Westwood : Gerontology Chair Named

Dale E. Bredesen has been named the first recipient of the Elizabeth R. and Thomas E. Plott Chair in Gerontology at the UCLA School of Medicine.

Established with a $500,000 gift from the Plott family, the chair was created to advance research in aging and age-related diseases. It is the first such position for the university’s new Center on Aging.

Bredesen was an assistant professor of neurology at UCLA when he was appointed.