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.

Ask the Expert Interview with Rozalyn Anderson, PhD, Director of the Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center Director.
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Ask the Expert Interview with Rozalyn Anderson, PhD, Director of the Wisconsin Nathan Shock Center Director.
Announcing 2026 AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty Recipients
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Announcing 2026 AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty Recipients
AFAR Leadership in the News: AFAR Board Member Sara Espinoza, MD, featured in Time on evidence-based, healthspan-extending habits, like walking.
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AFAR Leadership in the News: AFAR Board Member Sara Espinoza, MD, featured in Time on evidence-based, healthspan-extending habits, like walking.
AFAR Experts in the News: Nir Barzilai, MD, and Daniel W. Belsky, PhD, featured in CNN on geroscience and targeting the biology of aging to extend healthspan.
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AFAR Experts in the News: Nir Barzilai, MD, and Daniel W. Belsky, PhD, featured in CNN on geroscience and targeting the biology of aging to extend healthspan.
Announcing AFAR’s 2026 Sagol Network GerOmic Award for Junior Faculty recipient
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Announcing AFAR’s 2026 Sagol Network GerOmic Award for Junior Faculty recipient
Blue Zone Research Institute launches, administered by AFAR
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Blue Zone Research Institute launches, administered by AFAR
AFAR Grantee in the News: Vera Gorbunova, PhD, on a potential new target for gerotherapeutics in The Standard.
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AFAR Grantee in the News: Vera Gorbunova, PhD, on a potential new target for gerotherapeutics in The Standard.
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.