Blanka Rogina, Ph.D., M.S., FGSA, is the Professor of Genetics and Genome Sciences, UConn School of Medicine, and an affiliated investigator of the UConn Center on Aging. The goal of her research is to identify and characterize molecular mechanisms of aging. She received awards from the NIA, AFAR, and the Glenn Foundation. She is elected Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) (2019). She has been serving in the GSA as: member of the Award Committee (2018, 2019), Program Committee (2019), Lead, the BioSci Program workgroup (2020), Member GSA Program, Publications, and Products Committee (2022, 2023), Lead, The Journals of Gerontology Series A, BioSci Editor-in-Chief Search (2022), Vice-Chair Elect of the BioSci of GSA (2022), Vice Chair, BioSci (2023), Chair of BioSci Meeting Program working group (2023), Member of the Membership Committee (2024), Member of the GSA Strategic Plan Committee (2024), Chair of the BioSci Section of the GSA (2024).

Dr. Gustavo Duque is a geriatrician and biomedical scientist specializing in age-related musculoskeletal decline, including osteoporosis, sarcopenia, osteosarcopenia, frailty, and the roles of vitamin D, exercise, and protein in bone and muscle health. He trained in Internal Medicine in Colombia and completed Geriatric Medicine and a PhD at McGill University, where he later joined the faculty and conducted research at the Lady Davis Institute. He subsequently held senior academic and leadership roles in Australia, including Chair of Medicine and Director of the Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science. In 2022, he returned to McGill as the Dr. Joseph Kaufmann Chair in Geriatric Medicine, Director of CEDurable, and Principal Investigator in the Bone, Muscle & Geroscience Group. In 2025, he became Director of the McGill Division of Geriatric Medicine. Dr. Duque has established multiple Falls and Fractures clinics, leads several clinical trials, and has published over 360 scientific papers and five books