STEPHEN HELFAND

Molecular genetics of aging and longevity.

Our research has focused on understanding the molecular, cellular and genetic mechanisms underlying the process of aging and the determination of life span using the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a model system.

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Biography

Dr. Helfand received his BS at Stanford University where he worked with Dr. Norman K. Wessells and discovered the neuronal growth factor Ciliary NeuroTrophic Factor. Dr. Helfand obtained his MD degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, completed his Medical Internship at Montefiore Medical Center and his Neurology Residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is Board Certified in Neurology.

After Postdoctoral training with Drs. Corey Goodman and David Hogness at Stanford and Drs. John Carlson
and Doug Kankel at Yale he took a position at the University of Connecticut Health Center where he worked from 1990 to 2005.

In 2005 he moved to Brown University where he is Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry in the Division of Biology and Medicine. His laboratory focuses on understanding the molecular genetic mechanisms underlying aging and longevity using the model system, Drosophila melanogaster. Dr. Helfand is an Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar and recipient of a MERIT award from the National Institute on Aging.

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STEPHEN HELFAND
Professor
Molecular, Cellular Biology Biochemistry

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