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George Kuchel
Director of the University of Connecticut Center on Aging
Dr George Kuchel is Professor of Medicine, Travelers Chair and Director of the University of Connecticut Center on Aging. This center brings together clinicians, educators, clinical investigators, basic scientists and researchers conducting health outcome/population studies who are all committed to the discovery of strategies for promoting independence and health in old age. Dr Kuchel’s research funded by NIH and other agencies is focused on Precision Gerontology, an approach designed to help older adults remain and healthy independent in a manner that is both individualized and guided by mechanisms. To that end, his work focuses on potentially-targetable pathways contributing to functional declines involving host defense, mobility, continence and cognition.
Research interests: Aging, Geriatric Medicine, Gerontology, Geroscience
Visit website: https://health.uconn.edu/find-a-provider/physician/Kuchel-George
See also: 
University of Connecticut (UConn)
- Public research university.
Details last updated 19-Nov-2020
George Kuchel is also referenced in the following:
Extending Human Healthspan and Longevity
19-May-2021
Online webinar focused on longevity extension without health related issues organized by The New York Academy of Sciences with Nir Barzilai and Pinchas Cohen as keynote speakers.
Prof. George Kuchel on Education in Healthy Longevity Medicine
Longevity Education Hub online webinar with Prof. George Kuchel delivering a keynote on Education in Healthy Longevity Medicine
Targeting Metabesity 2022
10-Oct-2022 to 13-Oct-2022
The Kitalys Institute virtual conference about going beyond treating individual diseases to extending healthy lifespan
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