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Kelvin J.A. Davies

Expert in healthy aging, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease

Holder of James E. Birren Chair in Gerontology
Associate dean of USC Davis School of Gerontology
Director of the Andrus Gerontology Center
Professor of Gerontology, USC Davis School of Gerontology
Professor of Molecular and Computational Biology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Contact at: (213) 740-8959 or kelvin@usc.edu


Expertise:
  • healthy aging
  • the role of repair systems in oxidative stress during aging
  • the regulation of gene expression during oxidative stress
  • the role of oxidation and antioxidants in normal aging and Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease
  • protein oxidation and degradation
  • free radicals, antioxidants and exercise
  • mitochondria and biological energy conservation
  • biochemistry and molecular biology
  • free radical biochemistry
  • cell biology
Additional Information:
  • Director, USC Parkinson's Foundation Research Laboratory, and fellow, Parkinsons Foundation (1996-present)
  • Editor, Oxidative Damage and Repair (1991) and The Oxygen Paradox (1996)
  • Editor-in-chief, Free Radical Biology and Medicine and IUBMB Life
  • Fellow, Oxygen Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1996) and Gerontological Society of America (2003)
  • Foreign fellow, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • President, International Society for Free Radical Research (2001-03), Oxygen Club of California (2002-2005) and American Oxygen Society (1992-1995)
  • Holder of honorary degrees from University of Moscow, Russian Medical University, University of Buenos Aires, Semmelweis University (Budapest) and University of Gdansk (Poland)
  • Recipient, 50th Anniversary Medal from University of Gdansk (1995), Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award from Society for Free Radical Biology & Medicine (2006) and Presidential Award from American College of Sports Medicine (2007)
  • Visiting professor, University of Pisa (Italy), University of Rennes (France) and Cambridge University (U.K.)

Foreign Languages:
French and Italian

More:
Biographical information can be found at:

http://www.usc.edu/dept/gero/faculty/Davies/
http://www.usc.edu/dept/gero/boa/faculty/davies/