AFAR's Mission

To support and advance Healthy Aging through Biomedical Research

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Aging in the Wild: What Beavers, Mole Rats, Clams, and Other Exceptionally Long-Lived Species Can Teach Human Beings about Living Longer, Healthier Lives

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AFAR News

AFAR in the News: FAST Biomarkers Initiative advances as part of federal ARPA-H’s PROSPR Program

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AFAR News: Michael Bass and Shelley Diamond elected to Board of Directors

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AFAR Expert in the News: Scholar-in-Residence Raiany Romanni-Klein, PhD, discusses socioeconomic impact of extending healthspan on the Aging Well Podcast

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AFAR Experts in the News: Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, and grantee Vera Gorbudova, PhD, on Long-Living Animals in The Washington Post

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AFAR Grantees in the News: New research co-authored by Grantees Andrea Francesca Salvador, PhD, and Christoph Thaiss, PhD, on the possible gut–brain connection driving age-related memory loss published in Nature

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Los Angeles Times spotlights the Field of Geroscience

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AFAR's Grant Programs

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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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AFAR is grateful for the collaboration and support of our program partners, including:

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AFAR is proud to consistently receive the highest ratings from respected charity evaluators

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