Dr. Trygve Tollefsbol

Trygve O. Tollefsbol received his B.S. in Biology at the University of Houston, M.S. in Basic Health Sciences at the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center (Denton and Fort Worth), Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center. He was a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Duke University Medical Center. He is a distinguished professor of Biology and a senior scientist in the UAB O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, Integrative Center for Aging Research, Nutrition Obesity Research Center, Comprehensive Diabetes Center, and the university-wide Microbiome Center. He is the director of the UAB Cell Senescence Culture Facility, which he established in 1999. He has published over 180 articles related to the fields of epigenetics, telomerase, aging, and cancer. He has been a Scientist in the Spotlight with the NIH as well as in ScienceNow.