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Blanka Rogina, PhD, M.S. (she/her/hers)

Professor
UConn Health
Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Blanka Rogina is Professor of Genetics and Genome Sciences at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She received her B.S., M.S. and PhD degrees from the Zagreb University, Croatia. She received her postdoctoral training in the Laboratory of Stephen Helfand at University of Connecticut. She is also an affiliated investigator of the UCONN Center on Aging. Her research focus is on the genetics mechanisms of aging. She has been involved in identification and determination of the role of several genes in Drosophila health and longevity including Indy, rpd3, and dSir2. Dr. Rogina also examines effects of calorie restriction on fly physiology and lifespan. Dr. Rogina received awards from the AFAR, NIA and the Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging. Dr. Rogina served as the Director of Genetics and Developmental Biology Graduate Program for nine years. Dr. Rogina is currently the Chair of UConn-Canaan Fellowship Program Committee and the PESC-Core Co-Leader of the UConn Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. Dr. Rogina was the founding and currently serving as the Specialty Chief Editor of the Frontiers in Genetics of Aging. She was also a guest Editor for the Special Issue: Aging Studies in Drosophila melanogaster of the Experimental Gerontology and one of the Editors of several Research Topics in Frontiers in Genetics. Dr. Rogina is elected Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) (2019). She has been serving on numerous positions in the GSA: as a member of the Award Committee (2018, 2019), Program Committee member (2019), Lead, the BS Program workgroup (2020), Member GSA Program, Publications, and Products Committee (2022, 2023), Lead, The Journals of Gerontology Series A, Biological Sciences Editor-in-Chief Search workgroup (2022), BS Vice-Chair Elect (2022) and currently as BS Vice Chair, and Chair, BS 2023 Meeting Program working group.

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