URMC / University of Rochester Aging Institute / About Us / Leadership Leadership Director Annette Medina-Walpole, M.D. Paul H. Fine Professor of Medicine Chief of the Division of Geriatrics & Aging Annette_MedinaWalpole@URMC.Rochester.edu Executive Committee Yeates Conwell, M.D. Professor and Vice Chair of Psychiatry Academic Chief, Division of Geriatric Mental Health and Memory Care Co-Director, Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide Yeates_Conwell@URMC.Rochester.edu Jonathan Friedberg, M.D., M.M.Sc. Professor of Medicine Samuel E. Durand Chair in Medicine Director, Wilmot Cancer Institute Jonathan_Friedberg@URMC.Rochester.edu Vera Gorbunova, Ph.D. Doris Johns Cherry Professor Professor of Biology and Medicine Co-Director Rochester Aging Research Center vera.gorbunova@rochester.edu Kathi Heffner, Ph.D. Professor of Nursing, Psychiatry and Medicine Associate Chief of Research, Division of Geriatrics and Aging Kathi_Heffner@URMC.Rochester.edu Kerry O'Banion, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Neuroscience Kerry_OBanion@urmc.rochester.edu Andrei Seluanov, Ph.D. Professor of Biology and Medicine andrei.seluanov@rochester.edu