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CALS-affiliated scientists are seeking to better understand the origins and consequences of various physical and neurological diseases and disabilities that accompany the aging process. Multiple disciplines and researchers come together to tackle questions about dementias, including Alzheimer’s disease, and other age-related neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease. Researchers are also seeking to understand the links between early life adversity and cancer outcomes in later life.

 

Affiliated Researchers

Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Psychological and Brain Sciences
Age-related vision loss and accessible technologies
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Comparative biology of cancer, human cancer in evolutionary perspective
Distinguished Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Amyloid assembly in age-related neurodegenerative disease
Adjunct Professor UCSB
Associate Professor
Geroscience Center for Brain Health and Metabolism
University of Chile
Role of mitochondria in cellular senescence, development of drugs that extend healthspan, identification of senescence biomarkers
Assistant Professor, Biological Engineering
Aging as it impacts regenerative medicine strategies and extracellular vesicles
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
Biological Engineering
Epigenetic mechanisms of aging
Professor, Molecular, Cellular, and Development Biology
Alzheimer's and age-related neurodegenerative disease
Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology
The role of peroxisome dysfunction in aging-related diseases
Distinguished Professor, Anthropology
Associate Director, Broom Center for Demography
Human life course and the biodemography of aging
Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Chemical Engineering
Age-related tau aggregation in age-related neurodegenerative disease
Professor Emeritus, Physics
Maximizing bone health and detection of age-related bone loss. Development of biofeedback systems to reduce chronic pain, anxiety, and insomnia in aging individuals.
Associate Professor, Psychological & Brain Sciences
Effects of menopause and age-related reproductive hormone changes on dementia and cognition
Department Chair and Senior Lecturer
Exercise & Sport Studies
Promotion of wellness over the lifespan, exercise prescription, nutrition for health and healthy behaviors.
Senior Scientist and Director of Scientific Communication, CALS
Aging and longevity research; analysis and communication of rigorous evidence-based intervention in aging and lifespan extension.
Distinguished Professor
Harriman Professor of Neuroscience
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Alzheimer's and age-related neurodegenerative disease
Postdoctoral Scholar in Data Science
Center for Black Studies Research at UC Santa Barbara
Effect of socioeconomic status, structural, and tecno-cultural determinants on the quality of life of older adults
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Revealing the fundamental principles of healthy and pathological aging with artificial intelligence (AI)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Protein mechanisms of Alzheimer's and age-related degenerative diseases
Director and Founder, CALS
Distinguished Professor, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Wilcox Family Chair in Biotechnology
Mechanisms of aging, longevity, and resilience
Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Mechanisms of tauopathies and aging-related amyloidoses
Professor
Computer Science
Biomolecular Science and Engineering
Understanding aging processes from analysis of brain data
Professor
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Life-span analysis of the molecular mechanisms of cognitive impairment caused by environmental insults and targeting pharmacotherapeutics for its reversal
Professor, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Metabolic therapies in extension of healthspan and lifespan
Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology
Systems level mechanisms of cellular dysfunction caused by age-related decline and mechanisms for reversal
Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
Cellular and epigenetic mechanisms of aging, evolution and age-related diseases
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Medicinal synthetic chemistry directed at biological processes involved in senescence, longevity, and aging