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
Office: (213) 740-8959

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

Languages

  • French
  • Italian
  • English

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.)