Professor
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
LaDora V. Thompson is the Travis M. Roy Endowed Professor in Rehabilitation Sciences at Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College. Her scientific expertise is in the areas of muscle physiology, biochemistry, oxidative stress, and protein structure/function. Dr. Thompson’s research contributions over the past 25 years span the fields of skeletal muscle aging and disease; however, recently her research program developed a mouse frailty phenotype to identify frailty, which was patterned after the frailty phenotype used in clinical and community settings. Dr. Thompson’s research program has continuous funding by NIA/NIH and private foundations, she has served on numerous NIH study sections, and co-Chaired several Gordon Research Conferences on “Biology of Aging” and “Oxidative Stress and Disease” around the world. In 2022 she received the prestigious Denham Harman Research Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Aging Association and the Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association, the highest awards within both associations. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Gerontology Society of America Association and the Scientific Review Board of the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research.
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Friday, November 10, 2023
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
4 - Training the New Scientists of Aging: Building on Geroscience Opportunities
Friday, November 10, 2023
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET