AFAR News

AFAR board members, grantees, and award winners regularly publish research in leading academic journals and frequently lend their insights to popular media. AFAR is pleased to share updates on their work.

Announcing the 2025 Wright, Cristofalo, and Martin Awards
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Announcing the 2025 Wright, Cristofalo, and Martin Awards
AFAR Experts in the News: James L. Kirkland, MD, PhD, Valter Longo, PhD, and David Sinclair, PhD, A.O, on advancements that could extend healthspan and delay age-related diseases in TIME
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AFAR Experts in the News: James L. Kirkland, MD, PhD, Valter Longo, PhD, and David Sinclair, PhD, A.O, on advancements that could extend healthspan and delay age-related diseases in TIME
AFAR Leadership in the News: Executive Director Stephanie Lederman speaks to Radio Canada on Hevolution Foundation’s impact on Aging Research
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AFAR Leadership in the News: Executive Director Stephanie Lederman speaks to Radio Canada on Hevolution Foundation’s impact on Aging Research
AFAR's Statement on Proposed NIH Funding Changes: AFAR Stands with Aging Researchers
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AFAR's Statement on Proposed NIH Funding Changes: AFAR Stands with Aging Researchers
AFAR Leadership in the News: Executive Director Stephanie Lederman, EdM, responds to “The Decline in Geriatric Care Hurts Us All” in The New York Times
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AFAR Leadership in the News: Executive Director Stephanie Lederman, EdM, responds to “The Decline in Geriatric Care Hurts Us All” in The New York Times
Board Member in the News: Richard G.A. Faragher, PhD, featured in The Wall Street Journal exploring the debate on whether aging should be classified as a disease
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Board Member in the News: Richard G.A. Faragher, PhD, featured in The Wall Street Journal exploring the debate on whether aging should be classified as a disease
AFAR Grantee in the News: New Research by Dena Dubal, MD, PhD, on the maternal X chromosome and cognition and brain aging in female mice in Nature
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AFAR Grantee in the News: New Research by Dena Dubal, MD, PhD, on the maternal X chromosome and cognition and brain aging in female mice in Nature
AFAR Experts in the News: Steven N. Austad, PhD, Valter Longo, PhD, and S. Jay Olshansky, PhD featured in Newsweek on President Jimmy Carter's exceptional longevity
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AFAR Experts in the News: Steven N. Austad, PhD, Valter Longo, PhD, and S. Jay Olshansky, PhD featured in Newsweek on President Jimmy Carter's exceptional longevity
Grantees in the News: New research co-authored by Jason Butler, PhD, and Pradeep Ramalingam, MD, PhD, on the connection between thrombospondin-1 and age-related chronic inflammation in Science Immunology
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Grantees in the News: New research co-authored by Jason Butler, PhD, and Pradeep Ramalingam, MD, PhD, on the connection between thrombospondin-1 and age-related chronic inflammation in Science Immunology