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AFAR Leadership in the News: Executive Director Stephanie Lederman speaks to Radio Canada on Hevolution Foundation’s impact on Aging Research

AFAR Leadership in the News: Executive Director Stephanie Lederman speaks to Radio Canada on Hevolution Foundation’s impact on Aging Research

On February 16, 2025, Radio-Canada produced a segment highlighting the ongoing investment and long-term impact of Hevolution Foundation in the field of geroscience.

AFAR Executive Director Stephanie Lederman, EdM, lent insights, highlighting the significance of Hevolution Foundation's investment and its potential for groundbreaking advancements in aging research.

She shares: “Amid a range of global problems and causes, Hevolution Foundation chose to address the far reaching, yet under supported, field of aging research. Hevolution Foundation’s funding and advancement of aging research will have a tremendous impact on the science of aging and increases the likelihood of new breakthroughs.”

AFAR Grantee and Irving S. Wright Award recipient David Sinclair, PhD, A.O, also lends insights into the support and recognition geroscience is beginning to receive.

Read a translation of the original French-language segment, “Extending life and health expectancy, the new Saudi ambition” here.

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