Tuesday, Dec. 12, at noon
Title: Novel Approaches and Biomarkers for Clinical Trials in Geroscience
Speaker: Jamie Justice, Ph.D.
Dr. Jamie Justice, Ph.D., is executive director of XPRIZE Healthspan Prize and EVP of Health Domain at XPRIZE Foundation, and an adjunct professor in internal medicine section on gerontology and geriatric medicine, and Sticht Center on Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention at Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM). She is dedicated to geroscience and advancing the hypothesis that by targeting the basic biology of aging the incidence of multiple age-related diseases can be delayed or prevented. Her training background has allowed her to lead translational research to test the geroscience hypothesis in humans. This includes: 1) serving as co-I on large multicenter prospective cohort studies like the Study of Muscle Mobility and Aging (SOMMA), and the NIH Cell Senescence (SenNet) Buck Institute Tissue Mapping Center for skeletal muscle; 2) leading proof-of-concept senolytics trials; and 3) designing trials of testing therapeutics that target biological age in older adults. In her new role as executive director of the $101M XPRIZE Healthspan she will challenge international networks to work together to drive innovative solutions that make healthy human aging possible, for everyone.
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