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Dear colleagues,
On behalf of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, we are pleased to share the news that we recently received a $4.6 million National Institute on Aging award to establish a Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging (NSC) with our colleagues at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
The new USC-Buck NSC will be devoted to forging a deeper understanding of how and why aging processes cause disease in order to advance the translation of basic research on aging into effective prevention and therapies. Specialized cores will provide services to all Shock Center members as well as for-fee services to the community at large. These cores will focus on cellular senescence, genomic translation across species and geroscience technology.
The two of us will co-lead the NSC, along with Eric Verdin, president and CEO of the Buck Institute. USC and the Buck have a long and productive history of collaboration, most notably with the pioneering PhD program in the biology of aging that we launched and lead together. Our joint NSC will further integrate the combined expertise of our two programs and build on the major accomplishments and well-developed infrastructure we share.
The COVID-19 mortality rates of older adults, particularly those with chronic conditions, provides a firsthand look at the importance of geroscience research to stem age-related disease and decline. We thank you for your support in making this NSC a reality and look forward to working with you to expand promising research in the biology of aging and to make a positive impact across California, the nation and throughout the world.
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Pinchas Cohen, MD
Dean
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Sean Curran, PhD
Associate Dean of Research
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