# Caleb Finch
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{{Short description|American gerontologist (born 1939)}}
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{{Infobox academic|name=Caleb Finch|birth_date={{birth date and age|July 4, 1939}}|birth_place=[London](/source/London), England|education=[Yale University](/source/Yale_University) ([BS](/source/Bachelor_of_Science))
[Rockefeller University](/source/Rockefeller_University) ([PhD](/source/PhD))|discipline=[Biology](/source/Biology)
[Gerontology](/source/Gerontology)|sub_discipline=[Cell biology](/source/Cell_biology)
[Alzheimer's disease](/source/Alzheimer's_disease)|workplaces=[USC Davis School of Gerontology](/source/USC_Davis_School_of_Gerontology)}}
'''Caleb Ellicott Finch''' (born July 4, 1939)[{{Cite web |url=https://libguides.usc.edu/c.php?g=900940&p=6482716 |title=Research Guides: Curosity Driven: The Caleb E. Finch Science Archives: Home |last=Crow |first=Lisa Marie |website=libguides.usc.edu |language=en |access-date=2020-01-14}}] is an American academic who is a University Professor Emeritus at the [USC Davis School of Gerontology](/source/USC_Davis_School_of_Gerontology). Finch's research focuses on [aging](/source/aging) in humans, with a specialization in [cell biology](/source/cell_biology) and [Alzheimer's disease](/source/Alzheimer's_disease).
== Early life and education ==
Finch was born in [London](/source/London) in 1939, the son of American parents. At the time of his birth, his father was working for London branch of the [National City Bank of New York](/source/National_City_Bank_of_New_York). After the start of [World War II](/source/World_War_II), his family returned to [New York City](/source/New_York_City). Finch earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biophysics from [Yale University](/source/Yale_University), where he credits [Carl Woese](/source/Carl_Woese) with suggesting he focus on aging, and a PhD in biology from [Rockefeller University](/source/Rockefeller_University).[{{Cite web|last=Ingfei|date=2003-02-05|title=Listening to the Song of Senescence|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/listening-song-senescence|access-date=2021-01-06|website=Science {{!}} AAAS|language=en}}][{{Cite web|title=Caleb Finch, PhD|url=https://gero.usc.edu/faculty/finch/|access-date=2021-01-06|website=USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology|language=en-US}}][{{Cite web|title=Caleb Finch |publisher=Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny|url=https://carta.anthropogeny.org/users/caleb-finch|access-date=2021-01-06|website=carta.anthropogeny.org|language=en}}]
== Career ==
He was the founding director of USC's [NIH](/source/NIH)-funded Alzheimer Disease Research Center in 1984. In 1989, the university made him one of its twelve "University Distinguished Professors". He is a full professor in [gerontology](/source/gerontology) and [biological sciences](/source/Biological_Sciences) and an adjunct professor in departments of [anthropology](/source/anthropology), [psychology](/source/psychology), [physiology](/source/physiology), and [neurology](/source/neurology). He was the chair of the National Research Council Committee on Biodemography of Aging. He is co-author of 520 scientific papers and six books, including ''The Biology of Human Longevity'' (Academic Press, 2007) and "The Role of Global Air Pollution in Aging and Disease" (Academic Press, 2017). He serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for the [Cure Alzheimer's Fund](/source/Cure_Alzheimer's_Fund).[{{cite web | title=Caleb Finch – Cure Alzheimer's Fund | website=Cure Alzheimer's Fund | date=2026-04-10 | url=https://curealz.org/researchers/caleb-finch/ | access-date=2026-05-14}}]
== Awards ==
Finch has received most of the major awards in biomedical gerontology, including the Robert W. Kleemeier Award[{{cite web | title=Geron > Membership > Member Center > Awards > Award Info | website=Gerontological Society of America | url=https://www.geron.org/Membership/Member-Center/Awards/Award-Info/awardnum/51 | access-date=2026-05-14}}] of the [Gerontological Society of America](/source/Gerontological_Society_of_America) in 1985, the Sandoz Premier Prize[{{cite web | title=Sandoz and Novartis Prize | website=Wellcome Collection | date=2021-01-23 | url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/daud8jwb | access-date=2026-05-14}}] by the International Geriatric Association in 1995, and the Irving Wright Award of AFAR[{{cite web | title=Experts in the News: Multiple AFAR experts on research behind sex differences and aging in The Philadelphia Inquirer | website=American Federation for Aging Research | date=2021-11-15 | url=https://www.afar.org/news/experts-in-the-news-multiple-afar-experts-on-research-behind-sex-differences-and-aging-in-the-philadelphia-inquirer | access-date=2026-05-14}}] and the Research Award of AGE in 1999.[http://www.americanaging.org/awards.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226183543/http://www.americanaging.org/awards.html |date=2008-12-26 }} American Aging Association Awards]
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==External links==
*[https://gero.usc.edu/faculty/finch/ Faculty page]
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