The research and opinions offered during these webinars are for educational purposes only and not intended to serve as medical or pharmaceutical advice. AFAR strongly encourages viewers to consult with their primary care physicians regarding any therapeutic mentioned in the events.
To help researchers who are seeking to bridge their work in academic and private sectors, AFAR board member Sergey Young (Founder, BOLD Longevity Growth Fund; Author, The Science and Technology of Growing Young) curates and moderates a webinar series designed for the scientific community and featuring innovators from emerging biotechs and more.
featuring Daniel W Belsky, PhD, developer of the DunedinPACE biological aging test, of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Mark Kotter, PhD, Founder of bit.bio and clock.bio; Helen Messier, PhD, MD, IFMCP, Chief Medical Officer of Bioscope.ai; and AFAR President Thomas A. Rando, MD, PhD, of UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center. Moderated by AFAR board member Sergey Young of the BOLD Longevity Growth Fund.
featuring Megan Huisingh-Scheetz, MD, MPH, Associate Director of the Aging Research Program and Co-Director of the Successful Aging and Frailty Evaluation Clinic at the University of Chicago; Connor Landgraf, Co-Founder and CEO of Eko Health; Julie Rekant, DPT, PhD, Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at the University of Maryland School of Medicine; Rich Yang, CEO of Biolinq. Moderated by AFAR board member Sergey Young of the BOLD Longevity Growth Fund.
featuring Eduardo N. Chini, MD, PhD, of the Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging and Transforming Transplant Initiative at Mayo Clinic; Michael Hufford, PhD, of LyGenesis; Michael Levin, PhD, of Morphoceuticals and the Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology of Tufts University; and AFAR President Thomas A. Rando, MD, PhD, of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology of UCLA. Moderated by AFAR board member Sergey Young of the BOLD Longevity Growth Fund.
featuring Hanadie Yousef, PhD, of Juvena Therapeutics, Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, of Insilico Medicine, and Ben Blue, PhD, of Ora Biomedical, Inc., and moderator Kristen Fortney, PhD, of BioAge.
featuring Kristen Fortney of BioAge, Jim Mellon of Juvenescence, James Peyer of Cambrian Biopharma, and moderator Sergey Young of Longevity Vision Fund.
AFAR and Prevention Magazine have hosted a 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 Grantee Duke Han, PhD, in a discussion about the latest research on how cognitive changes affect financial judgment and the practical steps you can take to mitigate risks.
featuring AFAR Board Member Director Nir Barzilai and SuperAger Natalie Ramirez in a discussion about what science is learning about healthy aging from those who have lived the longest among us and the AFAR SuperAgers Family Study.
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.
Webinar Clips:
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 October 21, 2025, AFAR hosted the Webinar, "The Potential of Geroscience: from Economic Gains to Social Returns and Ethical Concerns."
Boston Globe Ideas Editor Brian Bergstein moderated a discussion on the economic gains, health rewards, and social returns that geroscience can generate. AFAR President Thomas A. Rando, MD, PhD, and AFAR Scholar-in-Residence Raiany Romanni, PhD, shared their perspectives on biology, bioethics, economics, and innovation, exploring biomedical research, social planning, and the socioeconomic impact of geroscience.
On September 22, 2025, AFAR and the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research (AHLR) hosted "The State of Gerotherapeutics: Next Gen Interventions to Extend Healthy Living."
New York Times health reporter Dana G. Smith, PhD, moderated a discussion with Nir Barzilai, MD (President, Academy of Health and Lifespan Research); Rafael de Cabo, PhD (Chief, Translational Gerontology Branch of the National Institute on Aging); Sara Espinoza, MD (Director, Center for Translational Geroscience at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center); Kristen Fortney, PhD (CEO and Co-Founder, BioAGE Labs); and Carolina Solis-Herrera, MD (Division Chief & Associate Professor, Division of Endocrinology, UT Health San Antonio School of Medicine).
These renowned leaders from the academic, clinical, and private sectors clarified how both repurposing existing drugs and developing novel compounds can extend healthspan; unpacked the need for human trials, the importance of an FDA indication for aging, as well as the risks in off-label use and harm of radical life extension claims; counter myths and misinformation with accurate expectations; explored how drug and lifestyle interventions work together to extend healthspan; and more.
On October 22, 2024, AFAR hosted the webinar, “How Realistic is a 100-Year Life Expectancy, and Why Does it Matter?”
This discussion delved into a recent paper published in Nature Aging, titled “Implausibility of Radical Life Extension in Humans in the 21st Century.” The paper, co-authored by public health and gerontology expert S. Jay Olshansky, PhD, explores the limits to human lifespan and the far-reaching impact of extending healthspan through biomedical research on aging. Thanks to AFAR’s support, this publication is available open access here.
Olshansky was joined by longevity global economist Andrew J. Scott, DPhil, whose recent book, The Longevity Imperative, argues that in order to accommodate existing trends and future growth in longevity, substantial changes to our health system, economy, and financial sector—as well as in how we manage our careers, health, finances, and relationships—are necessary.
AFAR Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, moderated.
On February 15, 2024, AFAR hosted a webinar, "Asking the Right Questions: Aging and the Presidential Election."
The webinar 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 Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, moderated.
