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GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH

FOR LONGER HEALTHIER LIVES

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The Longer Life Foundation

Our Mission

The Longer Life Foundation’s mission is to fund and support the study of factors that either predict the mortality and morbidity of select populations or influence improvements in longevity, health, and wellness.

What Have We Achieved?

Since LLF’s founding in 1998, U.S. $9.2 million has been granted, supporting more than 155 groundbreaking research projects

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Washington University in St. Louis researchers: The application submission period for LLF’s 2024-2025 grant year is now closed. Please check back in January 2025 for the Call for Applications document for the 2025-26 grant year.

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Washington University in St. Louis researchers: The application submission period for LLF’s 2024-2025 grant year is now closed. Please check back in January 2025 for the Call for Applications document for the 2025-26 grant year.

How We Do It

Our grants provide the means for researchers at early stages in their careers to sow the seedlings of their ideas

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Initial Investment

Scientific investigations, like seedlings, flourish best when planted in rich soil. Our grants help novel ideas take root.

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Research

LLF grants fund researcher time, lab equipment and supplies, and more, providing a solid framework for researchers to pursue their work.

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Results

The groundbreaking discoveries from LLF-funded investigations already have and will continue to yield longer, healthier lives.

Meet the Investigators

LLF investigators describe their work to help more people live longer, better lives.

Our Latest Research

The Longer Life Foundation has supported hundreds of academicians and scientists now engaged in important research into longevity and health.

AWARDED: 2024

Mitigating Doxorubicin Toxicity Utilizing Dietary Interventions to Reduce Skeletal Muscle Loss and Prevent Cardiomyopath

Ali Javaheri, M.D., Ph.D.

Investigation Year: Longevity Research Program

AWARDED: 2024

Exfoliome Characterization of Alzheimer’s Disease Patients
Gautam Dantas, Ph.D.

Investigation Year: 2 of 2

AWARDED: 2024

Neuronal Activity-Dependent DNA Repair in Healthy Aging
Elizabeth Pollina, Ph.D.

Investigation Year: 2 of 2

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Investigations funded by LLF have resulted in more than 175 publications in peer-reviewed medical journals.

The Cardiac Amyloidosis Registry Study (CARS): Rationale, Design and Methodology

Gut microbiome correlates of recurrent urinary tract infection: a longitudinal, multi-center study

Intravenous ravulizumab in mechanically ventilated patients hospitalised with severe COVID-19: a phase 3, multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial

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Celebrating 25 Years

In 1998, the concept of an academic institution collaborating with the life and health insurance industry was completely novel. In the quarter century since the Longer Life Foundation’s launch, this remarkable foundation has grown and flourished by funding and supporting early-stage research capabilities and giving the life insurance industry a dedicated window into some of the most innovative discoveries on medical conditions and public health issues affecting mortality and morbidity. We look forward to continuing this important work for many years to come.

The Longer Life Newsletter: September Issue 

September 2024

Dr. Preeti Dalawari, who is currently our Deputy Managing Director, will become the new Managing Director …

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From the Newsroom

Research to help people live longer, healthier lives – a collaboration between RGA and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.