Longevity Innovators
Advances in science and public health are increasing longevity and enhancing the quality of life for people around the world. In a series of interviews, 18 visionaries reveal exciting trends and insights regarding healthy longevity, sharing their vision for a better future. The interviews highlight new discoveries in biomedical and psychosocial science, as well as strategies to promote prevention and wellness for older adults.
Six-time Emmy Award winner Alan Alda explains how better communication about science and medicine can lead to improved health outcomes.
Director of the Longevity Genes Project at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Nir Barzilai discusses longevity genes and drug design for age-related diseases.
Regina Benjamin, the 18th U.S. Surgeon General, talks about how a sense of purpose leads to longer, healthier lives.
World-renowned neurosurgeon Keith Black talks about the importance of developing a test for early onset Alzheimer’s and his goal to inspire the next generation.
Nobel Prize winner Elizabeth Blackburn emphasizes the importance of maintaining healthy habits.
New York Times bestselling author Dan Buettner explains how American cities can become places that older adults choose to reside.
Deepak Chopra, a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation, discusses his lifestyle choices for well-being and healthy aging.
Thiel Fellow Laura Deming explains the importance of disease prevention in healthy aging and why longevity is a growing emerging market.
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a globally renowned oncologist and bioethicist, explains the urgent need to improve quality of life and why we are getting further from an honest conversation about aging.
NYU Professor and neurobiologist André Fenton explains how his work is increasing our understanding of the aging brain.
Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Goodman reflects on the importance of having an advance directive and how our health-care system can reduce unnecessary and unhelpful interventions at the end of life.
British House of Lords member Baroness Sally Greengross explains the importance of treating the elderly with dignity and why governments must make dementia research a priority.
Arianna Huffington explains the role of restorative sleep in reducing stress and why sleep becomes more important as we age.
Harvard professor Dr. Sharon K. Inouye talks about the role delirium plays in the development of Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
Teeniors™ founder Trish Lopez explains the impact of intergenerational connections and how companies can change the future of aging.
Entrepreneur and investor Jim Mellon talks about his book Juvenescence and shares his expert advice for future investors in longevity science.
MacArthur Fellow Ai-jen Poo talks about the impact of population aging on the caregiving workforce.
Author, entrepreneur, and medical doctor Bill Thomas explains why it’s important to combat ageism and how care services for older people have improved over the years.