On August 12th, 2026, Medscape featured insights from Board Members Nir Barzilai, MD, and Ana Maria Cuervo, MD, PhD, on how breakdowns in cellular pathways contribute to aging and age-related disease.
In addition to serving on AFAR’s Board of Directors, Dr. Barzilai is the 2026 recipient of AFAR’s George M. Martin Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award, 2010 recipient of the Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction, a 1997 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging Scholar, and a 1994 AFAR Research Grant recipient, as well as Co-Investigator of the AFAR SuperAgers Family Study. He also directs the Institute for Aging Research at the Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Human Aging Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and is the President of the Academy of Health and Lifespan Research.
In addition to serving on AFAR’s Board of Directors, Dr. Cuervo is a 2000 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty recipient and a 2008 Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Award in Aging Research recipient.
Read “One Broken Pathway Drives Aging. Scientists Aim to Fix It” here.
