Episode 29 of the Performance Around the Clock Podcast is our second episode from the 2024 Gerontology Society of America (GSA) Annual Scientific Meeting in Seattle. We are privileged to host Dr. Steven Austad who is a leading expert in aging biology. Dr. Austad is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Director of UAB's Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging and Senior Scientific Director of the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR). His varied career from large cat training, longevity field work with opposums, calculating the age of greenland sharks, to work with numerous other species gives Dr. Austad a unique view on longevity and aging. He developed the Longevity Quotient (LQ) which is simplified measure that enables normalized comparisons of various species' longevity. Learn all about his work on longevity and aging in this episode. If you like this episode, please like or follow/subscribe. Thank you for listening.

In addition to authoring over 200 scientific articles and more than 150 newspaper columns on science. Dr. Austad has been a recipient of numerous awards such as:

Fifth Nathan A. Shock Award

Robert W. Kleemeier award

Purdue University Outstanding Alumnus Award

Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction

Fondation IPSEN Longevity Prize

Caroline P. and Charles W. Ireland Prize for Scholarly Distinction.

He is also a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In 2021, he was appointed Protective Life Endowed Chair of Health Aging Research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Guest:

Dr. Steven Austad's

X (formerly Twitter): @StevenAustad

https://x.com/StevenAustad

UAB Faculty Page

https://www.uab.edu/cas/biology/people/faculty/steven-n-austad

Books:

“Why We Age”

https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Age-Science-Discovering/dp/0471148032/

"Methuselah's Zoo."

https://www.amazon.com/Methuselahs-Zoo-Nature-Living-Healthier/dp/B0CL5D1SY7/

Host:

Dr. Satchin Panda

X (Twitter): @SatchinPanda

https://x.com/SatchinPanda

Instagram: @satchin.panda

https://www.instagram.com/satchin.panda/

Links:

Donations:https://panda.salk.edu/giving/

Research:https://www.salk.edu/scientist/satchidananda-panda/

More science:https://mycircadianclock.org/