On June 21, 2021, The New York Times featured insights by AFAR grantee Thomas Perls, MD, MPH, discussing new research that explores the role genetics plays in preventing Alzheimer’s Disease in “Super-Ager” Centenarians, while also noting ways to build resilience against cognitive decline according to the latest breakthroughs in aging research.
Dr. Perls is a 1998 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Awardrecipient. He is the Founder and Director of the New England Centenarian Study and a Professor of Medicine at Boston University’s School of Medicine.
Read the article, “The Secrets of ‘Cognitive Super-Agers,’” here.
AFAR is developing a Centenarian Registry, which will help advance our understanding of healthy aging by engaging families of Centenarians. Sign up for updates on the Centenarian Registry here.
