AFAR's Mission

To support and advance Healthy Aging through Biomedical Research

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AFAR's Grant Programs

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AFAR News

Board Member in the News: Richard W. Besdine, MD, featured in Parade on the impact of exercising on healthy aging

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AFAR in the News: SuperAgers Family Study Co-Investigator, Tom Perls, MD, MPH, featured in Newsweek

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AFAR in the News: SuperAgers Family Study PI Sofia Milman, MD, MS, featured in The Washington Post

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Announcing AFAR's 2024 McKnight Brain Research Foundation Innovator Awards in Cognitive Aging and Memory Loss Recipients

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AFAR Grantees in the News: Matt Kaeberlein, PhD, and Dudley Lamming, PhD, featured in National Geographic on Rapamycin and the future of therapeutics to extend healthspan

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AFAR in the News: SuperAgers Family Study featured in Business Insider

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AFAR's Leadership

AFAR provides infrastructure support and leadership for three initiatives funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA).

Providing leadership in the pursuit of basic research into the biology of aging

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Catalyzing cross-disciplinary research across the NIA center programs

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A national platform to advance transdisciplinary aging research

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