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Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo 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 in Boston, MA. In 2002, she started her laboratory at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she is now co-director of the Institute for Aging Research.

She is a recognized leader in the field of protein degradation and the biology of aging. Her laboratory studies the role of protein degradation in aging and age-related disorders, with emphasis in metabolic conditions and neurodegenerative disorders.

Dr. Cuervo has been the recipient of prestigious awards, including the P. Benson Award in Cell Biology, the Keith Porter Lecture (Award), the Nathan Shock Memorial Lecture Award, the Vincent Cristofalo Aging Award, the Bennett J. Cohen Award in Aging Biology, the Marshall Horwitz Prize, and the Saul Korey Prize in Translational Medicine. Dr. Cuervo has delivered prominent lectures such as the Robert R. Konh, the NIH Director’s, the Roy Walford, the Feodor Lynen, the Margaret Pittman, the SEBBM L’Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science or the Harvey Lecture, among others.

Dr. Cuervo has been included in the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers List (ranking of top 1% cited researchers) since 2018. She has been a member of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Scientific Council, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Council of Councils, the NIA Board of Scientific Counselors, and the Advisory Committee to the NIH Deputy Director. She is elected member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of the Valencia Community, the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, The Spanish Royal Academy of Pharmacy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2019, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

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