Advancing Research
by funding Grant Programs and Fellowships
Driving Innovation
by guiding studies such as the FAST Initiative, the SuperAgers Initiative, and the TAME Trial
Furthering the Field
by supporting the infrastructure of three NIA Initiatives and leading the Amplifying Geroscience Initiative.
Top Breakthroughs driven by AFAR Experts
Delaying Disease by Targeting Aging
Saving Costs by Extending Healthspan
What are the Hallmarks of Aging?
How and Why Do We Age?
What is Geroscience?
What is the Longevity Dividend?
What's Next in aging research?
The 2018 Nathan Shock Centers Summit will be held June 27-28 in Philadelphia, PA. This event is being held in conjunction with the American Aging Association's 47th Annual Meeting.
The theme of the 2018 Nathan Shock Centers Summit is Pathways to Translation of Geroscience. Topics will include: Translation of Interventions, How Healthy is the Healthspan Concept?, and Biomarkers Redux? The keynote speaker will be Dr. Eline Slagboom from the Leiden University Medical Center.
For more information and to register, click here.
Learn more about the Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging, for which AFAR serves as the Coordinating Center, here.
Join AFAR and Prevention on Wednesday, May 29 from 3-4pm ET for a free webinar with AFAR Scientific Director Nir Barzilai, MD, in conversation with Prevention's Kaitlyn Phoenix. They will be joined by a special guest SuperAger from AFAR's SuperAgers Family Study, 95-year-old Natalie Ramirez.
