Education:
BS 1961 Biophysics - Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
PhD 1969 Cell Biology - Rockefeller University, New York, New York
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship:
1969-1970 Rockefeller University, New York
Started at USC: 1972
Research Topics: Aging, Cellular Neurobiology
Research Description
Dr. Finch's main interests are the genomic regulation of aging processes. He has authored three books: Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome (1990); Aging: A Natural History (1995, with R. Ricklefs); and Chance, Development, and Aging (2000, with TBL Kirkwood). In 350 reports and reviews since 1969, Finch has lead several developments in the fields of the neuroendocrinology and pharmacology of normal aging and Alzheimer disease, and in the biodemography of aging.
Selected Publications
Brinton RD, Thompson RF, Foy MR, Baudry M, Wang J, Finch CE, Morgan TE, Pike CJ, Mack WJ, Stanczyk FZ, Nilsen J. - Progesterone receptors: Form and function in brain. - Front Neuroendocrinol [ 2008 ] Feb 23; . PubMed
Drevenstedt GL, Crimmins EM, Vasunilashorn S, Finch CE. - The rise and fall of excess male infant mortality. - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A [ 2008 ] Mar 24; . PubMed
de Magalh??es JP, Sedivy JM, Finch CE, Austad SN, Church GM. - A proposal to sequence genomes of unique interest for research on aging. - J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci [ 2007 ] Jun;62(6):583-4 . PubMed
Finch CE, Morgan TE. - Systemic inflammation, infection, ApoE alleles, and Alzheimer disease: a position paper. - Curr Alzheimer Res [ 2007 ] Apr;4(2):185-9 . PubMed
Pan F, Chiu CH, Pulapura S, Mehan MR, Nunez-Iglesias J, Zhang K, Kamath K, Waterman MS, Finch CE, Zhou XJ. - Gene Aging Nexus: a web database and data mining platform for microarray data on aging. - Nucleic Acids Res [ 2007 ] Jan;35(Database issue):D756-9 . PubMed
Morgan TE, Wong AM, Finch CE. - Anti-inflammatory mechanisms of dietary restriction in slowing aging processes. - Interdiscip Top Gerontol [ 2007 ] 35:83-97 . PubMed
Crimmins EM, Finch CE. - Commentary: do older men and women gain equally from improving childhood conditions? - Int J Epidemiol [ 2006 ] Oct;35(5):1270-1 . PubMed
Finch CE. - A perspective on sporadic inclusion-body myositis: the role of aging and inflammatory processes. - Neurology [ 2006 ] Jan 24;66(2 Suppl 1):S1-6 . PubMed
Crimmins EM, Finch CE. - Infection, inflammation, height, and longevity. - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A [ 2006 ] Jan 10;103(2):498-503 . PubMed
Wong AM, Patel NV, Patel NK, Wei M, Morgan TE, de Beer MC, de Villiers WJ, Finch CE. - Macrosialin increases during normal brain aging are attenuated by caloric restriction. - Neurosci Lett [ 2005 ] Dec 23;390(2):76-80 . PubMed
