AFAR News

AFAR board members, grantees, and award winners regularly publish research in leading academic journals and frequently lend their insights to popular media. AFAR is pleased to share updates on their work.

AFAR Experts in the News: Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, and Irving Wright Award Recipient S. Jay Olshansky, PhD on a new Blue Zone in Sardinia -–and its cues to Women’s Longevity--featured in Frontiers in Aging and National Geographic.
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AFAR Experts in the News: Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, and Irving Wright Award Recipient S. Jay Olshansky, PhD on a new Blue Zone in Sardinia -–and its cues to Women’s Longevity--featured in Frontiers in Aging and National Geographic.
AFAR Experts in the News: New paper co-authored by Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, and Grantees Matt Kaeberlein, PhD, and Richard A. Miller, MD, PhD, published in Frontiers in Science explores potential aging rate indicators
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AFAR Experts in the News: New paper co-authored by Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, and Grantees Matt Kaeberlein, PhD, and Richard A. Miller, MD, PhD, published in Frontiers in Science explores potential aging rate indicators
AFAR Grantee in the News: New research co-authored by Omer Sharon, PhD, on sleep loss, tau buildup and aging related memory loss published in Nature Neuroscience.
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AFAR Grantee in the News: New research co-authored by Omer Sharon, PhD, on sleep loss, tau buildup and aging related memory loss published in Nature Neuroscience.
AFAR Grantee in the News: New research co-authored by Qinchuan Wang, PhD, on protein and age-related muscle dysfunction in Aging Cell.
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AFAR Grantee in the News: New research co-authored by Qinchuan Wang, PhD, on protein and age-related muscle dysfunction in Aging Cell.
Board Member in the News: Nir Barzilai, MD, featured in National Geographic on the potential of GLP-1 drugs as gerotherapeutics.
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Board Member in the News: Nir Barzilai, MD, featured in National Geographic on the potential of GLP-1 drugs as gerotherapeutics.
AFAR Experts in the News: Nature Aging publishes new research co-authored by multiple AFAR Grantees on the connection between the protein cyclin D1 in senescent cells and age-related diseases.
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AFAR Experts in the News: Nature Aging publishes new research co-authored by multiple AFAR Grantees on the connection between the protein cyclin D1 in senescent cells and age-related diseases.
AFAR News: 45th Anniversary and 2025 Annual Report Out Now
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AFAR News: 45th Anniversary and 2025 Annual Report Out Now
AFAR Grantee in the News: New research co-authored by Kristopher Burkewitz, PhD, on mitochondrial dysfunction and lifespan in Nature Communications.
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AFAR Grantee in the News: New research co-authored by Kristopher Burkewitz, PhD, on mitochondrial dysfunction and lifespan in Nature Communications.
AFAR Experts in the News: TIME’s Longevity Leaders 2026 List spotlights Nir Barzilai, MD, Jamie L. Justice, PhD, and more.
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AFAR Experts in the News: TIME’s Longevity Leaders 2026 List spotlights Nir Barzilai, MD, Jamie L. Justice, PhD, and more.