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.

AFAR Grantees in the News: Women’s Health Magazine’s includes Dena Dubal, MD, PhD, and Jennifer Garrison, PhD, in their first-ever "Longevity List"
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AFAR Grantees in the News: Women’s Health Magazine’s includes Dena Dubal, MD, PhD, and Jennifer Garrison, PhD, in their first-ever "Longevity List"
AFAR Grantee in the News: Research co-authored by Kristopher Burkewitz, PhD, on a new method of visualizing glucose metabolism at the single-cell level published in Nature Communications
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AFAR Grantee in the News: Research co-authored by Kristopher Burkewitz, PhD, on a new method of visualizing glucose metabolism at the single-cell level published in Nature Communications
AFAR Grantee in the News: New Research co-authored by Cynthia Siebrand on using chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) for targeted Alzheimer’s therapies in the Journal of Translational Medicine
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AFAR Grantee in the News: New Research co-authored by Cynthia Siebrand on using chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) for targeted Alzheimer’s therapies in the Journal of Translational Medicine
AFAR Experts in the News: AFAR Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, and Irving Wright Award winner S. Jay Olshansky, PhD, discuss the limits of human lifespan on The World as You’ll Know It podcast
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AFAR Experts in the News: AFAR Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, and Irving Wright Award winner S. Jay Olshansky, PhD, discuss the limits of human lifespan on The World as You’ll Know It podcast
AFAR Leadership in the News: Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, on fitness, strength and sex differences in aging and healthspan in TIME and Daily Beast
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AFAR Leadership in the News: Scientific Director Steven N. Austad, PhD, on fitness, strength and sex differences in aging and healthspan in TIME and Daily Beast
Ask the Expert Interview with Thomas W. Buford, PhD, UAB Nathan Shock Center Co-Director
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Ask the Expert Interview with Thomas W. Buford, PhD, UAB Nathan Shock Center Co-Director
Highlights from the AFAR 2025 Scientific Meetings
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Highlights from the AFAR 2025 Scientific Meetings
AFAR in the News: SuperAgers Family Study recognized by Digital Health Association’s Spring 2025 Digital Health Awards
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AFAR in the News: SuperAgers Family Study recognized by Digital Health Association’s Spring 2025 Digital Health Awards
AFAR Experts in the News: The New York Times features Sara Espinoza, MD, MSc, Stephen Kritchevsky, PhD, Dudley Lamming, PhD and Nathan LeBrasseur, PhD, MS, in an article on science-backed lifestyle interventions to extend healthspan
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AFAR Experts in the News: The New York Times features Sara Espinoza, MD, MSc, Stephen Kritchevsky, PhD, Dudley Lamming, PhD and Nathan LeBrasseur, PhD, MS, in an article on science-backed lifestyle interventions to extend healthspan