine at Pitt, started collaborating with a mathematician to solve complex biological problems, he could never imagine that they would discover a “musica universalis” inside living cells. The Greeks saw musica...

Anne B. Newman, from Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health, was recently awarded the American Heart Association’s 2020 Clinical Research Prize and will be recognized during the Presidential Address at the AHA’s virtual Scientific Sessions in November. The award...

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Dr. Finkel’s research featured on Pitt’s Animal Research Website

Aditi Gurkar, PhD, presented “The Science Behind the Future of Aging” at the TEDxPittsburghWomen event on December 5, 2019.

Dr. Finkel recently contributed to Money magazine’s piece, “This Is What Millennials Can Actually Expect From Retirement, According to Experts,” by Elizabeth O’Brien and Alix Langone. READ MORE

Congratulations to Aging Institute faculty, et al, on their newly-funded R01, “The role of calcium entry through the mitochondrial uniporter in regulating cardiac metabolism and physiology.” Principal Investigator Toren FInkel, MD, PhD Co-Investigators Michael...

The Aging Institute Research Day on December 6, 2018, celebrated research in aging through a joint event representing innovative, transdisciplinary and translational projects in aging from the basic, social, and applied sciences. The Aging Institute at Bridgeside...

JHF approved a two-year, $300,000 grant to establish a Healthy Aging Program within the Aging Institute of UPMC Senior Services and the University of Pittsburgh.

Anne Newman, department chair of epidemiology at Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health was recently announced as the new clinical director of the Aging Institute of UPMC and Pitt. Newman will lead efforts to translate research into clinical practice and policy at...

Read/Watch by Michelle WrightWTAE-TV PittsburghJanuary 12, 2018