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2013 Annual Awards Dinner

Start Time: October 29, 2013

2013 Annual Awards Dinner

 

AFAR is excited to bring our Annual Awards Dinner & Innovations Panel to Los Angeles this fall to celebrate the outstanding contributions of leaders in science, business, and philanthropy to the field of aging on the West Coast.

 

Tuesday, October 29, 2013  |  The California Club

 

 


 

Please join us for a two-part program, featuring:

 

panel discussion  |  5 pm

Internationally known leaders in biomedical aging research will share their scientific insights as well as answer your questions about this rapidly advancing and ever-more-relevant area of research.

Moderated by Steven Austad, PhD, of the Barshop Center for Longevity and Aging at UTHSCSA and AFAR’s deputy scientific director and featuring Julie K. Andersen, PhD, Professor, Buck Institute for Research on Aging; Matt R. Kaeberlein, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Washington; and Valter Longo, PhD, Professor, University of Southern California, Davis. Learn more here.

Registration complimentary. Please register wtih Ashby@afar.org. 


awards dinner  |  6 pm cocktails  |  7 pm ticketed dinner  
 



presenting Awards of Distinction to:
 

Andrew Chan, MD, PhD 
-and- 
Michael Varney, PhD 

Gary Ruvkun,
PhD,
Harvard
Medical
School

Valter Longo,
PhD,
University of Southern California, Davis

The
Rosalinde and
Arthur 
Gilbert Foundation

 

   

featuring Keynote Address by:
 

David Reuben, MD
David Geffen
School of Medicine at UCLA

 

 


Invitation and Information

For ticket and sponsor levels, please download, print and return our RSVP card here.

To view the dinner invitation, please download here

For more information, please contact Ashby Andrews at ashby@afar.org or 212.703.9977.

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