Harvard Club of Naples

Webinar - "Is Aging Inevitable? The New Field of Geroscience and the Longevity Dividend" with Professor William B. Mair, Associate Professor of Molecular Metabolism at Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health at noon on Thursday, March 11, 2021

The Harvard Club of Naples, The Princeton Club of Southwest Florida, The Yale Club of Southwest Florida and NCH Healthcare System present "Is Aging Inevitable? The New Field of Geroscience and the Longevity Dividend" with Professor William B. Mair, Associate Professor of Molecular Metabolism at Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health

Join us for this exciting webinar! Across the globe, more of us than ever are reaching old age, thanks to advances in public health. But this success comes at a cost: we are now outliving our bodies capacity to maintain themselves. For many, the added years of life are unhealthy, creating a surge in age-related chronic disease that is burdening health-care systems and leading to human suffering we are unprepared for. The causes of aging, and the therapies that might alleviate its effects, are increasingly at the forefront of public interest and intrigue. This webinar will reveal some common myths about the aging process, and discuss how the new field of Geroscience aims to manipulate the extent to which age is a risk factor for chronic disease.

Click on the link below and it will take you to a recent article, "Five Myths About Aging," in the Washington Post by Professor Mair. We encourage the inquiring minds in our Club to read it before the webinar!

Article Link - Five Myths About Aging

This is a FREE event, but registration is required (registration link below).  This is a joint event with the Harvard Club of Naples, Princeton Club of Southwest Florida, Yale Club of Southwest Florida and NCH Healthcare System. The webinar will be moderated by Harvard Club President, Trey Farmer.  After Prof. Mair's presentation, there will be time for Q&A.  We will utilize the Q&A function in Zoom Webinar for submitting questions.  If you would like to submit a question in advance for Prof. Mair, please email Trey at treyfarmer@gmail.com.  We will take as many questions as time allows.  The webinar will last for approximately 90 minutes. 

Click on the Link Below to Register for the Webinar: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zn0cRgXGTwO9FomlT_7EyQ

WILLIAM B. MAIR

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MOLECULAR METABOLISM

HARVARD T.H.CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Professor Mair completed his BSc in Genetics and PhD in Biology at University College London, UK. He moved to San Diego to carry out his postdoctoral training at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, before joining Harvard as an Assistant Professor in November 2011. The Mair lab’s research studies the basic biology of the aging process, driven by the central question: Why are we more likely to get chronic diseases when we are old than when we are young? What goes wrong in cells and tissues to increase overall disease risk, and is this decline inevitable, or can we reverse it to bring healthy years to the elderly? In particular, his work studies the molecular and cellular mechanisms by which animals modulate the rate at which they age in response to changes in nutrition, fasting and the environment. The profound ability to slow aging during fasting or when food intake is reduced is seen in organisms ranging from yeast to primates and is coupled to a striking protection against a suite of age-related pathologies. These diseases include some of the most severe challenges to public health in the elderly:  neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, cardiovascular disease and many types of cancer. 

Don't miss this exciting webinar with Professor Mair!

When:

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Time:

12:00PM ET - the webinar will last 90 minutes

Click on the Link Below to Register for the Webinar: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zn0cRgXGTwO9FomlT_7EyQ

There are 2 ways to be a part of the webinar: with video and without video (audio only).   After registering you will receive an email with the Zoom Webinar link (for video and audio) and the telephone numbers to dial-in to the webinar (audio only).