John Newman Email & Phone Number

Dr. Newman is a geriatrician, basic science researcher, and educator in the Division of Geriatrics at UCSF; and he is also an Assistant Professor at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. As a physician-scientist, Dr. Newman hopes to translate what we are learning of the pathways that control fundamental mechanisms of aging into therapies that will improve the health and preserve the independence of older adults. At the Buck, his lab focuses in understanding how cellular metabolism interacts with the genes and pathways that regulate aging has led to many of the potential interventions now being investigated to promote healthspan. Exercise, fasting, and dietary restriction all work to promote health by activating specific cellular signaling pathways. Many of these signaling pathways involve ordinary cellular metabolites like acetyl-CoA and NAD, which have “secret” lives regulating enzymes and genes. The Newman lab focuses on an emerging signaling metabolite, the ketone body beta-hydroxybutyrate, and the roles it may have in responding to stressors and regulating healthspan.Follow on twitter: https://twitter.com/geriscidoc?lang=en

Listed skills include Internal Medicine, Medical Research, Medicine, Board Certified, and 4 others.