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Leadership in the News: Scientific Director Nir Barzilai, MD, in MedPage on Biological Age and SuperAgers amid scrutiny of Presidential Candidates’ Ages.

Leadership in the News: Scientific Director Nir Barzilai, MD, in MedPage on Biological Age and SuperAgers amid scrutiny of Presidential Candidates’ Ages.

On January 10, 2024, MedPage featured insights from AFAR Scientific Director Nir Barzilai, MD in an article exploring the age of the 2024 Presidential Candidates. Dr. Barzilai points toward research looking at biological aging and SuperAgers.

The AFAR SuperAgers Family Study is referenced, as well as an Op-Ed by former AFAR Board Member S. Jay Olshanksy, PhD, that was recently published on TheHill.com, which encourages readers to look at the biological age more than the chronological age of the 2024 candidates.

Read the MedPage feature, “Is President Biden a Super-Ager?— Experts say 'age is a number, not a quality'-- even for the president,” here.
Learnm more about the AFAR SuperAgers Family Study here.

AFAR published a whitepaper authored by Olshanky looking at the Longevity and Health of the 2020 Presidential Candidates Healthspan. Read here.


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