On November 23rd, 2024, Business Insider published a feature on AFAR SuperAgers Family Study participant Sally Froelich. The article also featured insights from AFAR Grantees Rose-Anne Kenny, MD, and Nathan LeBrasseur, PhD, MS.
Ms. Froelich, a 95-year-old SuperAger, shared her reasoning for joining this study and the habits she credits for her own longevity. She emphasizes the importance of social interaction and friendship, “The most important part is sociability. Friends are so very important. You need someone that you can confide in, there's always somebody out there that'll listen to you."
Dr. Kenny and Dr. LeBrasseur shared insights on the impact exercise and social connectivity can have on biological aging.
The SuperAgers Family Study, led by AFAR in collaboration with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Boston University School of Medicine, aims to collect data from a large group of individuals who have lived to age 95 or more. The Study's goal is to understand and uncover the biological factors contributing to healthy aging and exceptional longevity shared among SuperAgers and their families.
Learn more and enroll in the SuperAgers Family Study here.
Dr. Kenny is a 1998 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging scholar.
Dr. LeBrasseur is a 2002 Glenn/AFAR Scholarship for Research in the Biology of Aging recipient, and the 2019 Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Award in Aging Research recipient.
Read the article “A 95-year-old Who Plays Golf and Volunteers Shares her Tips for Health and Happiness” here.
