Irina Kulminskaya
I am a Senior Research Scientist in the Biodemography of Aging Research Unit (BARU) of the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) at Duke University. I have over twenty-year experience in the fields of population genetics and cytogenetics. During the last 15 years, I have focused on research in the field of health, aging, and age-related diseases. My research interests include genetic and non-genetic underpinnings of the process of health deterioration over the life course to understand complex connections between genetic and non-genetic factors for a healthy lifespan. My current research focus is on understanding the mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, including genetic causes, age-related processes, family history, and environmental causes. I place a major emphasis on the analyses and interpretation of bio-molecular mechanisms involved in complex age-related traits to reveal the biological origin, discover genetic roots of diseases and related traits, and find connections between genetic and non-genetic causes of common diseases.
