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AFAR Board Member in the News: Nir Barzilai, MD, on the limits to human lifespan and how lifestyle interventions can help extend healthspan in The Independent

AFAR Board Member in the News: Nir Barzilai, MD, on the limits to human lifespan and how lifestyle interventions can help extend healthspan in The Independent

On August 10th, 2025, The Independent featured AFAR Board Member and multiple-grantee Nir Barzilai, MD, on the limits to human lifespan and how lifestyle interventions can help extend healthspan.

In addition to being an AFAR Board Member, Dr. Barzilai is the President of the Academy of Health and Lifespan Research; a 1997 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging scholar and 1994 AFAR Research Grant recipient, as well as the Co-Investigator of the AFAR SuperAgers Family Study.

Read “This is why we’ve stopped living longerhere.

For insights from Dr. Barzilai into the current state of existing and emerging drug interventions to extend healthspan, join our our upcoming free webinar with The Academy of Health and Lifespan Research, “The State of Gerotherapeutics: Next-Gen Interventions to Extend Healthy Living” on September 22nd from 3-4pm ET. Learn more and RSVP here.

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