04/27/2017
Excited to launch our new longevity grand challenge initiative with the National Academy of Medicine.
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"Grand Challenge for Healthy Longevity
As the inaugural challenge in its Grand Challenges in Health and Medicine initiative, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) will seek to achieve healthy longevity by catalyzing innovation and scientific progress through challenge prizes and awards.
Human beings are living longer than ever before, thanks to dramatic advances in medicine, public health, and economic and social progress. Exciting innovations in science and technology have potential to improve quality of life as we age, and even extend the lifespan. We can envision—just on the horizon—an explosion of potential new medicines, treatments, technologies, and preventive strategies that could help revolutionize the way we age. It has never been more urgent to support the next breakthroughs in healthy longevity.
Goals of the Challenge:
1The NAM’s Grand Challenge for Healthy Longevity aims to:
* Advance the fields of healthy aging and human longevity research
* Achieve significant improvement in human longevity and quality of life
*Build an ecosystem of support by engaging entrepreneurs, policy makers, and the public
The program, currently under development, will aim to inspire and incubate transformative ideas through challenge prizes and awards, expert guidance, and public engagement. Oversight for the program will be provided by the NAM’s governing council, a design committee, and a selection committee.
https://nam.edu/initiatives/grand-challenges-in-health-and-medicine/longevity-grand-challenge-prizes-awards/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3JvpYgQTUA
National Academy of Medicine Grand Challenges Longevity Initiative Aging & Longevity Grand Challenge As the inaugural challenge in its Grand Challenges in Health and Medicine initiative, the National Academy of Medicine will...
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