The Role of Senescent Cells in Skeletal Aging and Repair

Dr. Sundeep Khosla is the Dr. Francis Chucker and Nathan Landow Research Professor of Medicine and Physiology and a Mayo Foundation Distinguished Investigator. Dr. Khosla received his A.B. degree from Harvard College and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He was subsequently a resident in Internal Medicine and a fellow in Endocrinology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1988 he moved to Mayo Clinic, where his research has focused on mechanisms of age-related bone loss and osteoporosis. Dr. Khosla has served as Director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Dean for Clinical and Translational Science at Mayo Clinic. He has also served as Chair of the NIH SBDD Study Section, on the Councils of the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, and as President of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR). Dr. Khosla has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the Frederic C. Bartter Award for Clinical Investigation and the William F. Neuman Award for Outstanding Scientific Contributions from the ASBMR, the presentation of the Louis V. Avioli Plenary Lecture at the ASBMR annual meeting, the Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award and Plenary Lecture from the Endocrine Society, the Frontiers in Science Award from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the Jacobaeus Prize for outstanding research in Endocrinology, and election to the ASCI and AAP.  Dr. Khosla has served as the Editor-in-Chief of Bone, as Associate Editor of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research and as a member of the editorial boards for the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Bone, and Endocrine Reviews.