Center Committees

An external advisory committee within the Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging offers guidance and helps steer aging-related research activities.

External Advisory Committee

Mayo Clinic members

• Nathan K. LeBrasseur, Ph.D., M.S.
  • Director, Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging
• Michael Camilleri, M.D., D.Sc.
• Gregory J. Gores, M.D.
  • Executive Dean of Research
• Jordan D. Miller, Ph.D.
  • Director, Cardiovascular Program
• Eduardo N. Chini, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Director, Metabolism Program
• Sundeep Khosla, M.D.
  • Director, Musculoskeletal Program
• Robert J. Pignolo, M.D., Ph.D.
• Fernanda Bellolio, M.D., M.S.
• Prashanthi Vemuri, Ph.D.
• Jorg Goronzy, M.D., Ph.D.

External members

• Robert P. and Arlene R. Kogod
  • Benefactors
  • Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging
• Rutger Baan
  • Benefactor
  • Noaber Foundation
• Steven N. Austad, Ph.D.
  • University of Texas Health Science Center
  • San Antonio, Texas
• Jan Busby-Whitehead, M.D.
  • The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Steven R. Cummings, M.D.
  • UCSF School of Medicine
  • San Francisco, California
• Brian K. Kennedy, Ph.D.
  • Buck Institute for Research on Aging
  • Novato, California
• Folkert Kuipers, Ph.D.
  • University Medical Center Groningen
  • Groningen, The Netherlands
• Thomas von Zglinicki, Ph.D.
  • Newcastle University
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Ex officio members

• Hilla F. Ferguson, M.H.A.
  • Senior principal gifts officer
  • Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
• Joshua A. Derr, M.P.A.
  • Administrator, Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging
• Kenneth (Ken) J. Pagel, M.A.
  • Operations manager, Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging