On July 31, 2022, The Atlantic featured insights from AFAR grantee Matt Kaeberlein, PhD, highlighting his leadership with The Dog Aging Project and the ways research into the healthspan and lifespan of canines can help better understand human aging and gerotherapeutics. The Dog Aging Project is also led by AFAR 1996 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty and 2010 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Award recipient Daniel Promislow, PhD.
Dr. Kaeberlein is a 2006 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty recipient, and a 2007 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Award recipient. He is also the Co-Director at the University of Washington Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging, the Director of the Healthy Aging and Longevity Research Institute, the President of the American Aging Association, the Co-Director of the Dog Aging Project, and a Professor at the University of Washington.
Read The Atlantic feature, “40,000 Pet Dogs, One Big Questions,” here.
For more on the Dog Aging Project, watch AFAR's Live Better Longer webinar here.
The article was originally published in Knowable Magazine, and republished in The Scientist.
