Kristen Pitts
Program: Cancer Biology
Current advisor: Miranda Orr, PhD
Undergraduate university: Kenyon College
Research summary
Age is the most significant risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and growing evidence suggests that cellular senescence plays a central role in disease progression. My work focuses on defining senescent cell populations in AD using spatial omics approaches and examines senolytic agents as an emerging therapeutic strategy for clinical translation.
Graduate publications