On March 23, 2021, Stereo Chemistry, the official podcast of Chemistry & Engineering News, featured insights from several AFAR experts, including Rozalyn Anderson, PhD, Nir Barzilai, MD, and James Kirkland, MD, PhD. The AFAR experts highlighted recent advances in aging research to extend healthspan including senolytics, dietary timing, the hallmarks of aging, and the AFAR-managed TAME Trial.
Dr. Anderson is a 2016 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Award recipient, as well as an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dr. Barzilai is AFAR’s Scientific Director, a 1994 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty recipient, a 1997 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging scholar, a 2010 Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction recipient, and the Director at the Institute for Aging Research and distinguished Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Dr. Kirkland is AFAR’s Board President, a 2012 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Award recipient, and a 2020 Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction recipient. He is also a distinguished Professor of Medicine and Physiology, as well as the Director at the Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.
Listen to the episode, “How research on aging could keep us healthier longer,” with a full transcript here.
Learn more about the upcoming TAME Trial here.
