Eduardo Chini, M.D., Ph.D.

Eduardo Chini, M.D., Ph.D. (NEPH ’95, ANES ’01), has been honored as the 2024 Mayo Clinic Florida Investigator of the Year. Dr. Chini is a professor of anesthesiology and pharmacology and the associate director of the Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging. He is an expert in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) metabolism, which regulates cellular functions that include metabolism, the body’s stress response, DNA repair and gene expression. NAD levels decline in many pathological conditions and during aging. Dr. Chini is globally recognized for his paradigm-shifting research on the role of the enzyme CD38 on NAD metabolism, recognized for its association with many diseases, including cancer, autoimmune diseases; metabolic diseases such as obesity; diabetes and age-related diseases such as cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease.