The challenges of aging are complex and interrelated. New medical treatments we create will have limited impact if most people cannot afford them. Research on longevity must therefore encompass many different fields of study and encourage cooperation among experts who may not have worked together in the past. Accelerating longevity research also depends on supporting up-and-coming young scientists.

The Stanford Center on Longevity received fifteen applications for postdoctoral fellowships and awarded funding to three, raising our total number of postdoctoral fellows to nine. The Center judged these applications on overall scientific merit as well as clarity and persuasiveness. Training potential was judged on the opportunity for strong mentoring, overall training environment, and with a strong emphasis on the proposal’s interdisciplinary nature and relevance to aging or longevity.

Current Postdoctoral Fellows:

Bonnet, Jerome, PhD - Bioengineering
Bryan, Christopher, PhD - Psychology
Chang, Alicia, MD - Medicine and Health Research and Policy
English, Tammy, PhD - Psychology
Furman, David, PhD - Microbiology and Immunolgy
Sanchez-Blanco, Adolfo, PhD - Developmental Biology
Shkreli, Marina, PhD - Medicine
Valenzano, Dario Riccardo, PhD - Genetics

Former Fellows:

Castillo, Alesha Bernedette, PhD - Biomechanical Engineering
Gathmann-Maneval, Christina, PhD - Economics