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AFAR and Prevention Magazine host a regular conversation series, Live Better Longer. AFAR experts will join Editors from Prevention to discuss the research-backed science driving wellness choices and innovative therapeutics to extend our years of health at any age.
featuring AFAR Senior Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD in a discussion on why scientists are so interested in biological age and how this can impact your healthspan as you grow older.
featuring leading muscle physiology expert and 2022 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty recipient Kevin Murach, PhD, in a discussion on the science behind exercise, muscles, and healthy aging.
featuring AFAR Senior Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, in a discussion on the five most exciting science-backed innovations that are poised to help us all live healthier, longer.
featuring cognition and aging experts Emilie T. Reas, PhD (Assistant Professor of Neurosciences at the University of California San Diego), and Tara Tracy, PhD (Assistant Professor at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging/Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology), as we explore the latest advances in brain aging research.
featuring Sofiya Milman, MD, MS (Principal Investigator of the SuperAgers Family Study and Director of Human Longevity Studies at Albert Einstein College of Medicine) and SuperAger Hilda Jaffe. Watch and explore why researchers are interested in what we can learn from those of us who have lived to age 95 and older.
featuring AFAR Interim Board Chair and Senior Scientific Director Steven Austad, PhD, discussing insights from his new book, Methuselah's Zoo: What Nature Can Teach Us About Living Healthier, Longer Lives (2022, Penguin Random House/ MIT Press).
featuring 2013 AFAR Julie M. Martin Mid-Career Award in Aging Research recipient Satchin Panda, PhD, discussing how changing when you eat and sleep can help lower the risk of diabetes, prediabetes, and other age-related diseases with moderator Emily Goldman (Senior Editor of Prevention Magazine and co-host of the Pancreas Pals Podcast).
featuring AFAR grantee and Beeson scholar Catherine A. Sarkisian, MD, MSHS, discussing the benefits of walking and mobility with aging.
featuring AFAR Senior Scientific Director Steven Austad, PhD, and multiple AFAR grantee Dena Dubal, MD, PhD, discussing sex differences and aging.
featuring AFAR expert Matt Kaeberlein, PhD, (Co-Director of the Dog Aging Project, Professor at the University of Washington), as well as Kate E. Creevy, DVM, MS, (Chief Veterinary Officer of the Dog Aging Project, Associate Professor at Texas A&M) discussing the Dog Aging Project and their innovative national study connecting canine health and aging research.
featuring AFAR experts Constance H. Fung, MD, MSHS (Associate Clinical Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; AFAR Beeson Scholar) and M. Brandon Westover, MD, PhD (Associate Professor of Neurology, Massachusetts General; multiuple AFAR grantee) discussing the science of sleep.
featuring AFAR expert Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD (David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology, and Psychiatry; Founder and Executive Director, Neuroscape, two-time AFAR grantee) and neuroscientist Craig Stark, PhD (Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior School of Biological Sciences at the University of California Irvine) discussing the science behind gaming, cognition, and healthy aging.
featuring AFAR experts John Newman, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor, The Buck Institute and 2014 AFAR Beeson Scholar)and Satchin Panda, PhD (Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies and 2013 AFAR Julie M. Martin Mid-Career Award in Aging Research recipient discussing the science behind Fasting, Keto, and Metabolism as we age.
featuring Tyesha Burks, PhD (Assistant Professor, Dept of Natural Sciences, Bowie State University and 2014 AFAR grantee) and Janet Lord, FMedSci (Director of the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, UK) discussing building muscle strength from walking and resistance training to build the resiliency of our immune system.
featuring AFAR Scientific Director Nir Barzilai, MD, sharing insights from his decades of Centenarian research, as highlighted in his new book, Age Later.
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featuring AFAR Senior Scientific Director Steven Austad, PhD and AFAR grantees Nathan LeBrasseur, PhD, and Claire McEvoy, PhD, RD, discussing the research behind exercise and nutrition tips to stay healthier longer, even late in life.
