Caleb Finch
Encyclopedia
Caleb 'Tuck' Finch is a professor at the University of Southern California's
Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
who studies aging in humans, with expertise in cell biology
and Alzheimer's disease
.
He was the founding Director of USC's NIH funded Alzheimer Disease Research Center in 1984, and is currently co-Director. In 1989, the university made him one of its twelve "University Distinguished Professors". He is a full professor in Gerontology
and Biological Sciences, and an adjunct professor in departments of Anthropology
, Psychology
, Physiology
, and Neurology
. He was the Chair of the National Research Council Committee on Biodemography of Aging. He is co-author of 450 scientific papers and four books, most recently The Biology of Human Longevity (Academic Press, 2007). He currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for Cure Alzheimer's Fund
.
Finch and his colleague at the USC Davis School of Gerontology Eileen Crimmins have developed a unique interdisciplinary upper division course (Health, Stress, & Aging), which combines biomedical, demographic, and psychosocial perspectives of the human lifespan.
Pan F, Chiu CH, Pulapura S, Mehan MR, Nunez-Iglesias J, Zhang K, Kamath K, Waterman MS, Finch CE, Zhou XJ. (2007) Gene Aging Nexus: a web database and data mining platform for microarray data on aging. Nucleic Acids Res. 35(Database issue):D756-9.
Morgan TE, Wong AM, Finch CE. (2007) Anti-inflammatory mechanisms of dietary restriction in slowing aging processes. Interdiscip Top Gerontol. 35:83-97. -PubMed
Mazumder B, Almond D, Park K, Crimmins EM, Finch CE (2010) Lingering prenatal effects of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on cardiovascular disease. J Devel Origins Health Dis 1:26-34.
Finch CE (2010) Evolution of the human lifespan and diseases of aging: roles of infection, nutrition, and nutrition. PNAS, 107 (suppl. 1) 1718-1724.
Finch CE, Morgan TE, Longo VD, de Magalhaes JP (2010) Cell resilience in species lifespans: a link to inflammation? Aging Cell 9: 519-526.
Rae MJ, Butler RN, Campisi J, de Grey ADNJ, Finch CE, Gough M, Martin GM, Vijg J, Logan BJ. The demographic and biomedical case for late-life interventions in aging.
ScienceTranslational Medicine 2(40): 1-6; 2(40):40cm21
Finch CE (2010) Inflammation in aging processes: an integrative and ecological perspective. In, Handbook of the Biology of Aging, 7th ed., E Masoro & S Austad, eds, Academic Press: San Diego), in press.
Finch CE (2010) Evolving views of ageing and longevity from Homer to Hippocrates: emergence of natural factors, persistence of the supernatural. Greece & Rome, in press.
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
The Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California, a leader in the field of gerontology, has pioneered educational programs including the world's first Ph.D. in Gerontology, the first joint Master's degree in Gerontology and Business Administration, and the first...
who studies aging in humans, with expertise in cell biology
Cell biology
Cell biology is a scientific discipline that studies cells – their physiological properties, their structure, the organelles they contain, interactions with their environment, their life cycle, division and death. This is done both on a microscopic and molecular level...
and Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
.
He was the founding Director of USC's NIH funded Alzheimer Disease Research Center in 1984, and is currently co-Director. In 1989, the university made him one of its twelve "University Distinguished Professors". He is a full professor in Gerontology
Gerontology
Gerontology is the study of the social, psychological and biological aspects of aging...
and Biological Sciences, and an adjunct professor in departments of Anthropology
Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
, Psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
, Physiology
Physiology
Physiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
, and Neurology
Neurology
Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...
. He was the Chair of the National Research Council Committee on Biodemography of Aging. He is co-author of 450 scientific papers and four books, most recently The Biology of Human Longevity (Academic Press, 2007). He currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for Cure Alzheimer's Fund
Cure Alzheimer's Fund
Cure Alzheimer's Fund, a 'doing business as' name for the Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation, is a 501 public charity established to provide funding for targeted research into the causes of Alzheimer’s disease.-Mission:...
.
Finch and his colleague at the USC Davis School of Gerontology Eileen Crimmins have developed a unique interdisciplinary upper division course (Health, Stress, & Aging), which combines biomedical, demographic, and psychosocial perspectives of the human lifespan.
Awards
- Robert W. Kleemeier Award of the Gerontological Society of America, 1985
- Sandoz Premier Prize by the International Geriatric Association, 1995
- Irving Wright Award of AFARAfarAfar may refer to:*Afar people, ethnic group principally residing in Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia*Afar Insurgency, alternative name for the Djiboutian Civil War of November 1991-December 1994*Afar Triangle, a geological depression near the Horn of Africa...
, 1999 - Research Award of AGEAmerican Aging AssociationThe American Aging Association is a non-profit, tax-exempt biogerontology organization of scientists and laypeople dedicated to biomedical aging studies intended to slow the aging process. The abbreviation AGE is intended to be representative of the organization, even though it is not an acronym...
, 1999
Recent Papers
Most recent papers are:Pan F, Chiu CH, Pulapura S, Mehan MR, Nunez-Iglesias J, Zhang K, Kamath K, Waterman MS, Finch CE, Zhou XJ. (2007) Gene Aging Nexus: a web database and data mining platform for microarray data on aging. Nucleic Acids Res. 35(Database issue):D756-9.
Morgan TE, Wong AM, Finch CE. (2007) Anti-inflammatory mechanisms of dietary restriction in slowing aging processes. Interdiscip Top Gerontol. 35:83-97. -PubMed
Mazumder B, Almond D, Park K, Crimmins EM, Finch CE (2010) Lingering prenatal effects of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on cardiovascular disease. J Devel Origins Health Dis 1:26-34.
Finch CE (2010) Evolution of the human lifespan and diseases of aging: roles of infection, nutrition, and nutrition. PNAS, 107 (suppl. 1) 1718-1724.
Finch CE, Morgan TE, Longo VD, de Magalhaes JP (2010) Cell resilience in species lifespans: a link to inflammation? Aging Cell 9: 519-526.
Rae MJ, Butler RN, Campisi J, de Grey ADNJ, Finch CE, Gough M, Martin GM, Vijg J, Logan BJ. The demographic and biomedical case for late-life interventions in aging.
ScienceTranslational Medicine 2(40): 1-6; 2(40):40cm21
Finch CE (2010) Inflammation in aging processes: an integrative and ecological perspective. In, Handbook of the Biology of Aging, 7th ed., E Masoro & S Austad, eds, Academic Press: San Diego), in press.
Finch CE (2010) Evolving views of ageing and longevity from Homer to Hippocrates: emergence of natural factors, persistence of the supernatural. Greece & Rome, in press.