S. Michal Jazwinski, PhD
John W. Deming, MD Regents Chair in Aging
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry
Director, Tulane Center for Aging

Contact Information
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
School of Medicine
Tulane Center for Aging
Department of Medicine
Section of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics
1430 Tulane Avenue, SL-12
New Orleans, LA 70112
E-mail: sjazwins@tulane.edu
Phone: 504-988-8621
Fax: 504-988-8835

Education
PhD, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Postdoctoral Training
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Rockefeller University, New York, New York

Biography
Dr. S. Michal Jazwinski received his doctoral degree from Stanford University.  He completed postdoctoral training at The Rockefeller University where he stayed on as assistant professor.  He moved to Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans as associate professor, where he achieved the rank of professor.  He is currently professor of medicine and professor of biochemistry at Tulane University.  He also directs the Tulane Center for Aging.

Dr. Jazwinski is active in research and education with a focus on aging and especially the genetics of aging.

Research Interests
His research interests are in the areas of genetics of aging, molecular genetics, and population genetics.