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American Aging Association
Summary
The American Aging Association is a non-profit, tax-exempt biogerontology organization of scientists and laypeople dedicated to biomedical aging studies and geroscience, with the goal of slowing the aging process to extend the healthy human lifespan while preserving and restoring functions typically lost to age-related degeneration. The abbreviation AGE is intended to be representative of the organization, even though it is not an acronym (avoids possible confusion with the American Automobile Association, AAA).
AGE was founded in 1970 by Denham Harman, MD, PhD, who is often known as the "father" of the "free-radical theory of aging". Harman's goal was to form a lay-scientific organization patterned after the American Heart Association to promote biomedical aging research. Harman served as the first president of AGE, and was executive director of AGE for 20 years (1973 to 1993).
AGE has received research grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Ellison Medical Foundation. In 2016, AGE became a member of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.
The vice-presidency of AGE is to be a layperson position focused on promoting the scientific goals of AGE to the general public.
The primary activities of AGE are to:
hold annual scientific conferences (every Spring/Summer)
give awards to researchers making significant contributions to the goals of AGE
promote interest among young scientists in the goals of AGE, aided by the AGE Trainee Chapter (AGE-TC).
publish newsletters and journals
The journal of AGE is GeroScience. Formerly called AGE, the journal name was officially changed at the beginning of 2017.
Conferences
37th annual conference of AGE was held May 30 – June 2, 2008 in Boulder, Colorado.
38th annual conference of AGE was held May 29 – June 1, 2009 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
39th annual conference of AGE was held June 4 – June 7, 2010 in Portland, Oregon.
40th annual conference of AGE was held on June 3 – June 6, 2011 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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