Academy of Geroscience
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Academy of Geroscience
Short description: Scientific organization focused on geroscience
The Academy of Geroscience is a nonprofit scientific organization focused on raising awareness of geroscience and promoting scientific communication, collaboration, and education related to the biology of ageing. It was founded in 2019 as the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research (AHLR) and adopted the name Academy of Geroscience in 2026.[1][2][3]
The organization brings together researchers through elected membership. Its members include scientists and clinicians working in academic institutions, government laboratories, biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical companies, and clinical and translational medicine.[4][5][6][7]
Through scientific conferences, educational programs, publications, podcasts, and communication initiatives, the Academy has worked to support discussion and public understanding of geroscience. In 2025, Academy members described its collaboration with organizations including the American Federation for Aging Research, the Longevity Biotechnology Association, the Alliance for Longevity Initiatives, and the Healthy Longevity Medicine Society as part of work to support public understanding of geroscience research and address misleading claims related to aging science.[7]
History
The Academy for Health and Lifespan Research was established in February 2019 by a founding group of 16 researchers working in aging and longevity research. Contemporary reports described the organization as a nonprofit formed to promote research, encourage collaboration among scientists, and help distinguish scientific findings from unsupported claims about longevity and anti-aging research.[1][2]
Founding members included Johan Auwerx, Nir Barzilai, Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Judith Campisi, Pinchas Cohen, Ana Maria Cuervo, Leonard Guarente, Steve Horvath, Cynthia Kenyon, James Kirkland, Guido Kroemer, George M. Martin, Thomas Rando, Manuel Serrano, David Sinclair, and Eric Verdin.[2]
The organization's first conference was held in Paris in July 2019 and was described as a meeting for researchers to share results, recently published work, and areas of common inquiry.[2]
In May 2026, the organization announced that it had changed its name from the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research to the Academy of Geroscience. The announcement stated that the new name reflected the organization’s focus on geroscience and the biological mechanisms of aging. The announcement said the change followed a review of terminology used in aging research and was intended to distinguish evidence-based geroscience from broader or inconsistently used terms such as "longevity" and "healthspan."[3]
Membership
The Academy's membership includes scientists working in areas such as cellular senescence, genetics, metabolism, epigenetics, stem-cell biology, autophagy, biomarkers of aging, immunology, inflammaging, and translational geroscience.[4][7]
The organization has described its inductees as nominated and voted on by geroscientists. Public announcements of member classes have listed researchers affiliated with universities, medical schools, research institutes, biotechnology companies, and government research organizations in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Mexico.[4][5][6]
Publicly reported member affiliations have included institutions such as Indiana University, UConn Health, Yale School of Medicine, the University of California, San Francisco, the Leibniz Institute on Aging, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, the University of Bologna, Karolinska Institutet, Peking University, Dalhousie University, the University of Sydney, the University of Pittsburgh, Mayo Clinic, the National Institute on Aging, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Brown University, the University of Crete, and Stanford University.[5][6][8][9][10][11]
Scientific activities and education
The Academy's activities include scientific conferences, educational initiatives, publications, and public communication related to geroscience and the biology of aging.[12][13][14][15]
The organization has held annual conferences since 2019. Its conference materials describe meetings on translational strategies, biomarkers, gerotherapeutics, clinical practice, and other topics related to aging biology and geroscience.[12]
The Academy's educational programs include the Biology of Aging MBL Advanced Research Training Summer Course and the Time Initiative, which is intended to support undergraduate interest in aging biology.[13]
Public communication and collaborations
The Academy has described public communication as part of its work in geroscience. Its communications activities include Inside Geroscience, a podcast focused on the science of aging and featuring conversations with researchers in geroscience and related fields.[14]
In a 2025 correspondence article in Nature Aging, Academy members wrote that the organization had participated in a collaborative alliance with other nonprofit organizations, including the Longevity Biotechnology Association, the American Federation for Aging Research, the Alliance for Longevity Initiatives, and the Healthy Longevity Medicine Society. The article described the alliance as part of an effort to support public understanding of geroscience research and address misleading claims related to aging science.[7]
The Academy's website also maintains a publications section listing books and related works by Academy members on topics including aging epidemiology, calorie restriction, genome aging, systems medicine, longevity, and healthy aging.[15]
Published priorities
The 2025 Nature Aging correspondence outlined several mission areas for the organization, including research into mechanisms of aging, support for emerging researchers, development of biomarkers of aging, translational research, regulatory approaches for gerodiagnostics and gerotherapeutics, public engagement, and geroscience outreach.[7]
The article also discussed the development of gerodiagnostics, including biomarkers of biological age, and gerotherapeutics aimed at modifying aspects of biological aging.[7]
See also
Geroscience | Biogerontology | Gerontology | Geriatrics | Healthspan | Aging | Cellular senescence | Buck Institute for Research on Aging | National Institute on Aging
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Powell, Alvin (2019-03-08). "Anti-aging research: 'Prime time for an impact on the globe'". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Buck faculty help found Academy for Health and Lifespan Research". BUCK. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Geroscience, Academy of. "ACADEMY FOR HEALTH AND LIFESPAN RESEARCH ANNOUNCES NAME CHANGE TO THE ACADEMY OF GEROSCIENCE". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Academy for Health and Lifespan Research Announces 2023 Inductees". Academy of Geroscience. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Research, Academy for Health & Lifespan. "ACADEMY FOR HEALTH AND LIFESPAN RESEARCH ANNOUNCES INDUCTION OF NEW MEMBERS". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Geroscience, Academy of. "THE ACADEMY OF GEROSCIENCE WELCOMES SIXTEEN LEADING SCIENTISTS AS NEW MEMBERS". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Barzilai, Nir; Starr, Risa; Verdin, Eric; Niedernhofer, Laura J.; Bertram, André; Lithgow, Gordon J.; Maier, Andrea B.; Academy of Health & Lifespan Research (April 2025). "Accelerating the promise of geroscience through The Academy of Health & Lifespan Research". Nature Aging. 5 (4): 529–531. doi:10.1038/s43587-025-00832-2. ISSN 2662-8465. PMID 40055476 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ "Dean David Allison Inducted Into Academy for Health & Lifespan Research: 2023: News: News & Events: School of Public Health‐Bloomington: Indiana University". School of Public Health‐Bloomington. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
- ↑ Walker, Jennifer (2023-10-17). "Dr. George Kuchel Elected to Elite Group of Researchers". UConn Today. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
- ↑ "Celebrating Leadership in Aging Research: Leanne Jones Joins the Academy of Geroscience | BAKAR AGING RESEARCH INSTITUTE". geroscience.ucsf.edu. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
- ↑ "International recognition for Jena's aging research: Pr…". www.microverse-cluster.de. 2025-05-28. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Past AHLR Conferences". Academy of Geroscience. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Programs to Advance Research in the Biology of Aging". Academy of Geroscience. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Inside Geroscience, the Academy's podcast". Academy of Geroscience. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Publications on Healthspan, Longevity, Geroscience and More". Academy of Geroscience. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
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