On August 11th, 2025, New Scientist featured insights from AFAR Irving Wright Award recipient S. Jay Olshansky, PhD, on the differences between lifespan and healthspan.
Dr. Olshansky is the 2016 Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction winner, a Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, a Research Associate at the Center on Aging at the University of Chicago and at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, as well as the Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Lapetus Solutions, Inc.
Read “A new measure of health is revolutionizing how we think about ageing” here.
For more insights watch our webinar, “How Realistic is a 100-Year Life Expectancy and Why Does it Matter?” featuring Dr. Olshansky and economist Andrew J. Scott, DPhil, in dialogue with AFAR Scientific Director Dr. Austad, here.