Dr. Steven Austad on healthspan and aging research
Dr. Nathan LeBrasseur and Dr. Claire McEvoy on exercise, nutrition, and healthy aging
On February 15, 2024, AFAR hosted the Media Briefing "Asking the Right Questions: Aging and the Presidential Election." The briefing expanded on points raised in a recent Opinion piece published on TheHill.com, "Is Joe Biden a SuperAger? Are we asking all the wrong questions", which was co-authored by former AFAR board member S. Jay Olshansky, PhD - Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a research associate at the Center on Aging at the University of Chicago and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Olshansky was joined by his co-authors Ben Barnes, formerly Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 1965 to 1969 and the 36th lieutenant governor of Texas, and Bradley Willcox, MD, MSc, FGSA, Professor and Director of Research at the Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i Mānoa.
AFAR Senior Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, moderated.
featuring Kristen Fortney of BioAge, Jim Mellon of Juvenescence, James Peyer of Cambrian Biopharma, and moderator Sergey Young of Longevity Vision Fund.
On November 17, 2021, AFAR Scientific Director Nir Barzilai, MD, Board Member Richard G. A. Faragher, PhD, and President James Kirkland, MD, PhD, presented at the masterclass, “Investing in the Age of Longevity 2021” in London. AFAR co-sponsored the day-long event. The program was part of UK Longevity Week, spearheaded by AFAR board member Jim Mellon.
Learn more about the findings from the GeroFuture Think Tank series and download the report here.
AFAR Board Member Richard G. A. Faragher, PhD, introduces the new science of aging, explains the opportunities that it affords, and describes the barriers to overcome in order to achieve healthier, happier, and longer lives.
AFAR Board President James L. Kirkland, MD, PhD, highlights inflammation, macromolecular/organelle dysfunction, stem cell and progenitor dysfunction, as well as cellular senescence as fundamental aging mechanisms. Presenting findings from research into the transplantation of senescent cells, he gives an overview of clinical trials of senolytics, and the emerging evidence for benefits of senolytics on a range of senescence- and age-related conditions.
AFAR Scientific Director Nir Barzilai, MD, explains the potential of Metformin, a standard medication for diabetes, in guarding against many of the known mechanisms of aging. Expecting Metformin to act as a general-purpose geroprotector, Dr. Barzilai highlights TAME, a pioneering trial in the US that will serve to determine Metformin's ability to slow the aging process and extend healthspan.
AFAR Board Member Richard G. A. Faragher, PhD, summarises the findings of "GeroFutures Think Thanks", a report to explore the challenges and opportunities facing aging research. Outlining the key discussion points with leaders across the scientific, philanthropic, policy, and biotechnology sectors, the report highlights the following as consistent, major recommendations: i) an F.D.A. indication for aging with improved regulatory pathways; (ii) international collaboration between private and public research sectors; (iii) increased interdisciplinary research on aging.
In this series presented by AFAR and Grantmakers in Aging, scientists and geriatricians will present the research behind care, lifestyle interventions, and programs that can help decrease older adults’ vulnerability to COVID-19.
AFAR experts will share perspectives that can influence clinical-, social-, and self-care and inspire new collaborations between the scientific, medical, aging services, and philanthropic communities.
featuring AFAR Scientific Director Nir Barzilai, MD, as well as Laura Haynes, PhD, and Kenneth Schmader, MD.
featuring AFAR Senior Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, AFAR grantee Jenna Bartley, PhD, and Immunobiology expert Janko Nikolich, MD, PhD
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featuring AFAR Board President Mark S. Lachs, MD, MPH, with Nathaniel Hupert, MD, MPH, and Karl Pillemer, PhD
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AFAR Senior Scientific Director Steven Austad, PhD, and AFAR National Scientific Advisory Council member George Kuchel, MD, FRCP, AGSF
Featuring AFAR Senior Scientific Director Steven Austad, PhD
Presented in partnership with Grantmakers in Aging
Featuring AFAR Scientific Director Nir Barzilai, MD
Presented in partnership with One Day University
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