Board Member in the News: Scientific Director Steven Austad receives 2015 Fondation ISPEN Longevity Prize
AFAR congratulates our Scientific Director, Dr. Steven Austad, for receiving the 2015 Fondation IPSEN Longevity Prize.
Now in its 20th year, this prize is awarded to a French or international researcher--biologist, geneticist, gerontologist, psychologist, demographer, or statistician--in recognition of an outstanding contribution in the field of longevity. Past winners include 1983 AFAR Research Grant recipient Caleb Finch.
As part of the award, Dr. Austad received a €20,000 prize on November 21st, 2015 at the Gerontology Society of America (GSA) in Orlando, where he also presented a lecture entitled “Broadening the Bestiary: What a Nontraditional Species can Contribute to Understanding Aging.”
Steven Austad, PhD, is a Distinguished Professor and Department Chair at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.