AREAS OF SPECIALTY:
Delayed Aging by Caloric Restriction
Metabolism of aging & age-related disease
Geroscience interventions
Dr. Rozalyn Anderson, PhD
Dr. Rozalyn Anderson is a Professor of Medicine and faculty member of the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, and the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism in the Department of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin Madison SMPH. Her research investigates the biology of aging and what creates the age-associated increase in vulnerability to a spectrum of diseases and disorders. A primary focus is on the mechanisms of delayed aging by caloric restriction in mice and in monkeys, with a special emphasis on metabolism as a driver in aging and as a target for interventions to prevent age-related functional loss. Dr. Anderson is Director of the Metabolism of Aging program, Associate Director of the Biology of Aging and Age-Related Diseases T32 training program, and Associate Director of Research at the William S Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital GRECC. She is a Fellow and current Chair of the Biological Sciences section of the Gerontological Society of America and Fellow and former President of the American Aging Association. She a recipient of the Nathan Shock New Investigator Award, the Biological Mechanisms in Aging Award, and the Breakthroughs in Gerontology Award.