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2018 Awards Dinner and Symposium

Start Time: November 6, 2018

 


AFAR Annual Awards Dinner 
and Symposium

 

November 6, 2018


Lotte New York Palace
455 Madison Ave, NYC

 

2 - 5 pm  
Symposium

Discussing new therapies in aging research and highlighting opportunities for investment.

featuring

Pol Vandenbroucke, M.D.
Facilitator
AFAR Board Member,
Pfizer, Inc

Nir Barzilai, M.D.
AFAR Deputy
Scientific Director,
Einstein College of Medicine

Veronica Galvan, Ph.D.
University of Texas Health
San Antonio

Thomas Rando, M.D., Ph.D.
AFAR Board Member,
Stanford University

David Sinclair, Ph.D.
AFAR Board Member,
Harvard Medical School

 

 


We wish to thank Pfizer Inc. for their generous support of the Symposium

 

   6 - 7 pm  
Cocktails

 

7 - 9 pm 
Awards Dinner

 

honoring


   Jim Mellon
   Chairman - Juvenescence Limited
   George E. and Marie J. Doty Award

   

also recognizing

   David Sinclair, Ph.D.
   Harvard Medical School
   Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction

   Laura Niedernhofer, M.D., Ph.D.
   University of Minnesota
   Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Award in Aging Research

 

Featuring

Master of Ceremonies
Meredith Vieira

Emmy Award Winning Producer and
Host, PBS Incredible Aging

  For sponsorship and ticket opportunities, please click here . 

Or download a fillable Sponsor Sheet here.

For further information, please contact Karen Wenderoff, Director of Development at 212.703.9977 or karen@afar.org.

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