Voices of Discovery Video Series
The Longer Life Foundation Voices of Discovery Video Series highlights the people behind the science: what inspires Longer Life researchers, why their work matters, and how their discoveries could help us all live longer, healthier lives.
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Pioneering Research for Healthy Aging
Dr. Rita Brookheart, Ph.D.
A recipient of funding from The Longer Life Foundation, Dr. Rita Brookheart leads a lab studying how negative factors affect skeletal muscle.
Metabolism, Nutrition, and Aging
Bettina Mittendorfer, Ph.D.
Metabolism, Nutrition, and Longevity: Finding the Keys
In 2019, Bettina Mittendorfer, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was named Director of the Longer Life Foundation’s Longevity Research Program (LRP). Here, she discusses how her strong interest in human longevity will inform …
Biochemistry of Protein Misfolding
Meredith Jackrel, Ph.D.,
Disaggregases and Protein Misfolding: A Q&A
Meredith Jackrel, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis, researches biochemistry of protein misfolding with a focus on the role of disaggregases. The Longer Life Foundation is a proud supporter of Dr. Jackrel’s research into restoring proteostasis to counter human disease.
Convalescent Plasma (CP)
Convalescent Plasma and COVID-19
Human Aging
Calorie Restriction and the Future of Aging
Luigi Fontana, M.D., Ph.D., FRACP, is an internationally known human systems biologist and a world leader in the study of nutrition and the biology of human aging. A former LLF grant recipient, his focus is on calorie restriction and its potential role in human longevity.
Polycythemia Vera
Polycythemia Vera: A Researcher’s View
Stephen T. Oh, M.D., Ph.D., heads a research group at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis that is focused on the pathogenesis of myelo- proliferative neoplasm (MPN) with the goal of translating the work into improved therapies for MPN patients.