Newsmaker: Dr. Charles Reynolds III

Noteworthy: Reynolds was named grand champion at UPMC's 2015 Celebrating Senior Champions seventh annual dinner.

Age: 68

Residence: Oakland

Family: Wife, Ellen Detlefsen; sons, Tom and David; grandchildren, Kip and Maggie

Occupation: Geriatric psychiatrist

Background: Reynolds has worked internationally to prevent geriatric depression. He has researched mood, grief and sleep disorders and brain health in older adults. He has published more than 680 articles in peer-reviewed journals over the past four decades; has been a professor of psychiatry, behavioral and community health; and has served on the boards of prominent medical publications.

Education: Bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia; medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine.

Quote: “We've … noted that evidence-based treatment of depression in older adults not only improves the quality of life but also the quantity, or longevity, of life as well.”

— Wes Venteicher