Location: Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108
Date: Thursday, November 21 · 1 – 3:30pm PST
Extending Healthy Lifespan, Santa Barbara
Join Vistas Lifelong Learning as Dr. Joel Rothman delivers “Extending Healthy Lifespan: Promises and Societal Challenges of Longevity Science.”
Humans are on the verge of significant changes in their relationship with time, prompted by astounding advancements in the science of aging and the knowledge that it can be significantly slowed and even reversed. These advancements suggest that in the near future, human health may be significantly improved by treating simply one of numerous age-related ailments, such as cardiovascular and neurodegenerative disorders, as well as cancer.
Surprisingly, research has discovered that many features of age-related deterioration can be reversed. These discoveries are leading to the creation of interventions in the course of aging, several of which are now being tried in humans.
Dr. Joel Rothman is a Distinguished Professor, the Wilcox Family Chair in Biotechnology, and the Director of the Biomolecular Science and Engineering Program at UCSB. He established and currently runs the university’s Center for Aging and Longevity Studies. He has spent 32 years conducting longevity research at three universities: UCSB, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Auckland.
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