Friday, May 16, 2025
By 2050, 21% of the global population鈥攁bout 2 billion individuals鈥� will be older than 60, driving a sharp rise in age-related diseases. The is helping lead the charge against this growing crisis.
On Tuesday, May 20, scientists from across the country will gather at 人妻中出视频HSC for the .
The annual event brings together experts studying how aging contributes to conditions such as Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, dementia, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, cataracts, glaucoma and other neurological disorders.
B茅r茅nice A. Benayoun, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Gerontology, Biological Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular
Medicine,
University of Southern California
The symposium is free with registration and available both in person and virtually. For details and to register, visit .
This year鈥檚 keynote speaker is , Ph.D., associate professor of gerontology, biological sciences, biochemistry and molecular medicine at the University of Southern California. She will present a lecture titled 鈥淪ex-Dimorphism in Aging.鈥�
鈥淲e are excited to welcome Dr. Benayoun. She is well known for her outstanding research in geroscience and her long-standing dedication to mentoring the next generation of scientists,鈥� said Nathalie Sumien, Ph.D., chair of Pharmacology and Neuroscience at 人妻中出视频HSC鈥檚 , T32 program director and symposium organizer.
鈥淗er lab investigates the interplay between aging and genomic regulation, using a powerful combination of high-throughput 鈥榦mics,鈥� machine learning and experimental validation,鈥� Sumien said. 鈥淗er research includes , offering insights not commonly explored in the field.鈥�
The symposium is funded by a T32 Training Grant in the Neurobiology of Aging and Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health. Additional support comes from the 人妻中出视频HSC Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies and the .
In addition to supporting the annual symposium, the T32 grant funds fellowships for Ph.D. students at the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences who are pursuing aging-related research. Each year, fellows receive stipends, tuition support, travel funds and resources to advance their research and training.
鈥淢ultidisciplinary, research-focused training of pre-doctoral students is essential to advancing the understanding, treatment and prevention of age-related diseases,鈥� Sumien said. 鈥淭he T32 program plays a vital role in preparing the workforce to meet these growing health care challenges.鈥�
人妻中出视频HSC鈥攑articularly the College of Biomedical and Translational Sciences鈥攈as received continuous T32 funding for 22 years. We鈥檝e built a strong track record of success, resulting in numerous high-impact publications, prestigious awards and placement of trainees in academic and research-focused careers.鈥�
For some fellows, the grant opens the door to pursue novel ideas beyond the scope of their lab鈥檚 primary research.
鈥淢y primary academic interest is in how psychedelics are able to mediate long-term changes in people鈥檚 mental states,鈥� said Rajiv Rangan, a Ph.D. student working with glaucoma researchers Tara Tovar-Vidales, Ph.D., instructor at 人妻中出视频HSC鈥檚 Center for Anatomical Sciences, and Abe Clark, Ph.D., regents professor of pharmacology and neuroscience.
鈥淎s a Ph.D. student in a lab that studies glaucoma, this research was destined to wait until later in my career, but it was made possible thanks to T32 funding,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he program enabled me to pursue my own novel ideas and begin establishing myself as an independent scientist despite still being a trainee.鈥�
Rangan will present his research at the symposium, along with eight other T32 fellows: Kumudu Subasinghe, Olivia Young, Savanna Smith, Nathan Jones, Ammar Kapic, Amanda Tucker, Sal Essajee and Viet Dinh.
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Award Number: 2T32AG020494-21
From - Community by Matt Havlik