Professor
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
Dr. Brown-Borg is a UND Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences as well as Assistant Dean for Gender Equity. She has chaired/organized many meetings including the 2007 Biology of Aging Gordon Research Conference, 2018 Keystone Conference on Aging and chairs the International Symposium on Neurobiology & Neuroendocrinology of Aging (2010-2022). She serves on the Boards of FASEB (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology), GSA (Gerontological Society of America) and AGE (American Aging Association). As President of AGE, Chair of GSA Biological Sciences and the AFAR (American Federation for Aging Research) Research Committee and other committees, mentoring junior investigators has been a focus with activities ranging from shaping pre- and postdoctoral grant review processes to garnering support for trainee awards and programs. She served on the Biology of Aging career development study section (NIA-B) from 2015-2021 (Chair 2019-21). She has served on >40 graduate student committees, trained multiple medical and undergraduate students (>30) in the laboratory and mentored junior faculty.
She has a broad understanding of the aging field, specific expertise in areas listed below and extensive exposure to numerous programs and proposals in the aging research arena. Her specific research expertise in the aging field lies in the areas of endocrinology, stress resistance, and metabolism. Her predoctoral and postdoctoral research projects were designed to gain a better understanding of the impact of the neuroendocrine system on immune responses. Research interests shifted towards aging when the lab discovered that GH deficiency significantly extended lifespan in mice. Current work focuses on growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor signaling pathways and their impact on metabolism (methionine, in particular), mitochondrial function and age-related disease. Her laboratory has shown that the unique physiology attributed to growth hormone deficiency in mice leads to health and lifespan extension.
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Thursday, November 3, 2022
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
Thursday, November 3, 2022
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET