Theresa Mau, PhD

Scientist I, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute

E-Mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

Box 0560
550 16th Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94158

Additional Websites:

Sequoia Center for the Science of Aging

California Pacific Medical Center, Research Institute  

Dr. Mau has her doctorate in Immunology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where she studied aging and immunity modeled in mice. Her current research endeavors focus on translational human aging: Dr. Mau studies the role of muscle mitochondrial energetics in aging health outcomes; the biology of musculoskeletal pain; and age-related adipose tissue dysfunction

Research Interests

  • Translational human aging  
  • Muscle mitochondrial energetics  
  • Biology of musculoskeletal pain  
  • Age-related adipose tissue inflammation  

Selected Publications

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  1. Mau T, Blackwell TL, Cawthon PM, Molina AJA, Coen PM, Distefano G, Kramer PA, Ramos SV, Forman DE, Goodpaster BH, Toledo FGS, Duchowny KA, Sparks LM, Newman AB, Kritchevsky SB, Cummings SR. Muscle mitochondrial bioenergetic capacities are associated with multimorbidity burden in older adults: the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA). J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med. 2024 Apr 12. http://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glae101.   

  1. Mau T, Barnes HN, Blackwell TL, Kramer PA, Bauer SR, Marcinek DJ, Ramos SV, Forman DE, Toledo FGS, Hepple RT, Kritchevsky SB, Cummings SR, Newman AB, Coen PM, Cawthon PM. Lower muscle mitochondrial energetics is associated with greater phenotypic frailty in older women and men: the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging. Geroscience. 2024 Apr;46(2):2409-2424. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-023-01002-1. Epub 2023 Nov 21.  

  1. Duchowny KA, Marcinek DJ, Mau T, Diaz-Ramierz LG, Lui LY, Toledo FGS, Cawthon PM, Hepple RT, Kramer PA, Newman AB, Kritchevsky SB, Cummings SR, Coen PM, Molina AJA. Childhood adverse life events and skeletal muscle mitochondrial function. Sci Adv. 2024 Mar 8;10(10):eadj6411. http://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj6411.  Epub 2024 Mar 6.  

  1. Erickson ML, Blackwell TL, Mau T, Cawthon PM, Glynn NW, Qiao YS, Cummings SR, Coen PM, Lane NE, Kritchevsky SB, Newman AB, Farsijani S, Esser KA. Age is Associated with Dampened Circadian Patterns of Rest and Activity: The Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA). J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2024 Feb 28:glae049. http://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glae049. Epub ahead of print. 

  1. Brennan AM, Coen PM, Mau T, Hetherington-Rauth M, Toledo FGS, Kershaw EE, Cawthon PM, Kramer PA, Ramos SV, Newman AB, Cummings SR, Forman DE, Yeo RX, DiStefano G, Milijkovic I, Justice JN, Molina AJA, Jurczak M, Sparks LM, Kritchevsky SB, and Goodpaster BH. Associations between regional adipose tissue distribution and skeletal muscle bioenergetics in older men and women. Obesity. 2024 Jan 19. Accepted. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Nov 10:2023. http://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.10.23298359.   

  1. Newman AB, Blackwell TL, Mau T, Cawthon PM, Coen PM, Cummings SR, Toledo FGS, Goodpaster BH, Glynn NW, Hepple RT, Kritchevsky SB. Vigor to Frailty As a Continuum-A New Approach in the Study of Muscle, Mobility, and Aging Cohort. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med. 2024 Jan 1;79(1):glad244. http://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glad244.   

  1. Mau T, Lui LY, Distefano G, Kramer PA, Ramos SV, Toledo FGS, Santanasto AJ, Shankland EG, Marcinek DJ, Jurczak MJ, Sipula I, Bello FM, Duchowny KA, Molina AJA, Sparks LM, Goodpaster BH, Hepple RT, Kritchevsky SB, Newman AB, Cawthon PM, Cummings SR, Coen PM. Mitochondrial Energetics in Skeletal Muscle Are Associated With Leg Power and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in the Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023 Aug 2;78(8):1367-1375. http://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glac238.  

  1. Mau T, O'Brien M, Ghosh AK, Miller RA, Yung R. Life-span Extension Drug Interventions Affect Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Aging. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2020 Jan 1;75(1):89-98. http://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glz177.   

  1. Ghosh AK, O'Brien M, Mau T, Qi N, Yung R. Adipose Tissue Senescence and Inflammation in Aging is Reversed by the Young Milieu. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2019 Oct 4;74(11):1709-1715. http://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gly290.  

  1. Mau T, Yung R. Adipose tissue inflammation in aging. Exp Gerontol. 2018 May;105:27-31. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2017.10.014. Epub 2017 Oct 18.  

  1. Ghosh AK, Mau T, O'Brien M, Yung R. Novel role of autophagy-associated Pik3c3 gene in gonadal white adipose tissue browning in aged C57/Bl6 male mice. Aging (Albany NY). 2018 Apr 25;10(4):764-774. http://doi.org/10.18632/aging.101426.   

  1. Ghosh AK, Mau T, O'Brien M, Garg S, Yung R. Impaired autophagy activity is linked to elevated ER-stress and inflammation in aging adipose tissue. Aging (Albany NY). 2016 Oct 24;8(10):2525-2537. http://doi.org/10.18632/aging.101083.