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 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 Jonathan Friedberg, M.D., M.M.Sc. Professor of Medicine Samuel E. Durand Chair in Medicine Director, Wilmot Cancer Institute Vera Gorbunova, Ph.D. Doris Johns Cherry Professor Professor of Biology and Medicine Co-Director Rochester Aging Research Center Kathi Heffner, Ph.D. Professor of Nursing, Psychiatry and Medicine Associate Chief of Research, Division of Geriatrics and Aging Kerry O'Banion, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Neuroscience Andrei Seluanov, Ph.D. Professor of Biology and Medicine