Focuses on investigating the fundamental biological, psychological, and social mechanisms of aging and uncovering new knowledge that could lead to groundbreaking treatments and preventive strategies.

Chair

Dr. Ravinder Nagpal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, whose research focuses on the gut microbiome's role in aging-associated intestinal and neurocognitive health. He earned his Ph.D. in Food & Dairy Microbiology from the National Dairy Research Institute in Haryana, India, and completed postdoctoral training in gut microbiology at Juntendo School of Medicine in Tokyo and Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C. Dr. Nagpal’s lab aims to uncover mechanisms of gut dysbiosis and leverage this knowledge to develop nutritional and pharmacological interventions to improve metabolic and neurodegenerative health, including Alzheimer's disease.