AFAR congratulates grantee Sharon Inouye, MD, MPH, for being selected as Next Avenue 2020 Influencer in Aging, in recognition of her work advocating for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and her continued advocacy against ageism.
Dr. Inouye is a 1989 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research and AFAR Grants for Junior Faculty recipient. She is the Director of the Aging Brain Center at the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, as well as a Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Accompanying the honor is an interview. Read “Dr. Sharon Inouye Pushes for Older Adults in COVID-19 Vaccine Trials,” here.
Several AFAR-affiliated leaders in the field are also past Influencers in Aging, including Pinchas Cohen, MD; Mark S. Lachs, MD MPH; S. Jay Olshansky, PhD; and Felipe Sierra, PhD.
