Ana Maria Cuervo

Professor in the Departments of Developmental and Molecular Biology and of Medicine of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo is the Robert and Renee Belfer Chair for the Study of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Professor in the Departments of Developmental and Molecular Biology and of Medicine of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and co-director of the Einstein Institute for Aging Studies. She obtained her M.D. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Valencia (Spain) in 1990 and 1994, respectively, and received postdoctoral training at Tufts University, Boston. In 2002, she started her laboratory at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she continues her studies in the role of protein-degradation in neurodegenerative diseases and aging.

Dr. Cuervo’s group is interested in understanding how altered proteins can be eliminated from the cells through the lysosomal system (autophagy) and how the malfunction of autophagy in aging is linked to age-related disorders including neurodegenerative and metabolic diseases.

She's also founder of Academy for Health & Lifespan Research.

Visit website: https://www.einstein.yu.edu/faculty/8784/ana-maria-cuervo/

See also: Academia Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Center for research, medical education and clinical investigation.