Center for the Future of Aging

Preparing for Population Aging

As a member of the British House of Lords, Baroness Sally Greengross presides over parliamentary groups examining dementia, corporate social responsibility, intergenerational futures, and continence care. She has been an ambassador for the...
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Sally Greengross

The Key to Forming Long-Term Memories

NYU Professor, André Fenton, is a neurobiologist studying how brains store experiences as memories and how self-expression works with memory to give us information that matters. In an interview with the Milken Institute Center for the of...
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André Fenton

Quality, Not Quantity, of Years Matters Most

From spearheading the Affordable Care Act to opposing the legalization of euthanasia, Ezekiel Emanuel continues to make his mark in the world of health. He is a globally recognized oncologist and bioethicist, and author and contributor to...
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Ezekiel Emanuel

Healthspan, Not Lifespan

Thiel Fellow, Laura Deming, is on a mission to extend human healthspan. She is a Forbes 30 Under 30 alum and was one of the stars of The Age of Aging, a documentary by National Geographic. In an interview with the Milken Institute Center...
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Laura Deming

Achieving Mind-Body Balance

Deepak Chopra is a pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. Time magazine has described him as "one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.” In an interview with the Milken Institute Center for the Future of...
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Deepak Chopra

The Habits That Can Help You Live Longer

Elizabeth Blackburn is one of only 12 women to have won a Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for her co-discovery of telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the telomere, an area of the chromosome related to the process of aging. In an...
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The Best Way to Improve Brain Health

Renowned neurosurgeon, Keith Black, has pioneered advances in our understanding and treatment of brain cancers and complex neurological conditions. Black is also a research scientist studying targeted drug delivery, cancer stem cells, and...
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Keith Black

What May Be the Strongest Link to Longevity

Director of the Longevity Genes Project at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Nir Barzilai has discovered several longevity genes in humans that appear to protect centenarians against major age-related diseases. Barzilai is also co...
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Nir Barzilai